23,000 Young People Face Homelessness This Christmas 🎄 – Insights from Centrepoint

It’s been reported that almost 23,000 young people will face homelessness over the Christmas period. The country’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint, as found that one young person faces homelessness every 4 minutes, with hundreds calling the charity directly each year, due to reportedly being turned away by local authorities. As a result, Centrepoint has warned of the long-lasting psychological effect, with 71% of formerly homeless young people saying that homelessness worsened their mental health.