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Nearly a million people have registered for Universal Credit since the pandemic started. Now, many will see the difficulties homeless young people must go through in order to live.

2019 was a great year for Centrepoint: we honoured a milestone anniversary, raised over £900,000 from our annual Sleep Out and saw our work reach more young people than ever. And now, for 2020, we've got plenty more to look forward to - Centrepoint CEO Seyi Obakin talks us through our plans for the year ahead.

Last night Centrepoint took part in the National Housing Hustings, with current and former residents given the opportunity to get answers to vital questions on the housing crisis.

With more than 60 members currently signed up to use the service, it’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since The Food Point opened its doors. Here, we take a look back over the success of the social supermarket and why it's so invaluable to the young people Centrepoint supports.

Centrepoint's, Public Affairs Officer, Vicky Nevin, writes an open letter to the next Prime Minister asking them to give young people a #chancetomoveon from homelessness.

The government’s flagship youth unemployment programme, the Youth Obligation, aims to provide unemployed 18- to 21-year-olds with intensive support to find a job. There’s also the promise of a traineeship or work placement if they’re still not in work after six months. Abigail Gill, Centrepoint’s Policy and Research Manager, gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee about how the Youth Obligation programme is working in practice.

Billy Harding, Centrepoint’s Policy and Research Officer, explains the most recent changes to the Government’s new welfare system – and spells out what we think still needs to be done.

After years of campaigning, the regulations which reinstate housing benefit for young people aged 18 to 21 came into force at the end of 2018. Abigail Gill, Policy and Research Manager, explains Centrepoint’s role in securing this crucial change in the Government’s policy.

With 103,000 homeless young people approaching their local council because they were homeless or at risk in 2017/18, there’s still a lot more to do in the fight to end youth homelessness.

Nadeen Haidar and Isabel Rice, Centrepoint's dietitians, introduce The Food Point – our pioneering new project to ensure all our young people have access to healthy meals.

Paul Noblet, Centrepoint’s Head of Public Affairs, welcomes the government’s decision in the Budget to scrap the seven day waiting period before someone can claim Universal Credit, but warns the system is still not working for vulnerable young people.