Care Experienced Students
We're here to help you achieve your potential!
At City of Glasgow College, we're committed to supporting students who have been or are in care. We work closely with you and the people who support you to offer impartial advice and guidance to enable you to attend a college course and achieve your goals.
There are lots of things to think about when deciding to come to college. Our Student Advisors can help you to decide on your course, plan a visit, make an application and sort out your funding and accommodation. They'll also provide access to support services, including counselling, learning support and the STAY Mentoring Service, and help you get the best out of your time at City. We've outlined all the support available to you in our Guide for Care Experienced Students.
We also have named contacts so you know who to contact for help. Don't forget to tell us that you're care experienced on your application so we can make contact with you.
Named Contacts
Corporate Parent Plan
In 2014 City of Glasgow College became a Corporate Parent. This means we have a legal responsibility to support our care experienced students. We have created a Corporate Parenting Plan to ensure that we continue to develop ourselves as a Corporate Parent and to ensure we uphold our legislative duties. Our action plan has been refreshed for 2025-2029 in partnership with our care experienced students and has a renewed commitment and actions to support you to succeed.
External Organisations
Who Cares? Scotland have a range support for care experienced people. They can provide advocacy, information about your rights and campaign at a national level to have the voices of care experienced people listened to by decision makers. You can contact their helpline for advice and guidance on 0330 107 7540.
Hub for Success works with care experienced people to get in, stay in and return to college and university. They have created a helpful toolkit for school leavers who are thinking of moving on to college or university.
Wee Campus is an online community run by the Why Not Trust. It has been developed and co-designed with care experienced students to be a safe space to get advice, share experiences and find others who are also engaged in learning.
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