AIBU to wonder if there are film directors who will sponsor my godson's degree?

[lucy333]

After advice really more than AIBU.
My amazing godson managed to get a place on a degree course studying practical film making at London Met school and managed to get sufficient funding to pay for the first year (you can't get the fees covered like other uni degrees).
He's been in and out of care so has achieved his dreams against the odds but is struggling to get funding for years 2 and 3. A kind friend of the family has set up a Go fund me fundraiser and some lovely people have donated but there's still some distance to go and time is running out. I just wondered if anyone had any suggestions on possible companies /individuals who may be able to sponsor him? Or charities or individuals who support care leavers with this type of thing?
We've been trying to research but haven't had much success so I thought I'd ask the knowledgeable people on here.
Thanks for reading!

Ah, so he is getting a student loan, and still needs to find more. At least this way he'll also be getting a maintenance loan for living costs.

I was also going to suggest contacting the LA. Most have specific departments to support care leavers and can advise on any grants that might be available.

The thing about contacting the local authority is that he will only be entitled to care leaver support is he's eligible ie if he was in care for 16 consecutive weeks on or after his 16th birthday and remained looked after until he was 18. If either of those don't apply then the support would be minimal.

Only care leavers who qualify under the leaving care act.

My areas of the country have local grant making trusts that fund in exactly these sorts of situations. Our town has a fund for care leavers. Typically these days they are managed by the voluntary action for your county or similar

Check out Arts Emergency. I don’t think they offer direct funding but have loads of support resources and might be able to direct him to funding streams.

Google the actor Samatha Morton. She is care experienced and you might find she is involved with initiatives worth following up.

Obvious Q - Has he tried making a promotional film? A good one could go viral and attract the attention of people in the film industry with money!

What about this place?
https://lsa.ac.uk/

It's free and they do level 4 (age 18+) courses.
We looked at it for our DC, it was amazing, and they have contacts in the industry to help with jobs afterwards.