Most homeless young people have no emotional, financial or social safety net. They face a bleak future unless urgent action is taken
Here’s Elaine story. She was attending college and doing well but her stepfather was continuously abusive and she ended up fleeing the family home. This chaos and instability led to her leaving college.
She met an older man in a cafe and stayed with him for a few weeks but this was a dangerous situation. Just turned 19, she approached a council. Fortuntately for Elaine, it was one of the seven London boroughs that partner with us here at New Horizon Youth Centre. That means Elaine was referred directly to us and was a priority when she came to the centre, so she didn’t have to jump through lots of bureacratic hoops.
Continue reading...from Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2f0agb7
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