The charity’s A Year Like No Other report looks at youth unemployment, homelessness, poverty and mental health, and assesses the impact of the government’s policy interventions during the pandemic.
It reveals that calls to the Centrepoint helpline increased by 33 per cent during the pandemic, compared to the previous year and more than doubled some months.
“Spikes in call volume often followed the introduction of local or national lockdown restrictions, suggesting these measures put more young people at risk of homelessness,” the report states.
The proportion of callers who were out of work increased by 11 percentage points from 46 per cent in 2019/20 to 57 per cent in 2020/21.
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