Voices 2025 Anthology

Winning and shortlisted poems from Voices 2025, the writing competition for children in care and care leavers

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Voices 2025 Anthology

Winning and shortlisted poems from Voices 2025, the writing competition for children in care and care leavers

Published 19 June 2025 By Coram Voice

Voice, data and measuring what matters to children: learning from the Bright Spots Programme

Coram Voice co-authored reports for the DfE exploring how to capture youth voice in children's social care data by drawing on learning from the Bright Spots Programme. 

Published 5 March 2025 By Dr Claire Baker, Linda Briheim-Crookall, Professor Julie Selwyn

The views of children and young people in kinship foster care on their well-being

10,000 Voices insight paper with analysis of the experience of children in care living with a family or friends who responded to the Bright Spots surveys.

Published 21 February 2025 By Professor Julie Selwyn, Linda Briheim-Crookall

Coram Voice: 50 years of getting young voices heard

In 2025 Coram Voice celebrates its 50th anniversary. This report celebrates our achievements and highlights our ambitions for the future.

Published 3 February 2025 By Coram Voice

Measuring Outcomes for Care Leavers

Brights Spots findings were used to make recommendations on how to improve the measures currently in use by local authorities for their care leavers.

Published 4 November 2024 By Professor Julie Selwyn, Dr Claire Baker

The Grand Campaign – final report

This A National Voice report looks at problems with the Setting Up Home Allowance for care leavers.

Published 8 October 2024 By Shelly Reed, Emma Hosking and Linda Briheim-Crookall, Coram Voice

Disability, Disparity and Demand report

Analysis of the numbers and experiences of children in care and care leavers with a disability or long-term health condition.

Published 2 October 2024 By Dr Claire Baker, Linda Briheim-Crookall

Stable Homes, Built on Love: building strong and loving relationships

This consultation session with young people focused on children in care and care leavers having and maintaining loving relationships with people who are important to them.

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Participation workers

A session for workers who support participation and engagement within children’s social care to share what is working well and what the barriers are to good participation and engagement.

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice

Stable Homes, Built on Love: Staying connected to family and friends, brothers and sisters

This consultation session with young people looked at the proposals outlined in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ about building strong and loving relationships

Published 19 June 2024 By A National Voice