Care Experienced

The term care-experienced refers to anyone who has been or is currently in care or from a looked-after background at any stage in their life, no matter how short, including adopted children who were previously looked-after.

Care may have been provided to you in a one of many different settings such as:

• foster care
• kinship care (e.g. living with a grandparent, aunt, uncle, other family member)
• residential care (e.g. a care home for young people)
• looked after at home with a compulsory supervision order
• adopted but were previously looked after
• another care setting

West College Scotland is proud to be a Corporate Parent. Be proud of your care-experienced identity and make full use of the enhanced support to available to you before, during and after your studies with us.

We have a Named Contact at each of our campuses, based in the Student Advisory Service, who can support and guide you with:

• course information
• funding, fees and the Care Experienced Bursary
• the transition to college
• support before and during your studies
• giving you a strong voice and helping us to develop as a Corporate Parent
• preparing for your next destination (e.g. further study, employment or other opportunities)

Click  to read our Corporate Parenting Plan and the National Ambition for Care Experienced Students.