http://www.centrepoint.org.ukLatest news.2013-05-16T00:00:00Youth unemployment has increased by 340 per cent in the past two years, according to new figures released this week.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/may/youth-unemployment-stats2013-05-09T00:00:00Housing, health and a job – these are the key elements needed to end youth homelessness.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/may/eyh-launch2013-05-02T00:00:00Centrepoint welcomed Communities and Local Government Minister Don Foster MP and Sir Steve Bullock from London Councils to a roundtable discussion to debate solutions to the shortage of affordable housing for young people.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/may/cambridge-round-table-discussion2013-05-01T00:00:00When it comes to matching influential professionals and young people with burning questions, all the signs suggest that the Volunteering Team has cracked it.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/may/speed-mentoring-event2013-05-01T00:00:00Centrepoint and Springboard Training have teamed up in the North East to recruit young people onto a new project. Its aim is to support homeless young people in gaining experience and qualifications in construction, while providing them with a home. http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/may/empty-homes-project-in-north-east2013-04-22T00:00:00Team Centrepoint has raised a staggering £60,000 for homeless young people at this year’s Virgin London Marathon.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/april/london-marathon2013-04-19T00:00:00Downton Abbey star Allen Leech is running the 2013 Virgin London Marathon for the first time in support of leading youth homeless charity Centrepoint – inspired by the night he spent on the streets of London last winter.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/april/allen-runs-the-marathon2013-04-11T00:00:00Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has launched a new collaboration with tailoring company Suit for Success, which matches donated suits with disadvantaged young people looking for a job.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/april/suit-that-fits2013-04-04T00:00:00Twenty years after he was helped off the streets as a teenager, Mark Blaker, wanted to give something back and took on the Hastings Half Marathon on Sunday 24 March 2013 and raised £2,000.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/april/resident-runs-hasting-half-marathon2013-03-27T00:00:00'Rochelle', a film about what mentoring means to a Centrepoint young person, had its official launch and screening at Framestore last week.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/mentoring-film-launch2013-03-20T00:00:00The government's £3.5bn scheme to help homebuyers will do nothing to free up or build homes for the thousands of 16 to 25 year olds who are in desperate need, Centrepoint warns in response to today's Budget.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/budget2013-03-15T00:00:00Business leaders from some of the City’s largest companies slept on the streets near the heart of London's financial district and challenged colleagues and competitors alike to join them for a Sleep Out in aid of Centrepoint this winter.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/canary-wharf-sleep-out-launch2013-03-06T00:00:00Centrepoint has today launched its first Supported Lodgings scheme, where people in London can give up their spare rooms for our homeless young people.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/march/host-a-young-person-in-your-home2013-02-06T00:00:00Downton Abbey stars Brendan Coyle, Allen Leech and Sophia Myles set their character’s class divisions aside and put their grey-matter to the test in ‘The Ultimate Pub Quiz’ - an annual fundraiser for Centrepoint.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/february/ultimate-pub-quiz2013-02-01T00:00:00Centrepoint is pleased to announce new services for homeless young people in north London.http://www.centrepoint.org.uk/about-us/news/2013/february/new-brent-service