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Blog Helen Warren explores the history of her Foundling ancestor, Edmund Fitz-George, an apprentice blacksmith Read more

Finding My Foundling, Edmund Fitz-George

3rd April 2024 Beyond care Education Health
Blog Discover how Ann Young’s 5x great granddaughters discovered details about her early life Read more

Finding Our Foundling, Ann Young

14th March 2024 Beyond care Identity Relationships
Blog Find out what Tracey Foley discovered about her 5x great grandmother in Coram's Foundling Hospital Archive. Read more

Finding My Foundling, Ann Fordyce

14th March 2024 Identity Relationships
Event Kristen Renzi will be discussing the lives of women in 19th and early 20th century London Read more

Tea and Talk with Kristen Renzi and Carol Harris

Identity
Article Shrewsbury was the second branch hospital to be opened and the second largest Read more

Shrewsbury Branch Foundling Hospital

8th March 2024 Education
Event A semi-staged production created by an ensemble of care-experienced young people and directed by Vicky Moran Read more

Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care event

Beyond care Culture Identity
Blog We asked our Story of Care Ambassadors to create audio content reflecting on the care system Read more

Story of Care Ambassadors: Spoken Word

26th February 2024 Beyond care Identity Relationships
Event Discover the history of the Westerham Foundling Hospital and see our narrative blanket Read more

Westerham and the Foundling Hospital – National Trust

Beyond care Education Identity
News Stories of Interest marks another completed project in our ambitious Voices Through Time programme Read more

Stories of Interest project sees Foundling stories brought to life

20th December 2023 Education Identity Relationships
Event Join us and our panel of speakers to examine how our understanding of poverty and need has evolved Read more

“His Innocent Subjects”: A Historical Exploration of the ‘Deserving’ and ‘Undeserving Poor’

Beyond care Children's rights
Article Find out about the Chester Branch Hospital, set up to admit additional children from the Foundling Hospital Read more

Chester Branch Foundling Hospital

18th December 2023 Education
Event This exhibition explores our changing understanding of ‘family’ in the last 50 years Read more

Real Families: Stories of Change

Culture