Care experienced bursary

[Animallover2325]

Has anyone came across this yet?

Ok Im being really thick here.

we have just done the student finance application and the care leavers thing didnt show up anywhere

Im really confused as to where and how you actually apply for the bursary

I thought this was only available to those who have been in care for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14. I didn’t think it was available to anyone who has been in care.

I’m more than happy to be wrong about this!

I've just looked at the link earlier.

Care leaver is as you describe.

Care experienced is a term which is used by some places and has a broader definition which may include adopted children.

yes I think it doesnt apply to adopted children.

I think animallover might be in Scotland so it may be different there

@Ted27 @UnderTheNameOfSanders

this is the information from the UCAS website:

What do we mean by care experience? 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.
Sometimes you will see the term ‘care leaver’ used. Although this has a slightly different meaning, it is occasionally used interchangeably with ‘care experience’.

It does include adopted children in Scotland as by definition they will have been in care at some point.

@EmmatheStageRat

I am clearly being immensely thick about this
I can't see that text on the ucas website
Not that I can see how you apply for it anyway
The only thing I can see is declaring yourself as estranged from your parents so you apply as an independent adult - which applies to young people leaving care not adoptees.
We did his student finance application on Wednesday. There were questions about disability but nothing about being care experienced.

Confused!!!!

It also means for adoptees they are recognized as previously looked after.

@Ted27 here is the link https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/individual-needs/ucas-undergraduate-care-experienced-students

(If it doesn’t work, it’s in the Individual Needs section of the UCAS website.)

I think this is confusing (for England at least). Certainly in my area, the 2k HE bursary is only for those who were in care since the age of 14, not anyone who’s ever been in care. I’ve just double checked this with my LA and my AC wouldn’t be eligible as they were adopted as a young child. The 2k bursary is always administered by the LA not SFE.