1. www.ymca.org.uk Tackling & Preventing Youth Homelessness: What Works? Jo Gunner National Homelessness Coordinator YMCA England

2. www.ymca.org.uk “I was away from all the arguing but then I got stuck in a B & B”

3. www.ymca.org.uk 7000 beds each night 250 communities 6 Action Learning Centres The YMCA In England

4. www.ymca.org.uk Source: Communities & Local Government June 2007 Patterns Of Homelessness 16/17 year olds in B&B

5. www.ymca.org.uk Young Person Early Intervention & Prevention Wider Needs Accommodation & Support Elements of a Strategy

6. www.ymca.org.uk Early Interventions Pre-16 Pre-Crisis Assessment & Advice Family Support & Mediation “You should warn them about the real effects of leaving home”

7. www.ymca.org.uk Emergency Accommodation Respite Crash-pads Supported Lodgings Extended family Ongoing Mediation & Assessment “The biggest problem was having to leave my mum”

8. www.ymca.org.uk For More Ideas YMCA Action Learning Centres Exemplar Supported Lodgings Schemes Regional Centres of Excellence NYHS Knowledge base www.communities.gov.uk/youthhomelessness