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.
This episode asks what does homelessness mean for women? How do we empower survivors of domestic abuse? And what needs to be done to support and secure young women’s futures?
In this episode, current and former service users Ikra, Louise and Toni-Ann share their experiences of housing and talk about the changes they’d like to see.
The Centrepoint Club Quiz took place for the first time at The Twenty Two club in West London, and was hosted by BBC Traitors and Strictly star Claudia Winkelman, in aid of our new Independent Living Programme. Celebrities Mica Paris, Peter Dickinson and more were also out in force to support us.
For any new mum, the journey into motherhood is an alien one: if you are lucky enough to avoid a traumatic birth or postpartum depression, among many other things, becoming responsible for new life is an all-consuming and life-changing event.
Centrepoint’s Policy and Research Manager Billy Harding and Campaigns and Mobilisation Officer Pooja Singh talk about how we can work together to End Youth Homelessness once and for all – and how you can get involved.
Kwajo helps us tackle misconceptions of homelessness.
Our research shows that in the year 2020/21, 122,000 young people in the UK approached their council for help as they were currently homeless or at risk of homelessness – a 40% rise in the last four years.
Nobody should become homeless as a result of leaving care, but our new research shows that more than one in four young care leavers have sofa surfed and 14 per cent have slept rough. Without support from parents, young care leavers are struggling to adapt to independent life. Here are six of the many reasons why.
Paul Noblet, Centrepoint’s Head of Public Affairs, welcomes the government’s decision in the Budget to scrap the seven day waiting period before someone can claim Universal Credit, but warns the system is still not working for vulnerable young people.
