Published: 24 October 2023
St George’s, University of London are proud to be celebrating National Care Leavers’ Week 2023, between Wednesday 25 October and Wednesday 1 November 2023. The theme this year is CARE.
C – Celebrate care leavers
A – Amplify their voices
R – Raise awareness of challenges
E – Encourage change in policy and practice.
Care leavers may face additional challenges when attending university, including worries about finances and accommodation, and it is important to raise awareness of this and highlight what we are doing at St George's to help students overcome these.
Named contact
Care leavers have a named contact. This makes things simpler for you and helps us to coordinate your financial and pastoral support.
Our Student Welfare Officer, Hannah Jones, is currently our named point of contact for care leavers. You can contact Hannah at welfare@sgul.ac.uk.
Financial support and advice
Care leavers who are undertaking their first undergraduate course are automatically eligible for a £1000 grant from St George’s.
Care leavers are also a priority group for our Access to Learning Fund (hardship fund for home students) and may also be eligible for additional financial support.
Accommodation
Care leavers studying an undergraduate course are given priority for housing in the St George’s Horton Halls of Residence and are eligible for year-round 365-day accommodation contracts if they need them.
Counselling
The University’s Counselling Service provides a non-judgemental, confidential setting in which to work things through in your own way. It is free of charge and available to all St George’s students.
The Counselling Service is confidential and is separate from teaching and assessment processes. You can find further details on the Counselling Service’s webpages.