‘This place feels like a safehouse, can be myself and just feel the warmth’

THE spotlight of the cost-of-living crisis typically shines a light on the challenges young families face, but vulnerable young people without families also face the brunt of the crisis, with little support. Youth homelessness charity, Bardsley Youth Project, helps 18 to 25-year-olds who live in unstable accommodation and must deal with homelessness.

The group seeks to empower them to solve ON their problems through BREAL provision of essential welfare items such as food and clothing and access to a furniture bank. In the past  year, it has seen the numL ber of young people it supports soar by almost 75 T per cent from 83 young people to 142.