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Support for students who are care-experienced or estranged
16 February 2024
香港六合彩中特网 Accommodation is committed to supporting students who are care-experienced or estranged, and we encourage students to apply for accommodation in our Halls.
香港六合彩中特网 recognises that when securing accommodation, students who are care-experienced and estranged can face difficulties that their peers are less likely to experience. The following support is offered to care-experienced and estranged students:
- The opportunity for 365 days of accommodation
- Accommodation in all years of study
- Guaranteed accommodation in our halls
To be allocated 香港六合彩中特网 Accommodation, you must apply through the . In the application form, we have a section on 鈥榓dditional requirements鈥� where you have the option to select whether you are care-experienced or estranged. There is no requirement to provide evidence of your status.
After the application has been submitted, students can contact the Accommodation Office to provide information, if needed.
Care-experienced students
A care experienced student has been in the care of, or been given accommodation by, their local authority (LA) for a period of at least 13 weeks before the age of 16 and hasn鈥檛 reconciled with their parents between leaving care and starting their course.
By this, we mean:
- foster care
- residential care home
- living under the supervision of the local authority/state
Estranged students
An estranged student is aged 25 or under and has been classified as an independent student. Estranged means that you no longer have contact with your parents or legal guardians due to a permanent breakdown in your relationship. This might mean that your biological, step or adoptive parents, or wider family members are no longer responsible for supporting you. This does not include choosing to live away from your family during your studies or studying abroad.
If a student states that they are estranged, the Accommodation Office will confirm their status with Student Funding. We do this to ensure the status is recorded correctly, so the student receives support during their time at 香港六合彩中特网. Student Funding will have access to the student鈥檚 status with Student Finance England (SFE) as an independent student. Only UK students will have access to SFE and can declare themselves as independent in this way.
香港六合彩中特网 Rent Guarantor Scheme
If you choose not to live in 香港六合彩中特网 Accommodation, you can use the 香港六合彩中特网 Rent Guarantor Scheme.
The Scheme assists eligible full-time 香港六合彩中特网 students to rent private accommodation that might not otherwise be available, by 香港六合彩中特网 acting as a guarantor where the student is unable to secure any other UK-based rent guarantor.
The Scheme is open to UK students in exceptional circumstances, such as care-experience or estrangement.
香港六合彩中特网 Accommodation鈥檚 support for care-experienced and estranged students complements the existing support available at 香港六合彩中特网 from Student Support and Wellbeing. 香港六合彩中特网 has been recognised by the charity for pledging its effort to develop the support for estranged students.