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On #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay this year, we celebrate the success of last year`s Winter Relief Fund - helping to keep young people warm and housed during the difficult winter months.Cast your mind back to Autumn 2022. I`m sure you remember being concerned about inflation and the dramatic increase in energy bills and rent. But for young people affected by homelessness, this worry was even more acute – would I be able to keep my flat if rent and energy bills rises? Will I be forced back into homelessness??So on 1st October 2022, the Young Londoner’s Winter Relief Fund was created in partnership with funders and charities, with the aim of keeping young people housed and in employment or education. It offered one-off, non-repayable grants of up to £300 to young people to support them with bills, rent and other necessary items.Read more - link in bio 🖇️
These are 5 reasons you should support NHYC on #GivingTuesday. Each of these impact numbers is a young person with hopes, dreams and potential to change their situations and improve the world for others. Join us on our mission to give every young Londoner’s potential a home. In 2022-2023 - 1. We supported 1,146 young people, many who were rough sleeping before they came to us, and 14% are LGBTQ 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️2. 211 young people got emergency accommodation and 171 secured long term housing! 🏡3. 507 young people improved their mental health through engaging with our support and activities 🧠4. 559 young people took part in our Life Skills programmes 📝5. 265 young people were supported by our outreach team, on the streets, in prison or in their community 🩵#GivingTuesday
Top 5 highlights from NHYC in the past year! 1. We worked with over 1000 young people to help them secure housing, gain employment and life skills and improve their mental and physical health 🏡2. We ran a very successful #StopTheBus campaign to highlight that a bus full of young people become homeless every year 🚌3. Our amazing football team competed in and won tournaments! ⚽️4. London Mayor Sadiq Khan visited our new youth hub, an accommodation project in North London 🤝5. We will continue to give young people support, whoever they are and whatever their needs 🙋Find out more in our 2022-2023 Impact Report
We might be biased, but we think our youth workers and outreach workers are the best in the business! In this week`s instalment of The Secret Lives of Youth Workers we hear from Reem, Outreach Worker, talking about the moment she realised she fit in so well with the wonderful, crazy team at New Horizon.
We`re taking part in #GivingTuesday, where every donation made to New Horizon on Tuesday 28th Nov will be doubled! This is your chance to DOUBLE the impact you can make in a young person`s life by helping us support them through winter. Help to give potential a home.
Do you know what the London Youth Gateway is? It is a vital partnership across 7 organisations in London that supports young people who are affected by homelessness. By pooling our resources together, we can help young people get help and housing quicker, with better provision for their individual needs. Find out more by following them here: @ldnyouthgatewayWe had a great time today at the @LondonCouncils Grant Programme Showcase sharing the impact of the LYG with our partners: @AKTcharity @Sheltercharity @depaul_uk @galopuk @praxis_uk @stonewallhousing
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE to work with New Horizon Youth Centre! We provide support to young people who are homeless and unsafe in London, helping them to find their potential a home. Join our team in these 2 brilliant roles: counsellor and housing advice worker. Closing 7th December https://buff.ly/3LU0Zj5
"I didn`t go to college until I was 30." In our next instalment of `The Secret Lives of Youth Workers` we are joined by Outreach Worker Natalie who shares the advice she would give her younger self. #YouthWorkWeek #YouthWorkers
We`re hiring for a counsellor and a housing advice worker! Come and be part of New Horizon team and make a real difference to young people in London. Help us to give potential a home. Deadline to apply 7th December. https://buff.ly/3LU0Zj5
For Youth Work Week 2023 we are launching a mini series ‘The Secret Lives of Youth Workers’. We kick off with Dean, telling us what he was like at 18!We’ve spent the week recording interviews with some incredible youth workers at New Horizon Youth Centre. We and the young people are so grateful for their passion, hard work, joy and how much they care about every young person who walks through the door. 🩵#YouthWorkWeek2023 #YouthWorkWeek #YoungPeople #EndYouthHomelessness
Do you know what to do if someone has been stabbed? @streetdoctors came to train our young people and youth workers in valuable lifesaving skills. Thanks so much for coming in. Now our young people can save a life… let’s goooo
“Here I amI won’t go awayHere I amPraying for a better day.“Here I amWill you stand with me?Here I amTogether we’ll be free.” (Alistair Murray)We were honoured to join this morning`s moving Commemoration Service for deaths among people who have experienced homelessness at St Martin-in-the-Fields. It’s so important that we remember them and push harder for better services this winter to keep people safe. We mourn the dead, and spend everyday fighting like hell for the living.
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