National Youth Homelessness Conference - Agenda

See the agenda and line-up of speakers for this year's National Youth Homelessness Conference 2025.

Morning

TimeTopicLocation
08.30Registration and breakfastDhillon's Lounge
09.00Upstream Australia (associate Professor David MacKenzie and Dr Tammy Hand) 
09.30Registration and RefreshmentsThe Coventry Lounge
10.00Opening Plenary with Aimee, Expert by Experience 
10.10Setting the Context: Balbir Chatrik, Director of Policy and Prevention, Centrepoint 
10.20Robi Walters, Internationally Acclaimed Artist and Homelessness Ambassador 
10.50Breakout 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
12.00Heidi 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

TimeTopicLocation
13.40Experts by Experience Panel Discussion with Addi, Aimee, Kouroufia, Shannon, hosted by BBC Radio 1 Presenter and Centrepoint Prevention Ambassador Dean McCullough 
14.30Breakout options: 
Working Together: DfE and MHCLG Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness for Care Leavers and Vulnerable Young PeopleDhillon’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 TallMahou Lounge
15.30Break 
15.40Placing 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)   
16.10BBC Radio 1 Presenter and Centrepoint Prevention Ambassador Dean McCullough 
16.25Closing Speech: Balbir Chatrik, Director of Policy and Prevention, Centrepoint 
16.30Close 

Please note the agenda is subject to change.

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