Starting a new journey at College is an exciting time for most young people but you may experience lots of worries and anxieties around coming to a new place, meeting new people and making new friends. Being care experienced could mean you may need additional support and guidance to help make your College experience a positive one.
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.
At Leeds College of Building we offer:
- Dedicated safeguarding officers who are responsible for and have an understanding of the needs of a care experienced student
- Eligible students will receive a bursary to support with costs associated with College. The bursary is up to £1200 per year and will cover the cost of breakfast, lunch and travel. This can also be used towards the cost of equipment.
- Arranged visits to your chosen campus, which includes a tour of the faculty area and the opportunity to meet key staff members
- Tailored support, as required. We work closely with the Inclusive learning support team to ensure any support needs are met
- Accessing college services including welfare and financial support, mental health and wellbeing, student enrichment, careers guidance and advice
If you are a care experienced person, a social worker, virtual school or a parent/carer and would like more information around the support we can offer, please contact us at safeguarding@lcb.ac.uk
For information on our Bursary Fund and how to apply for this, please click here.
