Did you know that in 2022-23 (April – March), 135,800 young people were recorded as either homeless or at risk of homelessness in the UK? How many more went unrecorded?
Did you know that 54% of the 135,800 recorded cases, the cause of homelessness was a breakdown in relationship with family or friends?
Did you know that 20% of care leavers experience homelessness within 2 years of leaving care?
Did you know that the estimated cost of a single person sleeping rough on the streets in the UK for 12 months is £20,128? Imagine the costs over a prolonged period of time.
3 Bridge Solution can’t help every young person we meet – as much as we want to – and it is heart breaking. That’s why we need to grow, we need to recruit more Hosts, we need to raise more funds, so we can help more young people.
We believe investing in prevention, investing in supportive services, investing in helping young people to help themselves. We believe that investment will reduce the numbers presenting as homeless, reduce the number of care leavers facing homelessness and as a by product, reduce the costs of managing homelessness and subsequently helping the economy.
It won’t all change overnight, we might not see the results immediately, but, every day at 3 Bridge Solution CIC, we witness the positive impact of safely housing and supporting young people. Whether it be by maintaining education or a job, building new relationships or restoring fractured ones, the positive impact is demonstrable.
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*All statistics provided by LandAid https://www.landaid.org/our-impact/why-end-youth-homelessness/key-homelessness-statistics/