Centrepoint’s Sleep Out is fast approaching, but there’s still time for you and your business to join us in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 21 November. And if you’re still not sure whether to don your thermals and sign up, let ludlowthompson, one of our longest serving corporate Sleep Out partners, convince you.
Ed Worley – better known as graffiti artist Opake – treated current Centrepoint residents and former residents, to a meet and greet to kick off his new art exhibition ‘Sanity through Repetition’.
Aldo Zilli returned to help us front another vital campaign highlighting the realities of food poverty in the UK.
The Vamps’ guitarist James McVey joined a group of Centrepoint residents and handed in a petition to Parliament, calling on the government to ensure Universal Credit covers the true cost of renting for young people who have experienced homelessness.
Lady Kitty Spencer attended our annual Ultimate Pub Quiz to help us raise money and carry on our work to support homeless young people.
Vicky Pattison, presenter, author and influencer, stayed awake all night to raise money for homeless young people across the country.
While most of the nation overindulged in a Christmas banquet, over 24,000 homeless young people weren’t sure if they would get any kind of Christmas meal at all.
Over the Christmas period last year, an estimated 22,000 young people sought help because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness. Centrepoint’s policy and research officer Billy Harding discusses new research into the experiences of homeless young people across England and Wales.
Sleep Out has finally begun, and we’re seeing people grabbing their thermals up and down the country to join us in raising money for London’s homeless young people. But if you’re new to Sleep Out, you may have some questions – should you go to work the next day? What’s the most important thing to bring? And how can you hit your fundraising target? Here, some of our regular corporate Sleep Out-ers give you their best tips and tricks to get you through the night and beyond.
Ahead of the General Election on 12 December, we must shine light on an unjust benefits system that is denying young people the chance to move on from homelessness. Public affairs and campaigns officer Vicky Nevin discusses Centrepoint’s Chance to Move On campaign.
