Name: Database on youth homelessness
Provider: Centrepoint
Homelessness is often said to be a hidden problem. This is particularly so for young people, many of who will surf the sofas of friends or live in temporary accommodation for long periods rather than be living on the streets. Consequently, getting an accurate picture of who is homeless and the reasons for this is hard for many support agencies working with young people, and is one of the reasons why youth homelessness charity Centrepoint won half a million pounds of funding from internet giant Google to help get a handle on the scale of the problem.
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