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Research by Coram Family and Childcare
Our research and advocacy focuses on making the UK a better place for families, and on holding government to account for doing all it can to remove barriers for families.
Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey
Our annual Childcare Survey and Holiday Childcare Survey are the definitive reports on childcare costs and availability in the UK.
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Holiday Childcare Survey 2022
In its 17th survey, Coram Family and Childcare finds that holiday childcare costs have jumped...
Covid and Childcare Launch Event
This event will celebrate the publication of the final report of the Nuffield-funded Covid and...
Childcare Survey 2022
In its 21st annual survey, Coram Family and Childcare finds that childcare costs have risen...
Where next for childcare? Looking back on 21 Years of the Childcare Survey
This webinar will provide the opportunity to look back at progress that has been made since...
Covid and Childcare: The Role of Local Authorities
This report focuses on the role played by local authorities (LAs) in supporting parents and...
Holiday Childcare Survey 2021
Britain’s parents face a double squeeze of expensive costs and patchy availability this summer...
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Chancellor urged to use the budget to help parents hit by rising childcare costs and a sharp drop in availability of places
26 February
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year...
Concern for inequality gap has increased as children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds miss out
20 June 2022
Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care in England, found that the number...
Chancellor urged to use the budget to help parents hit by rising childcare costs and a sharp drop in availability of places
26 February
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year...
Coram Family and Childcare responds to the Work and Pensions Committee’s Inquiry into Universal Credit and Childcare Costs
February 2022
Our research found that the average price of 25 hours of childcare per week at nursery for a...
Local authorities have supported the childcare sector through the pandemic, but remain concerned about the future of the sector
29 July 2021
This new research draws upon interviews with 122 Local Authority Early Leads.
British parents face a ‘double squeeze’ of expensive childcare costs and patchy availability this summer
20 July 2021
Our 16th annual survey published today finds that there has been a 5% rise in costs.
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