Local Groups

Bright Futures Society is a friendly and supportive space for care-experienced and estranged students at the University of Greenwich.

For all estranged and care-experienced (including adoptee/refugee). Join below or email eaces@st-andrews.ac.uk for more details.

Bristol CLES is a community for all care leavers and estranged students at the University of Bristol.

The Open Table Project is for care leavers/care experienced people and estranged people in Liverpool.

Society for independent, estranged, adopted, care-experienced, and first-generation students at Durham University.

Distanced (includes estranged) and Care Experienced Students’ Network Bath Spa University.

Care Experienced & Estranged Students Society. We aim to support, empower, and bring together our community at the University of Strathclyde.

Society for independent, estranged, care-experienced, and first generation students at the University of York.

The Leeds Care Experienced & Estranged Community private chat: a great place to get to know other care experienced and estranged students who are also studying in Leeds, and to stay in the loop about events gatherings taking place.

Chosen Family is a Manchester-based Community for Estranged People, Care Leavers, and people with no/limited family support.

Estranged and Care-Experienced Students’ (EaCES) Network at Imperial College Students’ Union.

The network is open to all GCU students who self-define as having a period of care-experience in their background (e.g. foster care, adoptees, formal or informal kinship care etc).