When biomedical student Georgia became one of the few care-experienced people (CEP) to go to university, she made her background clear to her institution.

At that point, she told HuffPost UK, “everything made sense”.

“All you’ve got to do is tick a box, get a letter from your local authority, and then send it to the university and student finance,” she explained.

But, she added, “ after that, nothing adds up”.

Georgia has since been left struggling to find accommodation during multiple summer holidays, despite access to “well-meaning” programmes and policies.

She’s not alone.

There are over 83,000 children and young people in care in England alone. Yet only 13% of care leavers (young people who have been looked after by a foster carer since they were 14 years old) progress

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