A 40-year-old children’s anti-bullying charity has announced that it has merged into the Coram Group, effective from last week.
Kidscape has transferred all of its activities over to the Coram Group, which is made up of charities and specialist organisations supporting children, young people and families.
The charity’s programmes will now operate under the name Coram Kidscape, and current service users will experience no changes in the support offered to them, Coram has said.
Kidscape previously reported operating deficits
Founded in 1985 by Michelle Elliott, Kidscape’s support services for children and young people experiencing bullying are currently delivered by a core staff team of seven, along with a wider team of over 60 volunteers, associate trainers, and supporters.
The charity has reported operating deficits for the last two years, according to its entry on the Charity Commission website.
For the year ending 31 March 2025, the charity reported a total expenditure of £463,000 against a total income of £345,000.
Kidscape’s chair, Rebecca Gray, said of the merger: “The move of Kidscape into Coram marks an important exciting next step in a journey of over 40 years for our charity.
“We are very proud of the support, education and awareness we have been able to provide for so many children, young people, families – both directly and through the schools and community organisations who work with them.
“The move to Coram opens up the opportunity to help so many more children and to connect with other excellent work in Coram responding to the increasingly complex and often challenging environment young people now live in.”
In August last year, youth charity Leap Confronting Conflict transferred its activities over to the Coram Group and began operating under the name Coram Leap Confronting Conflict.
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