Thomas Coram Foundation for Children (Coram)

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Coram is the UK's first and longest-serving children's charity, established as the Foundling Hospital in London in 1739 and today a group of specialist children's charities and organisations supporting hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families each year. The charity champions children's rights and wellbeing through legal support, advocacy, adoption, and therapeutic, educational and cultural programmes. It engages with government, local authorities, social workers, teachers, carers and families to deliver better practice, systems and laws, and undertakes research and policy work (including international research and consultancy on children's rights) to improve services for children and young people.

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Offers funding

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Founding year

1739

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