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Letter to Home Secretary James Cleverly on Government proposals to criminalise rough sleeping

Why is there so much political apathy amongst young people and what would happen if all young people voted.

The cost of living crisis has particularly affected homeless young people. Improving access to financial education and delivering it in the right way for them can make a huge impact on their lives.

In January, to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Centrepoint invited a group of young people to take part in a dumpling-making class with our wonderful ambassador, Ching He Huang, at Fortnum and Mason’s.

Celebrity stars competed in the Ultimate Pub Quiz to help raise funds for our work to support young people experiencing homelessness.

Young people with lived experience of homelessness quash some of the myths and narratives surrounding the subject.

Centrepoint has launched a prevention strategy aimed at identifying and supporting school age pupils in England who could be at risk of homelessness in the future.

The challenges young parents experiencing homelessness face when seeking education, employment and training and where to find help.

We’re launching a new, proactive homelessness prevention programme to help break the cycle of homelessness for the next generation of young people.

With youth homelessness at an all-time high, the organisations behind the #PlanForThe136k coalition welcome the Government’s commitment to ending homelessness in all its forms but their response misses the urgency of the matter and it misses the point. In the 27 days we have waited for a response, more than 10,000 young people may have approached their council as homeless in line with the latest youth homelessness figures.

Moving into your own place can be a scary prospect, particularly if you have had experience with homelessness. But what if there is no place to move into, and you are stuck for months or years in a homelessness hostel, when you just want to move on? This is the increasing reality for many young homeless people, resulting from a lack of social and private housing supply, soaring rents and benefit cuts.

TV presenter and BBC Radio 1 DJ, Melvin Odoom attended a showcase hosted by Centrepoint and Element.