Project
Get Real
Funding
Initial investment of around £32,000 to convert two properties to house seven young people. Running costs are funded from housing benefit averaging £90 a week per young person plus a £5 a week service charge
Background
Mohammad Bashar Al-hneidi joined Barnet Council as its youth mediation co-ordinator in 2009, helping to prevent youth homelessness by resolving family disputes. In cases where mediation did not work, many young people were housed in temporary accommodation and were then "lost" within six months, he says. "The majority dropped out of education, started smoking - and not just cigarettes - and lost track of their aims and objectives," he explains. "They believed that if they stuck with temporary accommodation long enough, they'd get a council home eventually. I was saying to them: 'Get real'. So that's how the project got its name."
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