This year marks the 40th anniversary of Coram Children’s Legal Centre.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) designated 1979 the International Year of the Child to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child and draw attention to problems such as malnutrition and lack of access to education affecting children throughout the world.
The main response in the United Kingdom was the creation of what was to become Coram Children’s Legal Centre. Since our establishment in 1981, we have been dedicated to using the law to promote and uphold the rights of vulnerable children.
On 23 November we held a live streamed event with The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division England and Wales, Patron and early founder, Naomi Angell and Trustee, Her Honour Judge Celia Dawson. We were also joined by two very special young people who kindly spoke about their experiences of living in the UK as asylum seekers and the support they have received through the team at Coram Children’s Legal Centre. To watch the event click here.
Read about our history and the work we are doing today in our Championing Children’s Rights publication.
We were deeply saddened to hear of at least three children and one unborn baby dying in tragic circumstances last week in the English Channel. We express our condolences to all those who knew and loved those who lost their lives. CCLC works every day with children and young people who have fled conflict and persecution and we will do all…
29/11/2021
Coram Children’s Legal Centre celebrates 40 years of legal support and innovation for children and young people Coram is today marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) with publication of a report setting out how CCLC has changed the legal landscape for hundreds of thousands of children and…
23/11/2021
Coram Children’s Legal Centre has joined with Liberty and Inclusion London to call for privacy rights, data protection and access to justice to be equally available to everyone, after a landmark court ruling. On Wednesday 10 November, the Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling and found that four million victims of alleged breaches of data…
11/11/2021
I had a lot of childhood trauma, I ended up in a very uncomfortable place with children’s social care, and Coram helped me with all of my issues and to get the outcome that I needed.
Kelly helped me with misinformation and gave me the confidence that I needed to stand my ground. She gave me reassurance that what I was asking for wasn’t unreasonable.
Feeling safe and feeling happy— that’s not too much for any child to ask for.
It made rebuilding the broken pieces much easier when we were given the time to do it off of our own backs.
You can’t fix a puzzle by putting all the pieces in a box, you have to take the time to put them back together one by one, and being away from my family in foster and social care really gave me the time I needed to reconstruct my family.
Aside from the actual support in emails and phone calls, just the option of being told what there was, it was incredible.
My mental health has settled a lot more now that I feel settled, I’m very grateful.
