Join over 100 charities campaigning for a strategy to end youth homelessness

In 2022-23 135,800 16–25-year-olds presented at their local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness. Many young people experiencing homelessness remain hidden, not showing up in the data, so this figure could easily be double and with COVID and the cost-of-living crisis, it’s getting worse.

Covid changed everything, but certain truths remain; far too many young people in the UK find themselves unhoused, unsupported and unsafe. We desperately need a #PlanForThe136k.

What do we mean when we ask for a strategy to end youth homelessness?

We believe young people should be safe, housed and supported to reach their potential. Not a particularly radical idea but one that feels completely impossible for thousands of young people in the UK.

“I couldn’t have done it alone, being young I was worried about getting screwed over. I was in a vulnerable position but being able to trust I had someone in my corner, meant everything. I was really lonely, and there’s only so much that people in my life could do to help me but with my mentor I really felt like everything could be alright again for me.”

— Kelly, young person supported by Wipers