The charter was presented to MPs at the inaugural meeting of the Homeless Young People’s Parliament.
It also calls on housing services to make sure that young people have access to public health information and argues that provision should be better integrated so that all young homeless people progress to education or training.
“In order to ensure that this integration is embedded, a wide network of providers should be considered, including consortium- and partnership-based approaches,” the charter says.
Meanwhile different stages of accommodation should “support the transition to employment by providing environments that open and enable the expression of talents, rather than closing down potential and supporting deficits”.
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