County Lines
The safety and wellbeing of the young people using our services is at the heart of everything we do. To help ensure our hosts have the information and support they need for their role, we provide training and regular Host Forums on relevant topics. This month we arranged a session in Harrogate which focused on …
Slayers V Sharks
Five of our young people have been building new skills and muscles in a special wheelchair basketball endeavour. This new venture came about thanks to Peter Richardson, Chairman of Wetwheels Yorkshire, who took our young people out seal watching last year. Having met a few of our lodgers, Peter thought they’d also enjoy playing with …
The Skills Project
Giving young people in Whitby, Ryedale and Scarborough the skills they need Everything we do at SASH is aimed at enabling vulnerable young people to become truly independent and move on to lead successful lives. A key part of this is helping them to access education and employment. However, 90 per cent of the 16-25 …
SASH Active Money Management
“I learnt to stay away from overdrafts, cos they’re hard to get out of and can put you in serious debt.” Dom, 18 Our young people in York and Harrogate took part in a workshop last week on Money Management, run by colleagues at Nationwide. The workshop covered the range and types of bank accounts …
#NoMoreKnives
“I used to carry knives with me all the time, because of things that have happened to me. I’m not carrying them anymore but today has boosted that awareness of why I shouldn’t.” That was 16 year old Kez’s reaction after seeing the Knife Angel statue in Hull last week. The Knife Angel is a …
Keeping young people safe when they can’t go home
One Nightstop Coordinator Emma James tells us about her work on the emergency accommodation referral line. “The first part of the day is picking up any Nightstop issues from last night, calling hosts to see how things went, to thank them for having the young person and give them time to discuss any concerns. They …
Coles Solicitors raise £19,500 for SASH
Thanks to our local business supporters we’ve had a great start to the year Coles Solicitors in York chose SASH as their Charity of the Year in 2018 and have raised £19,500 to help us prevent youth homelessness. The firm’s creative approach to fundraising included a ‘virtual ball’, where people stayed at home and instead …
Lady Lumley’s Sleepout for SASH
Students at Lady Lumley’s school in Pickering slept out in freezing conditions for SASH last Friday. Head of House Oliver Reynolds organised the sponsored sleepout (in tents!) and 12 students took part on Friday 18 January. Our colleague Nicky Taylor-Olsson gave a talk on the evening about our work, before the students put their heads …
The scale of youth homelessness
84,000 young people in England asked their local council for help as they were homeless in 2017-18 Last year, Centrepoint published ‘Making Homeless Young People Count’, a report that uses the new Youth Homelessness Databank to analyse the scale of youth homelessness across the UK. The Databank collects this information from individual Local Authorities and …
A Christmas Thank You
As we approach the Christmas break, we want to say a special thank you to everyone who has donated Christmas gifts for our young people and hosts. To our supporters at Menwith Hill, Benenden Health, the University of York, Northern Rail, York Dungeons, the Helmsley Group, Sainsbury’s and The Lodge, and to our friends Carol …
