Coram Voice

Coram Voice:

Coram Voice is an advocacy service that can help you understand your rights as a child in care or care leaver and help you get your voice heard if needed.

Visit the website: https://coramvoice.org.uk/

Coram Voice will help you if you are in care, leaving care, have or need a social worker.

We will get your voice heard, tell you about your rights, give you the support you need through our advocates and work with you to improve the care system.

About Corum Voice 

Coram Voice is a leading children's rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.

We do this because we believe in a society which recognises and willingly accepts its responsibilities to children and young people, where the inequalities and discrimination they currently face have been eradicated, where they are fully engaged in all decisions made about their lives and where their views, needs and feelings are at the core of those decisions.

Why we they needed?

In England today there are 80,000 children and young people reliant on the state for their care and wellbeing and the number is rising to almost 390,000 more needing some level of support from children's services.

Coram Voice makes sure children know their rights and  helps  them to navigate the system, challenge decisions and make sure their rights and wellbeing are protected . We empower children to have a role in decision-making processes and with them in the driving seat  improve the system and help them know that someone is listening and taking action.

What Corum Voice Do?

Coram Voice works in a variety of different areas in order to support children and young people in care and care leavers. 

We deliver high quality advice and support 

Our advocates make sure children know their rights and have a right to say what they think when decisions are made about their care, regardless of their age, understanding, status or geography.

We seek out those who need our help most

Those children who need us the most are often the least likely to contact us. We go to places where children in care and care leavers are highly represented, such as centres for homeless young people.

We work as a problem solving partner

We work with governmental bodies, Local Authorities, social care organisations and health services to ensure children's voices are at the heart of service delivery. We also make sure that service development, improvement and delivery in this area, is informed by children's knowledge and experience.

We provide a platform for A National Voice for children and young people

So they themselves can champion a change in attitudes, challenging the stigma they face and promoting their ambitions and achievements.

How we achieve this

We achieve this through:

• Providing Advocacy Helpline.
• Our national network of independent advocates.
• Independent visitors to become reliable adult support for children.
• Independent persons to ensure children's rights are upheld in the complaints process and at Secure Accommodation Reviews.
• The Bright Spots Programme, the largest national survey of the views of children and young people in and leaving care in England.
• Voices our national writing competition for children and young people in and leaving care.
• A National Voice, our ambassador programme for care experienced children and young people.

Coram and the Coram Group of Charities

Coram Voice is part of the Coram Group of charities. Working with Coram and the other members of the group, we are able to combine our strengths, reach and abilities, making the biggest possible difference to the greatest number of children and young people.

Find out more at www.coram.org.uk.

Get in touch

To find out more contact us on 020 7833 5792 or at info@coramvoice.org.uk.