Coram – the oldest children’s charity in the country – helped to create the Thomas Coram pioneering early years centre, which was the backdrop for the launch of Sure Start by Tony Blair and the Labour government in 1998.
Trustees at the maintained nursery school say that it is being forced out by Coram, which is the landlord and freeholder, and that it has not been given an explanation as to why the charity wants to steeply increase the rent it charges Camden Council and cut the nursery’s indoor space, that could lead to a loss of half of the 150 nursery places, as well as reclaim the nursery garden.
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