‘Mum says I can’t come home’: Centrepoint’s lifeline for the invisible young homeless

Centrepoint’s latest helpline offers instant advice to abuse victims and young people who can longer stay in the family home• Click here to donate to our appealThe email is brief and to the point. “I am at risk of being homeless as my fiance is kicking me out,” it starts. “I have lots of cuts and bruises from fights we have. I am scared. If he evicts me I have nowhere to go. I can stay at my nan’s until Sunday, but after that I have nowhere. I don’t know what to do. The violence is horrible.”The plea from a young woman arrives on a bank of screens in a basement office, loaned to the organisation in central London, where staff and volunteers operate a helpline for the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. It’s not exceptional: one in every 20 calls or emails are prompted by domestic abuse, another three in 20 by relationship breakdown. Most often, though, young people get in touch because they can no longer stay with their families. Continue reading…
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