Section: Homelessness & Rough Sleeping
No place to spend Christmas - new research into experiences of youth homelessness
Posted 15.11.19
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For young people facing homelessness across the UK, the Christmas holiday period provides little respite.
Centrepoint's youth homelessness data bank shows that between October and December last year, over 22,000 under-25s had to go to their council for support because they were homeless or at risk of losing a home.
Earlier this year, Centrepoint conducted a survey of young people living in homelessness accommodation across England and Wales. It sheds light on just some of the situations that homeless young people are forced into.
Centrepoint's policy and research officer, Billy Harding, discusses the research - 'No place to stay: Experiences of
youth homelessness'.
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Updated 14.11.19
Longhurst Group: Longhurst Group helps Lincoln homeless centre become reality - having jointly led a successful bid for a £700,000 grant from Homes England.
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St Mungo's: St Mungo's, Shelter, Homeless Link, Depaul UK, Crisis and Centrepoint have come together to launch End Homelessness Now - a new campaign calling for all parties to pledge to end homelessness in the upcoming General Election.
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Headlines in this section last month:
- Mayor of London launches scheme to help rough sleepers with mental health needs
- Loopholes in homelessness legislation mean the most vulnerable can be denied help
- Mayor doubles budget to help London's rough sleepers
- Court of Appeal finds failings in assessing a homelessness case of a man at risk of self-harming
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