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Thomas Coram Foundation for Children
The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children is a large children's charity in London operating under the name Coram. It was founded by eighteenth-century philanthropist Captain Thomas Coram who campaigned to establish a charity that would care for the high numbers of abandoned babies in London, setting up the Foundling Hospital in 1739 at Lamb's Conduit Fields in Bloomsbury. By the 1950s social change had led to the closure of the hospital and the charity adopted the broader name Thomas Coram Foundation for Children in 1954.
The charity acts as an adoption agency in addition to a wide range of educational and advisory services for children. It retains part of its original site in London but moved its heritage collections into the care of The Foundling Museum in 1998.
The Foundling Hospital was established by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram, who was appalled to see abandoned babies and children starving and dying in the streets of London. In 1742–1745 a building was erected north of Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury. Boys were housed in the West Wing of the new home. The East Wing was built in 1752 to house girls.
The artist William Hogarth was a governor of the Foundling Hospital and donated some of his work to the foundation as well as designing its coat of arms. The art collection also contains works by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, including a full-length portrait of Thomas Coram, along with musical scores by Handel including one of three fair copies of Messiah.
In 1926, the Governors of the hospital decided to relocate it out of the city, initially to Redhill, Surrey and then to Berkhamsted in 1935. It then closed as a children's home in the 1950s, the buildings becoming Ashlyns School, a local authority school not related to the charity.
The Foundling Hospital was renamed the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children in 1954.
Coram's headquarters are at Brunswick Square in London. It operates as a registered voluntary adoption agency and fostering service and in July 2024, Ofsted rated it as "outstanding".
Coram Adoption is an independent adoption service working in London and the surrounding areas. They also work in partnership with local authorities. Their partnership with the London Borough of Harrow was the first use of the model. Coram were also one of the pioneers of 'concurrent planning' (also known as 'foster to adopt'), and received government funding to become a 'National Centre of Excellence in Early Years Permanence' in 2012.
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Thomas Coram Foundation for Children
The Thomas Coram Foundation for Children is a large children's charity in London operating under the name Coram. It was founded by eighteenth-century philanthropist Captain Thomas Coram who campaigned to establish a charity that would care for the high numbers of abandoned babies in London, setting up the Foundling Hospital in 1739 at Lamb's Conduit Fields in Bloomsbury. By the 1950s social change had led to the closure of the hospital and the charity adopted the broader name Thomas Coram Foundation for Children in 1954.
The charity acts as an adoption agency in addition to a wide range of educational and advisory services for children. It retains part of its original site in London but moved its heritage collections into the care of The Foundling Museum in 1998.
The Foundling Hospital was established by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram, who was appalled to see abandoned babies and children starving and dying in the streets of London. In 1742–1745 a building was erected north of Lamb's Conduit Street in Bloomsbury. Boys were housed in the West Wing of the new home. The East Wing was built in 1752 to house girls.
The artist William Hogarth was a governor of the Foundling Hospital and donated some of his work to the foundation as well as designing its coat of arms. The art collection also contains works by Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, including a full-length portrait of Thomas Coram, along with musical scores by Handel including one of three fair copies of Messiah.
In 1926, the Governors of the hospital decided to relocate it out of the city, initially to Redhill, Surrey and then to Berkhamsted in 1935. It then closed as a children's home in the 1950s, the buildings becoming Ashlyns School, a local authority school not related to the charity.
The Foundling Hospital was renamed the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children in 1954.
Coram's headquarters are at Brunswick Square in London. It operates as a registered voluntary adoption agency and fostering service and in July 2024, Ofsted rated it as "outstanding".
Coram Adoption is an independent adoption service working in London and the surrounding areas. They also work in partnership with local authorities. Their partnership with the London Borough of Harrow was the first use of the model. Coram were also one of the pioneers of 'concurrent planning' (also known as 'foster to adopt'), and received government funding to become a 'National Centre of Excellence in Early Years Permanence' in 2012.