Point Made Podcast - Mental health in an unequal world
Former and current residents discuss mental health in relation to their own lived experience of homelessness.
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Point Made Podcast - Redefining Christmas
This episode looks at Christmas through the eyes of young people who have experienced homelessness or are estranged from their biological families.
Point Made Podcast - Overcoming obstacles with Fats Timbo
In this episode we have comedian, TV personality, model and influencer, Fats Timbo talk about the challenge of accepting her disability and developing confidence.
Point Made Podcast - Prioritising mental health in a cost of living crisis
Stockpiling, meal hacks and exercise: Centrepoint young panellists discuss mental health in a cost of living crisis and how prioritising one's mental health is more important than ever.
The Food Point: Centrepoint's social supermarket
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.
Breaking the cycle of abuse
This year, 25 November-10 December marks the international campaign of 16 Days Against Domestic Violence. Marianne and Hayley, healthy relationship advisors at Centrepoint, explain our work supporting young people to spot the warning signs of abuse and identify behaviours that make them feel unsafe.
Supporting homeless young people's mental health at Christmas
Christmas is often a difficult time for the young people we support at Centrepoint. Elena Derbyshire, Mental Health Advisor, explains how we empower young people and help them to begin their recovery.
It's time to start talking about mental health
Elena Derbyshire, Mental Health Advisor at Centrepoint, explains how we can challenge mental health stigma and how we can get people talking about mental health in an open and accepting way.
PIE: an introduction to 'psychologically informed environments'
Over the past few months, Centrepoint has started an important journey to implement a ‘Psychologically Informed Environment’ (PIE) across the organisation. Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist Dr Helen Miles explains what this will mean for the charity and our homeless young people.
A day in the life: senior psychologist
Today is World Mental Health Day and, coincidentally, World Homelessness Day. And while mental health and homelessness are certainly not mutually exclusive, it’s often the case that poor mental health can feed into homelessness and vice versa. With this in mind, we thought there was no better time to speak to our Senior Psychotherapist, Stephen Geale, who works as part of London’s Health & Wellbeing team, about what it’s like to work for Centrepoint and why mental health services are such an important part of what we offer.