As a RoomSponsor, you can help provide a safe place for young people at risk of homelessness.
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Surge in the number of young people on the streets
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Young people aged 16-24 were homeless or at risk of homelessness in the UK
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Of homelessness cases were not successfully dealt with by local authorities
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We’ve increased our support to young people by 16% (comparing 2021 -2022)
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We support 10,600 young people ages 16-24 every year
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We have successfully supported 4,905 Young people into independent living
Ray's Story
After the relationship with his family broke down, Ray found himself homeless.
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Instead, Ray was living in an abandoned car where he was bitterly cold, where he had nowhere to wash and barely anything to eat and subsequently fell seriously ill, being admitted to hospital with a kidney infection.
You can help a young person like Ray
Ray received the support he needed to start to build a more stable future.
Ray, with support of YMCA, has been to college, and is now training to be a security guard.
“To actually come into a room, with a bath I could use and a bed I could sleep in was amazing – for the first time in years I wasn’t scared anymore.”
You can help a young person like Ray
At YMCA, we give young people the tools they need to create a secure and hopeful future for themselves. Your donation can help provide:
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Below you will find stories of young people who have been previously helped by YMCA. Some left home to get away from shocking abuse; others were simply been kicked out. But whatever their past, YMCA gave them hope for a better future.