Coram, the UK’s first children’s charity, has an ongoing commitment to raise and develop the public’s understanding of children in care. Children and care leavers identify stigma and societal prejudice as a significant concern in their lives. Negative views about care impact on relationships and inclusion in communities (Independent Care Review, 2020). Coram commissioned YouGov to carry out an online poll of 2,092 UK adults, who were asked questions on the 8th and 9th of March 2021, some of which covered children in care and some covered care leavers. YouGov provided a breakdown of responses by groups of respondents in terms of gender, age group, region or nation of the UK, social grade, working status, marital status, presence and age of children in household, and use of selected social media and messaging services in the last month. Coram reports differences between groups in cases where the breakdown showed that a difference was statistically significant and substantively important. YouGov did not carry out qualitative analysis of the written comments. Coram's own qualitative and quantitative analysis of the answers follows.
