'All my safety nets went overnight': how Covid-19 is isolating student care-leavers

Without financial help and emotional support, progress in getting more care-leavers into university could be undoneThe day before lockdown, Lilly* travelled the hour’s journey from university to her mum’s house for Mother’s Day. She was intending to stay for the weekend but 10 weeks later, she was still there.“I spent more time with my mum during that period than in my whole life. She left when I was four and I grew up in foster care,” she says. “The weird thing about it is that I don’t really know her. Most of my life I’ve really wanted a mum, I’m 20 now and I still feel like I need one, but I spent nearly all of my time there looking after my half-siblings.” Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/20/all-my-safety-nets-went-overnight-how-covid-19-is-isolating-student-care-leavers #universities #education #higher_education #students #society #coronavirus_outbreak