Care Leavers and Experience of Care Scholarship at Manchester Metropolitan University 2025

Supported by a number of donations over the years, this Scholarship offers support to undergraduate students who are care leavers and care-experienced to help improve social mobility. 

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineAugust 31, 2025
• Value£6,000 - £8,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorManchester Metropolitan University
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyManchester Metropolitan University
• Eligible CountryUnited Kingdom

Benefits

£6,000 in years one and two, £8,000 in your final year.

Requirements

To be eligible, you must:

• Hold a firm offer to study a new full-time undergraduate course in the 2025/26 academic year, excluding foundation year and distance learning.
• Have spent time living in public care as a ‘looked after’ child or young person
• Have a household income of £25,000 or less. We’ll check this against your Student Finance application. Please contact us if you will not be applying to Student Finance for a maintenance loan.
• Be a UK student - English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish - paying the standard full-time fees, and have a UK Student Support Number.
• Pay for your course yourself, including through a student loan or a payment from your parents. Your course fees must not be paid by a business, charity or other organisation.

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Application Deadline

August 31, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Manchester Metropolitan University on www.mmu.ac.uk to apply

• Complete the application form. 
• upload evidence of your time in care:
  • If you are a care leaver: a letter from your local authority personal advisor confirming your status .
  • If you are care-experienced: any official documents confirming your time living in public care, such as a letter from your local authority.
  • If you are also estranged: the letter or email from the Student Loans Company confirming they have accepted your estrangement. You will have been sent this during your application for Student Finance. 
  • If you have no evidence: a Word document outlining details of your care experience, including the local authority and the dates that you were in care.

For more details, visit the scholarship webpage