{"id":1109,"date":"2025-11-24T09:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:27:46","slug":"are-you-a-care-leaver-care-giver-estranged-a-refugee-or-asylum-seeker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/11\/24\/are-you-a-care-leaver-care-giver-estranged-a-refugee-or-asylum-seeker\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a care leaver, care giver, estranged, a refugee or asylum seeker?\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Are you a Kent student who is also one of the following?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Care experienced<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A care leaver<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Estranged<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A refugee\/asylum seeker<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A care giver<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meet Tristan Ireson Howells, Senior Welfare Adviser, who is specifically in place to support you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">How can Tristan support you?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI can help ensure you are accessing all the support you\u2019re entitled to. I offer face to face and Teams meetings throughout the week to talk through issues affecting your studies and wellbeing.\u201d To get in touch with Tristan, please email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:T.Ireson-Howells@Kent.ac.uk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">T.Ireson-Howells@Kent.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:278}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tea, Talk and Togetherness, 26 November\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Take a break and join us for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/whats-on\/event\/78375\/tea-talk-togetherness\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">relaxed afternoon of teas, coffees, pastries and board games<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is a friendly, low-pressure space just for students to unwind, meet others and enjoy some good company. Everyone is welcome to join us in supporting National Care Leavers Month and Estranged Students Solidarity Week.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whether you\u2019re up for a game, a chat, or just a quiet brew, you\u2019re very welcome to drop in. Come as you are \u2014 stay for as long (or short!) as you like.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is also an opportunity to meet Tristan and find out more about how he can support you through your time at Kent.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No need to book. Just come along on Wednesday 26 November 14:00-16:00 in Templeman Library, Seminar Room 2, TS2.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a Kent student who is also one of the following?\u00a0 Care experienced\u00a0 A care leaver\u00a0 Estranged\u00a0 A refugee\/asylum seeker\u00a0 A care giver\u00a0 Meet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/11\/24\/are-you-a-care-leaver-care-giver-estranged-a-refugee-or-asylum-seeker\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40853,"featured_media":1110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,183846],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}