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DARK SECRETS: Coram - The Real Truth

Year of after-school care now costs £2,800 a child in parts of UK

Bills have jumped 42% in England over the past 10 years – and that excludes the cost of breakfast clubs and extracurricular activities

The Guardian - UK

Physical security startup Coram AI raises $35 million co-led by Ansa Capital, Battery Ventures

The San Francisco-based company was cofounded by Ashesh Jain, formerly head of autonomy at Lyft's self-driving division, and Peter Ondruska, who led AI research at Lyft before moving to Toyota's Woven division after it acquired Lyft's self-driving unit in 2021.

The Economic Times

It’s always been a fight to get children the early years care they deserve. It’s time to fight again

Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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Free childcare rollout should be extended to non-working parents, charity says

Charity Coram Family and Childcare has criticised the eligibility criteria for new free childcare entitlements

The Independent UK

Families facing childcare bill of up to £1,800 per child this summer

Childcare costs have risen by 4 per cent across England, Wales and Scotland over the past year, a charity survey has revealed.

The Independent UK

Childminder costs over school summer holidays as high as £1,800, research finds

Coram survey in Great Britain finds 4% rise in holiday childcare club costs and shortage of places, especially for children with Send

The Guardian - UK

Family visa rules: British father-to-be feels a ‘second class citizen’ as he faces being separated from wife

It comes as charities Reunite Families UK and Coram published reports documenting ‘significant emotional and psychological harm’ to families

Evening Standard

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Calls to reform family visa rules as Brits face being split up from partners

Research by Reunite Families and Coram found that British citizens face exile

The Independent UK

Councils failing to take homeless young people into care

Exclusive: UK teenagers placed in temporary housing until they are adults as there are fewer obligations to support them if they are not care leavers

The Guardian - UK

UK visa income test ‘cruel’ barrier to family reunions, says charity

Charity says thousands of children separated from one of their parents this Christmas are hidden victims of visa rules

The Guardian - UK

‘I get up at 4am to work before they wake up’: Coping with the cost of summer holiday childcare

Families speak to Holly Bancroft about how they are juggling work with summer holiday childcare

The Independent UK

Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds

Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be even higher in Wales and south-east England

The Guardian - UK

Cost of nursery places for London parents soar as capital faces highest costs in country

The price of a childminder in London is also the highest in the country

Evening Standard

Childcare expansion in England may not meet parents’ expectations, says charity

Survey by Coram found nursery costs and dwindling places will put pressure on government plans

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London not a child friendly city and the exodus of families must be stopped, warns Coram children's charity

Families in the capital are under more pressure from the cost-of-living crisis than those elsewhere, charity warns

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What is wrap around care? I share all the info on the 6 types available

Get a head start with our comprehensive list on wrap around care - there's 6 to choose from!

The Guardian - UK

Coram charity has forgotten its core purpose of helping children

Letters: Jan Stillaway of Thomas Coram centre and nursery school says Coram’s plan to double its rent shows it is putting money above its primary objective as a charity

The Independent UK

Holiday childcare costs up with fewer places available, survey finds

A place at a holiday club now costs an average of £157 per week – 2.3 times higher than the cost of an after-school club during term time.

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The Guardian - UK

Coram charity accused of ‘throttling by stealth’ nursery it helped create

Pioneering early years centre in north London faces closure as landlord Coram plans to double rent

Liverpool Echo

Charity helping children to read wants more volunteers

The Coram Beanstalk charity is celebrating 50 years and is recruiting volunteers to help children with their reading.

Wales Online

Why is childcare so expensive now and what help is available?

Jeremy Hunt is to announce big changes to the childcare system on Wednesday

The Conversation

The people who care for and educate our children deserve better pay - here's why that would help us all

Pressure on working parents has been building for a long time, with daycare costs increasing as places become more scarce. Two recent reports clearly illustrate the dysfunctional nature of England’s system of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC).

The Guardian - UK

Some parents in England spending 80% of pay on childcare, study says

Two other studies also show there are insufficient places in half of the country’s councils

Salon

CVS cuts lead to patient panic

Many of the patients left in the lurch have life-threatening digestive disorders that render them unable to eat or

Tribune News Service

Decisions by CVS and Optum panicked thousands of their sickest patients

NEW YORK — The fear started when a few patients saw their nurses and dietitians posting job searches on LinkedIn.

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