The Aspire Property Group gathered a team of colleagues to host their own Sleep Out for Centrepoint in Yorkshire. Hear form Emma as she describes the planning, preparation and how it panned out on the night.
Over the summer, our fantastic partner Nationwide supported a cohort of young people with a week of work experience as part of Centrepoint’s Get Set Go programme.
Councils in England faced a shortfall of £400 million in 2023-2024 forcing many of them to turn away young people facing homelessness without the assessment they are legally entitled to.
Mark couldn't make it to a Centrepoint Sleep Out as there were none in his area, so he took it into his own hands. Three years and two Sleep Outs later, he continues to run the Bournemouth Beach Sleep Out!
The Youth Chapter Collective of over 140 youth, homelessness and housing association organisations have come together to urge the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to support our campaign to Make Work Pay.
Supported housing – such as what Centrepoint provides – gives thousands of vulnerable people the chance to build the skills they need to live independently and escape homelessness for good. However, it’s increasingly under threat.
Centrepoint rolled out a ‘Wheel of Misfortune’ on Parliament Square to demonstrate the barriers young people in supported housing face while trying to escape homelessness and start work.
We're proud to announce a new partnership with Lambeth Council to deliver 18 affordable homes for young people aged 18 to 25 in Gipsy Hill.
While many children return to school full of summer memories, others come back from a break marked by family tension and instability. These early cracks in home life can lead to youth homelessness down the line. That’s why Centrepoint is using the Upstream model, to identify and support young people before crisis hits.
Some of the UK’s biggest financial institutions and companies have written to the Chancellor backing Centrepoint’s Make Work Pay campaign to fix a ‘cruel quirk’ in the benefits system that’s forcing young people into unemployment.
