Care Leaver and Estranged Student Travel Award

To be eligible, you must meet the following criteria:

• you are living in accommodation off campus and travelling by car or public transport to university
• you must be living a minimum of one mile from the campus
• you are under the age of 25 on the first day of the first academic year of your course (1 September for courses starting in the autumn term)
• you are a ‘home' student enrolled on a full-time undergraduate course at the University of Northampton. EU and International students are not eligible to apply for this award
• you must have been in care, or under a care order, for a period of at least thirteen weeks since the age of 14, or you are estranged from your parents (you must provide a supporting letter from your Local Authority, support/ social worker, or evidence of your estrangement to confirm this)
• you must not be living with parents or receiving any financial support from parents

Please note that students that receive the Travel Award will not be automatically eligible for a parking permit at any UON sites – they will need to follow all stated application procedures and pay for parking permits using the Award if necessary.