If you have been in care at any time in the past and you are aged 17 – 25 years old, you can apply for a grant from the Capstone Care Leavers Trust (CCLT).
Grants for Care Leavers
Even if you have had a leaving care grant, or financial support from any other Local Authority department, you can still apply to the CCLT if you have less money than you need to buy essential household items or pay for something that will contribute to your educational and personal development, that cannot be funded by any other means.
You can apply more than once; however, you must wait 12 months before re-applying if you have already received a grant from us.
If your application is unsuccessful, you can re-apply if there is a change in your circumstances. You do not have to wait 12 months.
Grants are given for use by the applicant only.
PLEASE NOTE:
It is your responsibility to keep us informed of any change to your contact details. Please read below.
If, after several attempts we are unable to contact you by phone, text or email, after you have submitted an application, your application will close.
Any applicant we are unable to communicate within two weeks of being informed of a grant being agreed by the trustees, will unfortunately lose the award, unless an extension of time has been previously agreed.
To apply for a CCLT grant, you must be a UK national or have ‘settled status’, i.e. with no restriction on how long you can stay in the UK. If you require a visa to be in the UK, you don't have ‘settled’ status.
Please see our ‘Useful Links’ page for alternative organisations that may be able to support you.
Grants can only be considered where the applicant meets the eligibility criteria.
Important Information
The Capstone Care Leavers Trust (CCLT) is a charity in England and Wales. As such its Trustees are free to make, or refuse grants within its officially registered areas of operation. A refusal is usually made with regret and often with explanation and/or advice. We are prepared to listen if you have got evidence that we have got something wrong. However, the trustees’ decisions, usually communicated through the manager, are final.
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