This handbook contains financial support that the Leaving and After Care service may be able to give you, including:
- separated migrant young people
- young people in further education (College)
- young people in higher education (University)
- post-graduate study
- training and apprenticeships
- young people seeking work
- young people who are sick or disabled
- young parents and pregnant women
- rent deposits, rent in advance, rent guarantee
- setting up home grant
- Christmas, festival and birthday gifts
- clothing allowance
- travel documents
- transition payments
- payments and emergencies
- staying put
- driving lessons
You will also find financial support for care leavers from other places, including:
- council tax exemption offered by local councils
- student loans and bursaries offered by Universities and Student Finance England
- benefit entitlements for care leavers, such as Universal Credit and Housing Costs
- NHS health costs
- free meals in further education
- Healthy Start Vouchers, Child Benefit and Maternity Grant for care leavers who are pregnant or parents
Download the leaving and after care finance handbook 2024 to 2025 (PDF, 442.72KB).