Care leavers may also prioritize entering work to become self-sufficient as early as possible. There are care leavers, though, who overcome the odds, go to university and get a degree.

Care leavers. DMU has signed up to the Care Leaver Covenant; a promise to provide support for care leavers aged 16-25 to help them to live independently.The university has also been awarded the ...

However, research shows that in the 18-22 age group, a total of about 1,700 young people out of almost 2,250 were in education or training. Statistically, care leavers are significantly ...

Of care leaver households assessed in 2022-23, 2,270 were already homeless, while 1,440 were threatened with homelessness within 56 days. Image source, Jacob Sacks-Jones. Image caption, ...

News; Politics; Politics; Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as top ministers hold meeting Young people who have been in care could get free prescriptions and bus fares as a ...

Care leavers aged up to 25 will be exempted from the need to have a local connection with an area to access social housing, the government has announced. The policy, designed to tackle homelessness ...

GOVERNMENT should pay for care leavers’ council tax, prescriptions, NHS dental treatment and optician costs until they are 25, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. A nationally ...

Young adult care leavers face an “appalling” situation where they can be around nine times more likely to become homeless than their peers, a charity has suggested.

Care leavers could get free prescriptions and bus fares as part of plans to boost government support for vulnerable young people, PoliticsHome understands. Menu. Thu, 10 July 2025 ...

Care leavers between the ages of 18 and 21 receive support from their leaving care team, and this can be extended up to the age of 25. But with the cost-of-living crisis, the practical and ...

Care leavers may also prioritise entering work to become self-sufficient as early as possible. There are care leavers, though, who overcome the odds, go to university and get a degree.