Centrepoint (UK)
As the UK's leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint helps to support over 14,000 homeless 16-25 year-olds each year. They provide accommodation across the country, but Centrepoint believes that a safe place to call home is just the start of a young person's journey to independence. Centrepoint, therefore, provides a long-term, holistic model of support. They aim to help each homeless young person recover their mental and physical health, return to education, training, or employment, and ultimately move on to a home of their own.
In addition to helping those who are homeless and in need, Centerpoint works tirelessly to create lasting changes to society in the UK and prevent more young people from becoming homeless in the future. Their helpline offers advice and guidance, often before a young person becomes homeless. Their Policy Team delivers essential research and campaigns for legislative change.
In doing so, Centrepoint aims to give homeless young people a future and, ultimately, end youth homelessness in the UK.
In 2021/2022, the Eurofins Foundation provided funds to help refurbish 52 Oldham Street, where Centrepoint's Manchester service is based.
Centrepoint first came to Manchester in 2017. Since then, it has provided over 4,000 homeless young people in crisis with safe and stable accommodation through their prevention and relief service. Centrepoint plans to completely transform the space to make it a more welcoming environment for young people to recover and grow, leaving homelessness behind for good.
This project contributes to the following United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
