Childcare Survey 2025
Our work
We work to make the UK a better place for families, focusing on childcare and the early years to make a difference to families’ lives now and in the long term.
Research
Our research provides definitive data on the issues families face and holds government to account.
Parent-led programmes
Our parent-led programmes support families to achieve their potential and services to meet families’ needs.
Advocacy
We make change happen by bringing together what we learn from our research and programmes to campaign for solutions that parents need.
Childcare guides for parents
Our guides can help you find, choose and afford childcare near you..
Our manifesto
Many parents in the UK are frozen out of work by the high cost and low availability of childcare. We need to make childcare work for all of us.
Latest blogs
The NAFIS Conference and Awards 2024
Read about the NAFIS Conference and Awards 2024
Welcoming the new NAFIS chairs
Coram Family and Childcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Maryam Makki
Latest news
Childcare entitlement expansion sees childcare costs for under-threes in England more than halve, whilst prices in Scotland and Wales continue to rise
20 March
Working parents of children under three in England now pay less than half of last year’s cost...
Families facing holiday childcare costs of up to £1,000 this summer, whilst shortages continue to grow
19 July 2024
Holiday childcare costs in Great Britain have risen by 6% since last summer, with working...
Our Manifesto
27/06/2024
Now is the time for reform. Our Manifesto sets out the problems facing the early years sector...
Councils concerned about shortages of places ahead of next phase of childcare expansion
27/06/2024
Councils across England have raised concerns about having enough places to meet demand,...
Response to the Conservatives' childcare plan
21/06/2024
In response to the Conservatives' manifesto on early years and childcare, Lydia Hodges,...
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