Centrepoint
Austerity has pushed young homeless people to back of queue for help. The government must act
Austerity has pushed young homeless people to back of queue for help. The government must act
More than 40,000 young people who asked councils for help with homelessness last year weren’t even assessed, according to Centrepoint. The charity’s policy and research manager Dr Tom Kerridge says filling councils’ £300m financial black hole is a ‘drop in the ocean’ compares to the benefits it would bring
Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more
Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more
The government’s new Criminal Justice Bill is a free pass to draconian interventions on rough sleepers, writes Balbir Kaur Chatrik of Centrepoint
Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help
Young man made homeless aged 11 after fleeing abusive home tells UK government to ‘wake up’ and help
The number of young people facing homelessness reached nearly 136,000 in 2022 to 2023. It could be even higher now, as refugee homelessness spirals. Charities are calling for a national strategy to end youth homelessness
Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
Anger over plan to axe data on people who die while homeless: ‘Now is not the time’
There is no single image of a ‘homeless person’. Let’s bust the myths about homelessness