Addressing a crowd of MPs and charity leaders in the Speaker’s State Rooms in the House of Commons, members of the Centrepoint Parliament also attempted to breakdown the stereotypes young people face.
Raffell, chair of the parliament, told guests who included deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats Simon Hughes that since being forced to leave home at the age of 16 and with the help of Centrepoint, he had managed to start a construction course at college.
He said: "That is when I started to receive EMA. It was a lifeline for me and for other young people I know. Young people feel they need that extra support. I had no family to fall back on."
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