Support for Estranged Students

Stand Alone – Charity who support people who are estranged from their family

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Breakaway – Charity who supports estranged adult children

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Student Finance England – Key information on Estranged Students

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UCAS – Support for Estranged Students

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Advanced Learner Loan – Support with the costs of a course at a college or training provider in England

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This is not an exhaustive list of organisations or resources. Please get in touch if you have any suggestions for additional organisations or resources you would like us to add.

Breakaway Support Community

Use the below link to access the Reddit support community for estranged people. Open to any estranged people who need advice or guidance regardless of where they are at in their estrangement journey. This community is closely moderated to ensure no estranged parents can participate and that a safe environment is maintained.

Support Community

Educated and ‘estranged’: Getting through uni without the bank of mum and dad

Click the button below to watch the short film created by the BBC on the difficulities of being an estranged student at university.

The film centers around Laura who is a student at university, but has no relationship with her parents and gets no support from them – financial or otherwise. Laura found that it can be a challenge for students like her to get the student finance, external they are entitled to.

Latest figures show there are over 9,300 students across the country who are considered to be estranged from their parents and according to research by the Stand Alone, external charity, they are three times more likely to drop out of university than the average student.

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STAND ALONE RESOURCES

Student Finance Guide

This guide has been created by the charity Stand Alone. It provides students with the information on how their Student Finance application is assessed as an estranged student. It will also tell them about the supporting documents they will need to send to confirm their irreconcilable estrangement from their family.

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NEW STARTS : The challenges of HE without the support of a family network

This report brings together two pieces of research from the Unite Foundation and Stand Alone Charity, with the view to building a broad picture of the profile and key behaviours of care leavers and estranged students during their time studying in higher education.

Hidden Voices

Key statistics on estranged students gathered by Stand Alone charity.

Chances for Children Grant

Grant available through the charity Buttle UK. An individually tailored grant of up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement.

Interactive Course: Introduction to Supporting Estranged Students

This self-directed online CPD course is designed to introduce you to the experiences of estranged students and equip you with the knowledge and tools to support them effectively. Through this interactive course, you’ll explore what estrangement means, the unique barriers these students face, and the support available to help them access and thrive in higher education.

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