Centrepoint launches new prevention programme to end youth homelessness
We’re launching a new, proactive homelessness prevention programme to help break the cycle of homelessness for the next generation of young people.
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Radio 1’s Dean McCullough is announced as Centrepoint’s new Prevention Ambassador
Centrepoint has launched a prevention strategy aimed at identifying and supporting school age pupils in England who could be at risk of homelessness in the future.
£332 million funding gap for youth homelessness in England
Our latest research, conducted by WPI Economics, has found that local authorities in England are facing a shocking £332 million annual shortfall in youth homelessness funding.
Centrepoint receives the Investing In Volunteers Quality Mark
We are incredibly proud to announce that Centrepoint has been awarded the Investing In Volunteers Quality Mark, received for meeting the quality standard in April 2024.
Youth homelessness and local authority gatekeeping
Centrepoint’s 2022/23 Youth Homelessness Databank has found that more than a third of the young people who approached their local authority in England in 2022/23 were not assessed for eligibility.
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.
Hidden In Plain Sight: Understanding Youth Homelessness in the UK
1 in 62 young people in the UK faced homelessness in 2023-24. The Youth Homelessness Databank once again underscores the critical importance of having robust and comprehensive data to fully understand the scale and nature of youth homelessness.
Centrepoint: Upstream England Pilot Evaluation Interim Report
This report captures the first year of learning in a three-year evaluation of the initiative, drawing on interviews with 19 stakeholders and analysis of the first year of Upstream surveys.
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.