Point Made Podcast - Barriers to Employment
In this episode, we discuss some of the barriers to securing and retaining employment for young people experiencing homelessness.
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The new Government must make work pay for young homeless people
Councils, charities and corporations discussed the current obstacles facing young homeless people who want to work during the roundtable event on Centrepoint’s latest research.
Point Made Podcast - Cassie's Story
In this episode, our senior stories officer Tamsin talks to Cassie, a former resident, about her journey through Centrepoint to fulfilling her dream of qualifying to be an art teacher.
Open Letter to the Treasury from UK’s financial giants
Nationwide, Coventry Building Society and The Co-operative Bank have today joined our campaign warning that homeless young people are being forced into unemployment by outdated benefit rules.
Almost 23,000 young people will face homelessness this winter
Our snow globe installation brings to life the harsh reality of young people struggling to cope with the loss of their home, safety, and security.
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Centrepoint Awards 2024 celebrates the achievements of young people with experience of homelessness
The Awards, hosted by Claudia Winkleman and lead by our Patron, The Prince of Wales, shined a light on young people with experience of homelessness who have transformed their lives with Centrepoint’s support and raised £1.2million towards our work.
Upstream youth homelessness prevention pilot very promising
Centrepoint has published the first interim report of our youth homelessness prevention work in schools, suggesting the pilot has been very promising so far.
Coventry and Co-op donation
£2m to build genuinely affordable homes for young people in Manchester and Coventry
At Centrepoint, we know that we can’t end youth homelessness on our own – we need to work in partnership with organisations that share the same vision and passion for improving young people’s lives.
Thank you to Sir Daniel Day-Lewis
At Centrepoint we are lucky to have a whole host of famous faces joining our fight to end youth homelessness – from hosting fundraisers to sharing their skills with the young people we work with, to helping us campaign for social change – they give us their support in all sorts of ways.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Key Takeaways from Centrepoint’s Youth Homelessness Databank Launch
On 10 February, Centrepoint hosted a Parliamentary Launch Event to unveil its latest findings from the 2025 Databank. The event brought together policymakers, housing experts, and young people with lived experience to discuss the 118,134 young people who were homeless or at risk in 2023-2024.