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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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Childcare Survey 2023 Panel Event
This webinar provides an opportunity to hear the findings from the Childcare Survey 2023 and...
Childcare Survey 2023
In its 22nd annual survey, Coram Family and Childcare finds that childcare costs continue to...
Childcare Survey 2023 Early Release
Early data from our Childcare Survey 2023 reveals the significant challenges facing childcare...
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...
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Coram welcomes Lydia Hodges as new Head of Coram Family and Childcare
19 January 2024
Coram has today announced Lydia Hodges as its new Head of Coram Family and Childcare. Lydia...
Families face growing holiday childcare shortages this summer
18 July 2023
Britain’s parents are paying 3% more for holiday childcare than they were a year ago.
Response to Labour's 'breaking down the barriers to opportunity' speech
6 July 2023
In response to Keir Starmer's speech on Labour's fifth Mission, Megan Jarvie, Head...
Response to the childcare announcements in the Chancellor's Budget
15 March 2023
In response to the Chancellor's announcements on childcare in today's Budget, Megan...
Childcare shortages across the country, with the most disadvantaged children missing out
9 March
Britain’s parents are paying 5% more for childcare for the under-twos than they were one year...
New survey reveals how cost of living crisis is hitting childcare sector - 72% of local authorities have seen providers in their areas increase prices and 48% have seen staff numbers reduced
30 Jan 2023
New survey reveals how cost of living crisis is hitting childcare sector - 72% of local...
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