Thomas Coram Foundation for Children

It was founded by eighteenth-century philanthropist Captain Thomas Coram who campaigned to establish a charity that would care for the high numbers of abandoned babies in London, setting up the Foundling Hospital in 1739 at Lamb's Conduit Fields in Bloomsbury.

By the 1950s social change had led to the closure of the hospital and the charity adopted the broader name Thomas Coram Foundation for Children in 1954.

The Foundling Hospital was established by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram, who was appalled to see abandoned babies and children starving and dying in the streets of London.

[13][14] Coram-i, a company part of the Coram group, helps local authorities improve children’s services by offering consultancy in areas like adoption, fostering, and special guardianship.

In 2021, Coram-i launched The Coram Innovation Incubator (CII) in collaboration with ten local authorities – along with EY, Microsoft and PA Consulting – a specialist vehicle for children’s services providers to generate, test and scale innovative solutions to shared challenges facing the children’s social care sector.

Coram International is part of CCLC, working with governments, UN bodies, IGOs and NGOs worldwide to protect and promote children and young people’s human rights.

The Coram Institute is a think tank dedicated to the future of children, working with partners and young people to learn from the past, examine current needs and create better chances for the next generation.

The Institute informs and influences policy and practice, and collaborates with relevant partners to deliver solutions to the challenges children and young people face today.

Operating since 1999, the organisation supports practitioners, providers, local authorities, and governments in delivering sustainable early years and childcare services.