Since registering as an adoption agency in 1972, Coram has been at the forefront of the development of new approaches to enable the most vulnerable children to find loving permanent families. The past five decades build on nearly three centuries of experience since Coram was first established in 1739 as the Foundling Hospital to support infants who would otherwise be abandoned on the streets of London.
In 2019, Coram became the first voluntary adoption agency to lead a regional adoption agency, in partnership with nine local authorities across London, as part of the government’s strategy to regionalise adoption services to speed up the matching of children with families.
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