Linda Briheim-Crookall is Head of Policy and Practice Development at Coram Voice, a children’s rights charity and part of the Coram Group. Linda has worked in policy, research and practice improvement for over 15 years, specialising in children in care and care leaver issues for a more than a decade.

At Coram Voice she seeks to develop the voice of children and young people in the services that they receive.  With her team she delivers programmes that focus on policy and practice improvement through rigorous research, co-production and engagement with children in care and care leavers, including Bright Spots (with the University of Oxford), New Belongings, A National Voice, and peer research.

She previously managed Catch22’s National Care Advisory Service leading policy and practice development for leaving care services, including through the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum.