Unite Foundation offers year-round accommodation scholarships to care leaver and estranged students. As an estranged student myself, this form of support was life-changing and enabled me to fulfil my dream of attending university.
I had always aspired to go on to higher or further education – I saw it as a gateway to a brighter future. However, when I spoke to an advisor at my college, they said: ‘But you don’t live with your parents, how do you think you can ever get to university?’ After that, it didn’t feel like an option for me and I stopped considering it.
