Care Experienced
Care Experienced Bursary – Non Advanced Courses (NC/NQ Level) apply to the College for your funding
The Care Experienced Bursary is available to all students from academic year 2020/2021, who have experience of being in care at any time in their lives in the UK regardless of age, or who are:
- Currently Looked After
- Care Leavers
- Foster Care
- Kinship Care – Arrangement by the Local Authority
- Residential Care
- Compulsory Supervision Order with no condition of residence
- Compulsory Supervision Order with a condition of residence
- Permanence Orders
You could receive a non means tested award of:
- Bursary Maintenance of £202.50 per week
- Travel Expenses
- Study Expenses (normally paid to the College)
- Tuition Fees
You will be required to submit a letter from a Social Worker/Local Authority
Students In informal care arrangements are not eligible for the Care Experienced Bursary, and all students must meet the residency criteria to be eligible.