Young people helping others

This year 865 young people helped 8,867 others through their volunteering, placements, and creative projects with Coram, building new futures for themselves and their peers.

Creating a HALO effect

Law students at the University of Essex worked in the Child Law Advice Service to increase access to advice on education law.

The care-experienced ambassadors of A National Voice supported young people to inspire change in the care system, completing the consultation for the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, whilst young people aged 16-18 became reading leaders to help their younger peers.

Informing and inspiring change

The Coram Young Citizens have direct experience of the immigration system and deliver workshops in schools, colleges and youth clubs on everything from safeguarding to the asylum process to help other young people gain the skills they need to thrive in this country. They also work with Coram’s legal specialists to inform policy and legal developments and explain how they might affect the UK’s fulfilment of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the safety and opportunities for children and young people fleeing persecution.

In-Between Lines

Coram adoptee Anthony along with Zoe, Esther and Ocean (seen left to right), three fellow students who are adopted, created In-Between Lines to examine experiences of mixed race and adopted young people. Their display of art and texts, along with discussion and spoken word events on everything from colourism and hair to healing from trauma, enable the complex issues of identity to be explored. In the coming year Coram will support In-Between Lines through conferences, talks and the provision of infrastructure to realise the goal of creating a new young people led organisation.