Your donation could help give homeless young people a safe place to live, and support them into education or a job. Not only will you be helping to change young lives, but you'll also help us create a society without youth homelessness.
At just 17, Mia ran away from home in the dead of night, after months of escalating violence and emotional abuse. You can imagine how frightened she felt, pacing freezing streets, constantly searching for safety:
“‘It was winter and it was cold and wet. I ended up having to sleep in the park.” - Mia
Thankfully, Mia was connected to the life-changing support of Centrepoint, and no longer has to worry about where she’ll sleep each night. Instead, she can focus on building the better future she deserves. Mia has even secured a place at University to study Social Work – a testament to her own resilience and the support of our amazing Room Sponsors.
Become a room sponsor
Sponsor a room at Centrepoint for just 40p a day to help homeless young people live independent, fulfilling lives.
Young people sleeping rough is a shocking and visible problem. But the problem of youth homelessness in the UK isn’t going away – in fact it’s getting worse.
Your donation and our finances
We never take your donations for granted. In the last year we have supported over 13,000 vulnerable young people, but we know thousands more homeless young people need better support services. 121,000 young people asked their local council for help with homelessness in 2020/21.
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£ 20,000We save the public purse £20,000 for every young person we work with
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1,000We provided over 1,000 supported bed spaces for homeless young people in 2020/21.
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