See the agenda and line-up of speakers for this year's National Youth Homelessness Conference 2025.
Morning
Time | Topic | Location |
08.30 | Registration and breakfast | Dhillon's Lounge |
09.00 | Upstream Australia (associate Professor David MacKenzie and Dr Tammy Hand) | |
09.30 | Registration and Refreshments | The Coventry Lounge |
10.00 | Opening Plenary with Aimee, Expert by Experience | |
10.10 | Setting the Context: Balbir Chatrik, Director of Policy and Prevention, Centrepoint | |
10.20 | Robi Walters, Internationally Acclaimed Artist and Homelessness Ambassador | |
10.50 | Breakout options: | |
MHCLG Update on Youth Homelessness Prevention (MHCLG) | Dhillon's Lounge | |
Upstream UK Panel: Schools Based Screening and Support to Prevent Youth Homelessness (The Rock Trust, Llamau, Cardiff University and Centrepoint chaired by The Royal Foundation) | The Midea Lounge | |
Housing First for Youth: A Psychologically Informed Approach to Stopping Repeat Homelessness (Centrepoint) | The Coventry Lounge | |
Building the Path Together: A Model of Early Help (Birmingham Pathfinder) | The Boardroom | |
Families Under Pressure: Preventing Family Breakdown and Youth Homelessness (Centrepoint and Wyre Forest and South Worcestershire Nightstop and Mediation Service) | Mahou Lounge | |
12.00 | Heidi Walter, Programme Design and Training Consultant, A Way Home Canada |
Networking Lunch
12.40 - 13.40
Group 1- Dhillon’s Lounge
Group 2- The Midea Lounge
Group 3- The Coventry Lounge
Afternoon
Time | Topic | Location |
13.40 | Experts by Experience Panel Discussion with Addi, Aimee, Kouroufia, Shannon, hosted by BBC Radio 1 Presenter and Centrepoint Prevention Ambassador Dean McCullough | |
14.30 | Breakout options: | |
Working Together: DfE and MHCLG Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness for Care Leavers and Vulnerable Young People | Dhillon’s Lounge | |
Educating Schools, Children and Parents out of Homelessness (London Borough of Havering) | The Coventry Lounge | |
The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter: An Ambitious New Voluntary Standard for Landlords to Raise Renting Standards for Tenants (Tenancy Dispute Service) | The Boardroom | |
Standing Tall: Harnessing the Goodwill of the Community to Support Young People into a Home and a Job (Standing Tall) | Mahou Lounge | |
15.30 | Break | |
15.40 | Placing Schools at the Centre of Homelessness Prevention: The First Phase Evaluation of the Upstream Project in England and Scotland (Dr Nadia Ayed and Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Heriot-Watt University) | |
16.10 | BBC Radio 1 Presenter and Centrepoint Prevention Ambassador Dean McCullough | |
16.25 | Closing Speech: Balbir Chatrik, Director of Policy and Prevention, Centrepoint | |
16.30 | Close |
Please note the agenda is subject to change.