Year of after-school care now costs £2,800 a child in parts of UK Bills have jumped 42% in England over the past 10 years – and that excludes the cost of breakfast clubs and extracurricular activities The Guardian - UK · Aug 25
Physical security startup Coram AI raises $35 million co-led by Ansa Capital, Battery Ventures The San Francisco-based company was cofounded by Ashesh Jain, formerly head of autonomy at Lyft's self-driving division, and Peter Ondruska, who led AI research at Lyft before moving to Toyota's Woven division after it acquired Lyft's self-driving unit in 2021. The Economic Times · Jun 11
It’s always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. It’s time to fight again Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Mar 20
Free childcare rollout should be extended to non-working parents, charity says Charity Coram Family and Childcare has criticised the eligibility criteria for new free childcare entitlements The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
Families facing childcare bill of up to £1,800 per child this summer Childcare costs have risen by 4 per cent across England, Wales and Scotland over the past year, a charity survey has revealed. The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
Childminder costs over school summer holidays as high as £1,800, research finds Coram survey in Great Britain finds 4% rise in holiday childcare club costs and shortage of places, especially for children with Send The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025
Family visa rules: British father-to-be feels a ‘second class citizen’ as he faces being separated from wife It comes as charities Reunite Families UK and Coram published reports documenting ‘significant emotional and psychological harm’ to families Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025
Calls to reform family visa rules as Brits face being split up from partners Research by Reunite Families and Coram found that British citizens face exile The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025
Councils failing to take homeless young people into care Exclusive: UK teenagers placed in temporary housing until they are adults as there are fewer obligations to support them if they are not care leavers The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2024
UK visa income test ‘cruel’ barrier to family reunions, says charity Charity says thousands of children separated from one of their parents this Christmas are hidden victims of visa rules The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024
‘I get up at 4am to work before they wake up’: Coping with the cost of summer holiday childcare Families speak to Holly Bancroft about how they are juggling work with summer holiday childcare The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024
Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024
Cost of nursery places for London parents soar as capital faces highest costs in country The price of a childminder in London is also the highest in the country Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2024
Childcare expansion in England may not meet parents’ expectations, says charity Survey by Coram found nursery costs and dwindling places will put pressure on government plans The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2024
Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2024 London not a child friendly city and the exodus of families must be stopped, warns Coram children's charity Families in the capital are under more pressure from the cost-of-living crisis than those elsewhere, charity warns
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The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023 Coram charity has forgotten its core purpose of helping children Letters: Jan Stillaway of Thomas Coram centre and nursery school says Coram’s plan to double its rent shows it is putting money above its primary objective as a charity
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023 Holiday childcare costs up with fewer places available, survey finds A place at a holiday club now costs an average of £157 per week – 2.3 times higher than the cost of an after-school club during term time.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023 Coram charity accused of ‘throttling by stealth’ nursery it helped create Pioneering early years centre in north London faces closure as landlord Coram plans to double rent
Liverpool Echo · Mar 17, 2023 Charity helping children to read wants more volunteers The Coram Beanstalk charity is celebrating 50 years and is recruiting volunteers to help children with their reading.
Wales Online · Mar 12, 2023 Why is childcare so expensive now and what help is available? Jeremy Hunt is to announce big changes to the childcare system on Wednesday
The Conversation · Mar 10, 2023 The people who care for and educate our children deserve better pay - here's why that would help us all Pressure on working parents has been building for a long time, with daycare costs increasing as places become more scarce. Two recent reports clearly illustrate the dysfunctional nature of England’s system of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC).
The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2023 Some parents in England spending 80% of pay on childcare, study says Two other studies also show there are insufficient places in half of the country’s councils
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