Thousands of young people face homelessness this winter

Thousands of young people aged 16-24 are at risk of facing homelessness in England this season.

That is the prediction of Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, whose latest figures suggest that one young person faces homelessness every four minutes.

Furthermore, at least one young person a day calls Centrepoint’s Helpline because a local council has wrongly turned them away from homelessness support.

Centrepoint is today launching a striking new installation in central London: Winter Wanderland.

Aston spoke to Paul Brocklehurst, senior manager of Centrepoint helpline.