📣 Calling #estranged and #careexperienced twitter 📣 Inspired by @vonny_bravo, let’s start a whatsapp group chat for people who might need some extra support during the whole #coronavirus thing ✉️ dog gifs, deliveries or just a chat! RT and DM me your number and I’ll add you!

Today, NNECL joined with Stand Alone to send a letter to Vice-Chancellors to ask them to consider those students estranged or care experienced without family support at this difficult time. nnecl.org/news/today,-nn…

Great to see Stand Alone and NNECL’s letter to VCs featured here. It’s time that universities understood the impact of shutting down. Thousands of students stranded at university amid UK lockdown theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/m…

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Learn about your housing rights during the COVID-19 outbreak. As your SU, we’re working together with the University and local landlords to make sure you're getting the best advice and guidance possible, no matter what’s going on in the world. durhamsu.com/articles/updat…

Do we have any estranged students aged 18-25 who want to tell their story about life in isolation for C4 news? You’d make a couple of video diaries which you’d be in control of...name & location change possible...DM or email: [email protected]

Our president is taking part in the #BecomePlayers gaming marathon to support #cep and #careleavers in who use @Become1992's care advice line and other services. They're a great charity who are doing life-changing work at the moment! Please support them and Amie's gaming!

Students in our network led the development of this guide for prospective #estranged students - and we're really pleased to see it come to life!! If you're considering coming to Durham University as #estranged from your family or a #careleaver, we're happy to answer any questions 😁

About #CareintheTimeofCOVID We want to capture the voice & experience of the #care community. You have to be in the UK to participate because there are different legal requirements for collecting data for those who aren't in the UK Let's record your experiences in #History.

Also really thankful for the opportunity to speak to everyone about my work at Durham Estranged Students, our Discord server to offer national peer support during lockdown, and the importance of institutions working with students directly and beyond definitions!

This is such a serious issue which is not being taken seriously enough by Richard Lochhead & Department for Education. Students estranged from their families could end up destitute this summer | Becca Bland theguardian.com/education/2020…

Hey!! Are you a care experienced or estranged student? Anything to say? To share? To show off? Words? Pictures? Music? A piece of your mind? DMs are open. This is run by Unite Foundation scholars but we want everyone to feel welcome here, one big community!

💜 Looking for students to help us relaunch! 💜 We've been on a hiatus, but hoping to come back this year! If you're a current Durham Uni student who is care-experienced or studying without family support, and interested in helping us rebuild the network, please message us!!

As part of National Care Leavers' Week 2022 and our blog series with Higher Education Policy Institute, we have published a blog on the importance of community for care experienced and estranged students. You can read the blog here hepi.ac.uk/2022/10/25/com…

Being a care experienced or estranged student shouldn’t mean being disadvantaged when it comes to finding somewhere to live at uni🏘️ Most students are asked for a rent guarantor to secure accommodation, but not ALL students have someone to ask... tinyurl.com/beourguarantor 1/3

Without family to act as guarantors, estranged & care experienced students have nowhere to turn. It can be the difference between staying at uni, dropping out, or even attending uni in the first place. Support the #BeOurGuarantor Campaign here: tinyurl.com/beourguarantor 3/3