Research
Centrepoint commissions and conducts research on a range of
issues affecting homeless young people. We use this research to
raise awareness about the challenges young people face and collect
evidence to feed into our policy influencing
work.
This research, carried out by Centrepoint,
looks at the health problems that the homeless young people that we
support face and offers recommendations to improve the health care
they receive.
This research commissioned by Centrepoint from
the University of York and Herriot-Watt University reveals that an
estimated 78-80,000 young people are homeless in the UK every
year.
The University of Sheffield and Centrepoint carried out
this research into the experiences of 400 homeless people resettled
from hostels and other temporary accommodation and found 81 per
cent were living independently after 18 months.
Centrepoint research
has revealed the complex support needs of homeless young people.
These needs often impact upon one another, creating a web of
disadvantage.
Centrepoint recently
conducted research into how homeless young people understand the
role of family and why some familial relationships break down. The
project also sought to understand if and how these relationships
can be rebuilt.
This study is the
first review of youth homelessness for ten years. It was undertaken
by a partnership between the Centre for Housing Policy (CHP),
University of York and Centrepoint. See also,
the accompanying poster.