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Open Day Travel Fund 2012 for Children In (or previously in) Care

The University of Cambridge has established a travel fund to enable children in (or previously in) care* who have been or are in care to travel to open day events organised by the University and Colleges of Cambridge. This includes:

After you have submitted your application, we will explore what financial support could be made available by your Local Authority. Should they be unable to provide you with support, we will assist with your arrangements. This assistance will usually come in the form of a rail warrant or financial support in securing travel, within the UK, by other means of public transport.

Please apply as early as possible to allow for your application to be assessed properly by Cambridge Admissions Office.

*To be eligible, you must be in Year 11, or above, and have spent at least 3 months in the care of a UK Local Authority since starting Year 10.

Type of open day:





If attending a Department/faculty open day, please state the subject:

If attending a College open day, please state the College:

Date of open day:

How do you intend to travel?




If travelling by train, where is your most convenient station to depart from?

Do you have a valid Young Person's Railcard?

I am...



Your UK Local Authority:

Your school:

Applicant's full name:

Applicant's home address:

Address line 1:

Address line 2:

Address line 3:

Town / City:

County:

Postcode:

Applicant's home telephone number:

Applicant's mobile number:

Applicant's email address:

Applicant's date of birth:

You must provide the name of an adult who can confirm you are/have been in care, and also state their position/role.

Full name of referee adult:

Position/role of referee adult:



Telephone number of referee adult:

Email address of referee adult:

Data protection
The data you give on this form will be treated with great care. It will be processed and held by the University of Cambridge for the purpose of this application and sending you information about the University. It will always be safeguarded under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. We may also pass your data to a third party (such as UCAS) in order to track applications to Higher Education. The tracking information gathered would solely be used to provide statistics to the University of Cambridge for evaluating the impact of its events.

If you are under 16, please ensure that your parent/carer has also seen this information. If you/they wish to find out more about this monitoring please contact us at: dataprotection@cao.cam.ac.uk.

Declaration