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 …
Sleepout Success!
£24,347 and counting! That’s how much we’ve raised from the 2019 York Sleepout, thanks to our amazing supporters and volunteers. A record 110 people took part last Friday night. There were and local businesses, individuals, families with children. As always, there was a wonderful atmosphere, a great buzz as people arrived, set up their shelters …
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 …
The Sleepout is back!
York’s original and best Sleepout is back for 2019 Our annual Sleepout raises money that comes directly to support our work. This year the event is being held in the grounds of Bootham School and anyone who wants to help homeless young people is welcome! Every year, SASH helps over 300 young people who are …
Welcome to our new hosts
We had a bumper turn-out for our Host Training Session last month! Eight potential hosts from Goole, Harrogate and York took part in our latest training session, in preparation for joining us as volunteer hosts for our emergency Nightstop scheme. The session was run by our Hull and East Riding Manager Kirsty Clark and Nightstop …
6% of all rough sleepers last autumn were aged 25 years or younger
The government statistics on rough sleeping were released yesterday. No rough sleeping is acceptable, but to learn that 6% of all rough sleepers last autumn were aged 25 years or younger was particularly worrying. Many of the young people we help will have been sofa-surfing before being referred to SASH, which puts them at risk …
