Blog: Care Leaver
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Collaboration, role models, and student voice highlighted at Under-Represented Groups showcase
Collaboration, role models, and student voice were three of the main themes to come out of Go Higher Yorkshire’s Under-Represented Groups showcase, which was recently held at Leeds Beckett University.
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Independent living transitions for care-experienced young people
Many students starting Higher Education (HE) have the support of a family while they adapt to living independently and away from home for the first time. Care-experienced students, however, lack this emotional and financial “safety net”.
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Care to Go Higher CPD launched for teachers
Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) recently ran its first ever condensed Care to Go Higher programme for teachers.
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Theory (of change) to practice: collaborative events for care-experienced students
GHWY is organising two collaborative taster events for care-experienced students in Year 10. They have been developed in line with a Theory of Change.
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Unlocking Academic Success: Essential Sleep Wellbeing Strategies for Students
World Sleep Day is an annual event that is celebrated on the third Friday of March. It is a day...
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Barry Keoghan and the importance of role models to care leavers
Role models can be important for young people, providing examples of constructive action and perspectives that can help with their development. Such models can often be missing in the lives of care-experienced students, which is what makes the Bafta winner Barry Keoghan so inspirational.
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Supporting care experienced students in Higher Education during Ramadan
Ramadan is synonymous with family and community, hence care experienced students may require extra support at this time of year.
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Running a stall at Virtual School Conference 2023
GHWY recently ran a stall at Leeds City Council’s Virtual School Conference.
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Support available for care-experienced young people
There are some great steps forward being made to support care-experienced young people and we wanted to spread awareness of them to kickstart your new year with a bout of positivity!
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National Care Leavers Week campaign at University Centre Leeds
University Centre Leeds at Leeds City College ran a social media campaign during National Care Leavers Week (24-28 October) that...
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The importance of Open Days for care-experienced young people
With the application process for UCAS well underway, some people are likely to be in the final stages or have...
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Webinar addresses UCAS care-leaver tick box
The Fostering Network recently ran a #TickTheBox social media campaign to highlight the importance of care-experienced students self-identifying when applying...