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 …
Grow your tenner
“When I turned 16 my Mum kicked me out. It was Christmas Eve.” Abi* When Abi had to leave home she didn’t know what to do or who to turn to. We gave her a safe place to live with one of our hosts, and the support she needed so that after two years she …
A new website for SASH!
We are delighted to announce that after many months of hard work, our new website is now live! Our website was long overdue an update. The old one was not mobile friendly and no longer met our needs. The new site allows us to better explain our work and how to get involved with SASH, …
York Community Pride Awards
The award was made for our Enable project, a collaboration with City of York Council which involves the young people we support giving up their time to volunteer for activities that help others – be that decorating an older person’s home, gardening projects or even revamping the St Leonards Hospice shop facilities in Acomb. We …
Resettlement scheme in East Riding
This service is for young people who are in precarious accommodation, but not immediately requiring SASH accommodation. In 2017-18, 78 young people were provided with support through this arrangement. One of these young people is Paige, who has lived in Bridlington since 2015. Her mum had downsized into a one bed flat before Christmas and Paige, …
