We focus on areas of policy including housing, family and health. We also campaign to ensure homeless young people are getting the right support when it comes to their benefits and personal finance, education, skills and employment opportunities.
Policy and research
Centrepoint campaigns to influence national and local government policy that affects homeless young people.
The scale of youth homelessness across the UK
We collect local data from across the UK on the scale of youth homelessness. This research provides an insight into the type of interactions young people are having with their local councils and what support is being offered.
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42 %42% have issues with their mental health
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14 %14% are refugees
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28 %28% have been living in care
Find out about our policy work on our blog
Stuck in limbo: why too many young people can’t ‘Move On’
For young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, moving on into long-term, safe and affordable housing remains one of the biggest challenges they face. New evidence shows that for many, that challenge is growing.
What the New Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy Means for Young People
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has unveiled the National Plan to End Homelessness, the long-awaited cross-government strategy on homelessness and rough sleeping.
2025 Youth Chapter Collective Open Letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves
The Youth Chapter Collective, which consists of more than 150 organisations, have written to the Chancellor, urging her to end a trap in the benefits system that’s unfairly punishing thousands of homeless young people in supported…
Email your MP
Youth homelessness is continuing to climb. We are calling on the Government to commit to a proper strategy to tackle youth homelessness, by supporting the recommendations from our Databank report.
Research reports and policy briefings
Explore our reports and briefings on the key issues affecting homeless young people and that ways in which Centrepoint is working to bring about change.
Move on: for young people experiencing homelessness in 2024-25
This study investigates the obstacles young people encounter when trying to secure stable housing. By combining robust data analysis - drawing from publicly available data, and data obtained via Freedom of Information requests - with survey…
Local Authority Shortfall: Ensuring Every Young Person Is Supported
Our most recent Youth Homelessness Databank showed that in the final year 2024-2025, over a third of young people who presented to their local authority for support did not receive one.
Youth-Specific Guidance: Report and Chapter for Inclusion in the Homelessness Code of Guidance
The report outlines the key issues regarding local authority youth homelessness support, as identified in interviews and focus groups with youth homelessness sector staff and young people with lived experience of homelessness, and…