Featured byManchester Metropolitan University
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £8,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Supported by a number of donations over the years, this Scholarship offers support to undergraduate students who are care leavers and care-experienced to help improve social mobility.
Benefits
The scholarship offers £6,000 in years one and two, £8,000 in your final year for two undergraduate students.
Eligibility
You must:
- Hold a firm offer to study a new full-time undergraduate course in the 2026/27 academic year, excluding foundation year and distance learning.
- Have spent time living in public care as a ‘looked after’ child or young person
- Have a household income of £25,000 or less. We’ll check this against your Student Finance application. Please contact us if you will not be applying to Student Finance for a maintenance loan.
- Be a UK student - English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish - paying the standard full-time fees, and have a UK Student Support Number.
- Pay for your course yourself, including through a student loan or a payment from your parents. Your course fees must not be paid by a business, charity or other organisation.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Social Work
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Aug 2026
You’ll need to:
Complete the application form.
upload evidence of your time in care:
If you are a care leaver: a letter from your local authority personal advisor confirming your status .
If you are care-experienced: any official documents confirming your time living in public care, such as a letter from your local authority.
If you are care-experienced and have also been assessed as estranged by Student Finance: you may upload the letter or email from the Student Loans Company confirming they have accepted your estrangement. You will have been sent this during your application for Student Finance.
If you have no evidence: a Word document outlining details of your care experience, including the local authority and the dates that you were in care.