Supporting young people who are facing homelessness is key part of the work we do at RUSH.
Below is some information on youth homelessness directly from Centrepoint website.
When people hear ‘homeless’, most often their minds go to rough sleeping but this is just part of the issue. While 31% of Centrepoint residents have slept rough being homeless means not having a safe place to call home.
Not having a door you can close and feel secure – a space you can call your own. A homeless person may be ‘sofa surfing’ where they are going from friend to friend relying on other people’s kindness to have somewhere to sleep. They may be at risk of homelessness because they are staying in a place where they are not safe but know that situation may change any day.
Almost 136,000 young people approached their local authority for help in 2022-23. That’s one young person becoming homeless every four minutes.#EndYouthHomelessness
