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Making a difference: from volunteering to employment
Parent Champions are parent volunteers who give a few hours a week to talk to other parents about the local services available to families. They help families in their local area, including isolated or marginalised families, to find out about childcare and services available.
The Exciting Story Of Books Together
As National Storytelling Week 2025 begins we are excited to share the story of the first year of our ‘Books Together’ programme.
NAFIS Conference and Awards 2024
Welcoming the new NAFIS Co-chair
Coram Family and Childcare is delighted to announce the recent appointment of Maryam Makki from Reading Borough Council as the new Co-Chair for NAFIS.
New research reveals barriers to take-up of early education entitlements for disadvantaged children
A range of barriers are preventing disadvantaged children in England from taking up their entitlement to 15 hours of funded early education, but national and local action could change this.
Families facing holiday childcare costs of up to £1,000 this summer, whilst shortages continue to grow
Holiday childcare costs in Great Britain have risen by 6% since last summer, with working parents now facing an average bill of £175 per child per week – over £1,000 for the six-week break – according to Coram Family and Childcare’s 19th annual Holiday Childcare Survey, published today. The report also reveals growing shortages of holiday childcare, with drops across all categories of provision in England over the last year.*
The power of parent voice and experience
When thinking about designing programmes and services for families, we want to make sure these build on strengths and meet their needs and wants, and that we are connecting with families in a significant way.
Our Manifesto
Years of underfunding of key planks of the childcare offers, and a lack of vision or strategy for the early years sector has led to a childcare system that is both unaffordable and inaccessible.
Councils concerned about shortages of places ahead of next phase of childcare expansion
With just over two months to go until the next phase in the roll-out of major expansion to free childcare, councils across England* have raised concerns about having enough places to meet demand, identifying the childcare workforce as their biggest concern, in new research published by Coram Family and Childcare (CFC) today.
Response to the Conservatives’ childcare plan
The Conservative party’s manifesto outlines its plan to continue the current childcare expansion, with the final phase providing 30 hours of funded childcare per week to children with eligible working parents, from the age of nine months until they start school. We welcomed this investment when it was announced in the Spring budget last year and are pleased to see the commitment continued.