The legal definition of a care leaver comes from The Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 which states that a Care Leaver is someone who has been in the care of the Local Authority for a period of 13 weeks or more spanning their 16th birthday.

Care experienced is defined as being care experienced means you will have spent time living with foster carers under local authority care, in residential care (e.g. a children’s home), looked after at home under a supervision order, or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (e.g. a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support, at any time in your life.

If you are a care experienced student at the university, we have dedicated advisors who can help co-ordinate support for you with internal and external services, including social services.

We will try to make your transition to University as easy as possible and give advice on pre-application and guidance for offer holders. We can also offer support with accommodation all year round or support finding somewhere else for the whole year.

You can speak to us about any questions or queries you have about life at Lincoln, academic study and your general wellbeing.

Please email studentwellbeing@lincoln.ac.uk for more information.

There is also financial advice available and specific bursaries or grants, please contact our Student Funding Team for more information on studentfundingteam@lincoln.ac.uk.

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Student Wellbeing First Contact appointments:

You can find out more about our First Contact Appointments and access the contact form by clicking here.