By Amy Glover
Moving homeWhen biomedical student Georgia became one of the few care-experienced people (CEP) to go to university, she made her background clear to her institution.聽
At that point, she told HuffPost UK, 鈥渆verything made sense鈥.
鈥淎ll you鈥檝e got to do is tick a box, get a letter from your local authority, and then send it to the university and student finance,鈥 she explained.
But, she added, 鈥渁fter that, nothing adds up鈥.
Georgiahas since been left struggling to find accommodation during multiple summer holidays, despite access to 鈥渨ell-meaning鈥 programmes and policies.
She鈥檚 not alone.
There are over 83,000 children and young people in care in England alone. Yet only 13% of care leavers (young people who have been looked after by a foster carer since they were 14 years old) progress to higher education by age 19, compared to 46% of the general population.
This figure is even lower in Scotland with only 8% progressing to higher education by age 19.
Though advocacy charity Become鈥檚 interim CEO, Clare B