National Care Leavers Month and Estranged Students’ Solidarity Week

National Care Leavers Month (NCLM) November 2025 is a month dedicated to celebrating care-experienced individuals, shining a light on their achievements, and calling for positive change.

This year's theme is 'Rising As Me: Overcoming Challenges, Transforming, and Finding Your Identity.' This theme celebrates the resilience of care-experienced individuals and honours the personal growth and transformation that their journeys inspire.

To mark NCLM Become are offering the following free events online:

• Wellbeing and Support at Uni 5 November
• Your Rights, Your Voice, Your Future 12 November
• Lights, Camera, Career: Breaking into TV and Film 19 November.

The theme of Estranged Students’ Solidarity Week (final week in November) is ‘Invisible No More’. It aims to highlight the often invisible struggles of individuals who are studying without the support of a family network.

The following links set out the support available at Loughborough University for students with care experience or who are estranged:

• Students with care experience | Undergraduate study | Loughborough University
• Estranged students | Undergraduate study | Loughborough University

Students can use the Health, Disability and Wellbeing form to refer to Student Wellbeing and Inclusivity for support with any Mental Health, Wellbeing or Disability issue.

The Student Services Event page has details of Drop-in sessions (Wellbeing and Disability) and all group sessions and events.

All students with Care Experience or who are Estranged are welcome to attend a Pizza pop-in event on Wednesday 26 November from 4pm-6pm. There will be free pizza and time to chat to others and seek advice and support.

There will also be a stand in EHB Atrium on Tuesday 18 November 11am-1pm, with resources, freebies and information to mark National Care Leavers Month.