Advice for care leavers

Preparing for higher education

If you're a care leaver applying to higher education there's support available to help you.

You could get: 

  • financial support and advice
  • help settling in to higher education
  • accommodation all year round.

Care leavers

Find out what help is available for care leavers, and other students tell us about their experiences.

How to find support

The charity Buttle UK have made it easy to find the best support around – they're committed to making a difference to the lives of children and young people in need.

  1. Take a look at their care leavers section to see what's available for care leavers in higher education – from funding to more info and advice about your options.
  2. Look out for The Buttle UK Quality Mark for Care Leavers – it's only awarded to course providers who make extra efforts to support students from care backgrounds. You can also download their leaflet to find out more.

You could also read The Who Cares? Trust HE Handbook for care leavers which has info on what support is available at over 100 unis and colleges.

Which course providers have the quality mark for care leavers?

All of these universities and colleges.
Get in touch with Buttle UK or any of these course providers to find out more. (Click here to see exactly who you can contact.)

Providers with the quality mark for care leavers
University of Abertay Dundee Aberystwyth University
Aston University Bangor University
University of Bath Bath Spa University
University of Bedfordshire University of Birmingham
Birmingham City University Blackpool and the Fylde College
University of Bradford Brighton University
University of Bristol Brooklands College
Brunel University Bucks New University
University of Cambridge Canterbury Christ Church University
Cardiff University University Of Chester
Coventry University De Montfort University
University of East Anglia University of East London
Edge Hill University Edinburgh Napier University
University of Exeter Exeter College
University College Falmouth University of Glamorgan
University of Glasgow Glasgow Caledonian University
Glyndwr University Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Greenwich University of Huddersfield
Hugh Baird College University of Kent
Kingston University University of Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University University of Leicester
University of Lincoln University of Liverpool
Liverpool Community College Liverpool John Moores University
University College London London South Bank University
Loughborough University The University of Manchester
The Manchester Metropolitan University Neath Port Talbot College
New College Durham Newcastle University
Newman University College The University of Northampton
University of Northumbria at Newcastle North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University
University of Oxford Oxford Brookes University
Plymouth University University of Portsmouth
Queen Mary, University of London Roehampton University
Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Veterinary College
Ruskin College University of Salford
University of Sheffield Sheffield Hallam University
University of Southampton Southampton Solent University
St George's, University of London Staffordshire University
University of Stirling Stoke on Trent College
University of Strathclyde University of Sunderland
University of Surrey University of Sussex
Swansea University University of Teesside
Trinity University College University for The Creative Arts
University of the Arts London University of Ulster
Wakefield College University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
University of Wales, Newport University of West of England
University of the West of Scotland University of Westminster
University of Winchester University of Wolverhampton
The University of York York St John University