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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.
Covid and childcare
Implications of COVID for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in England
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Holding on or moving up? Supporting carers and parents in employment
This report explores the challenges faced by parents and carers in work.
Improving information on childcare for children with SEND
This report summarises learning from the latest NAFIS project and sits alongside the self-...
Childcare and early education funding in London
This report looks at funding of early education in London around the time of the introduction...
Experiences of childminders in London
We spoke with former childminders in London about why they left the profession and whether the...
Older People’s Care Survey 2017
The second installment of the annual Older People's Care Survey reveals that 4.2 million...
The Future of Family Services
Four groups of parent researchers from across the country spoke to nearly 500 parents to...
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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 2023
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.
Coram Family and Childcare sign the LCPA Mayoral Election Manifesto
16 April 2021
We are pleased to be among the organizations who have recently signed the London Child Poverty...
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