London Youth Gateway (LYG) (360G-LondonCouncils-8259)

The London Youth Gateway (LYG) project will provide a youth-targeted collaborative pathway to address increasing demand and emerging needs of young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, in each London borough. The LYG project will be delivered in partnership by New Horizon Youth Centre (lead), Depaul UK (Nightstop and Alone in London services), Shelter, and Stonewall Housing and its LGBT Jigsaw partners Galop and Albert Kennedy Trust. The joint work will provide: o direct access to emergency accommodation o affordable accommodation options, delivered in innovative new partnership models, and PRS access o family mediation and reconnection support o youth-focused advice and advocacy services around housing need, eviction, welfare benefits and debts via one-to-one, telephone and online provision o youth homelessness prevention sessions in schools and colleges o outreach into Young Offender Institutes (YOIs), prisons and on the street to ensure young people are linked up early with necessary support o satellite services and a telephone advice line to reach young people across London o independent living skills and financial literacy workshops o counselling, communication and interpersonal skills support o 7-days per week employment, education and training programme delivered in-house and in partnership, and in-depth accredited training programme