Please tick ‘yes’ on the application form if you have spent time living with foster carers under local authority care, in residential care (e.g. a children’s home),or if you have been looked after at home under a supervision order, placed in kinship care, or under a special guardianship order by the local authority.
The following experiences, while significant, do not meet the definition of ‘care experienced’ for the purpose of this question:
- Volunteering in a care home
- Staying with family members temporarily while your parents/guardians were working away
- Being a young carer