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Coram launches its digital archive bringing to life the lives of children raised at the Foundling Hospital
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100,000 pages of records from Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive made available online to public
Event
Come and experience Coram’s new immersive installation, exploring the past and present of the care system
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Echoes of Care: The Living History of Coram and the Foundling Hospital
Event
Join us for an evening of discussion and celebration to mark the unveiling of an immersive art installation
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Echoes of Care: The Celebration
Blog
In 1849, Catherine Dickens, wife of Charles Dickens, provided a character reference for an unmarried mother
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Highlights of the Foundling Hospital Archive: Letter from Charles Dickens’s Wife
20th August 2024
News
Coram has published the script of the play Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care
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Coram publishes play script about the past and present of the care system for schools and youth groups to perform
24th June 2024
Event
A semi-staged production created by an ensemble of care-experienced young people and directed by Vicky Moran
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Echoes Through Time: The Story of Care event
Event
This exhibition explores our changing understanding of ‘family’ in the last 50 years
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Real Families: Stories of Change
Article
The Hospital appeared in several newsreels now held in the archives of Reuters, Pathé, and others
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The Foundling Hospital on Film
Blog
Blanche Thetford was a blind pupil who had a successful career as a musician and music teacher
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