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Explore the stories of four young girls treated in the Foundling Hospital Infirmary.
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Ten young lives: inoculation and recovery
19th July 2021
Event
Join us for a spoken word event inspired by Coram's Foundling Hospital archive.
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What’s in a Name? Get your tickets now
Blog
Find out how long-term health issues affected Foundling pupils in these three stories from the archives.
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Ten young lives: Long-term health challenges
15th June 2021
Blog
Trace Benjamin's story from the Foundling Hospital and beyond through social records.
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Benjamin’s story
14th June 2021
Blog
Read the surgical stories of the Foundling pupils as uncovered by one of our transcribers.
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Ten young lives: surgical stories
7th June 2021
Blog
Volunteer transcriber Julie follows the story of Sophia, who emigrated to Australia, in our archives.
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Uncovering Sophia’s story from Australia
3rd June 2021
News
We are saying a big thank you to our volunteers this Volunteers' Week.
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A thank you to our volunteers!
Blog
Julian explores Charles Dickens' essay about the Foundling Hospital.
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Exploring Dickens’ portrayal of the care experience
8th June 2021
Blog
Supreme talks about finding your voice as a young person in care in her new video.
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Turning up your volume when others have turned it down
28th May 2021
Blog
Sabrina and Lucretia were taken from the Foundling Hospital by Thomas Day for an experiment.
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