Preventing Youth Homelessness: The National Conference

The provision of effective interventions for children and young people at risk of homelessness is essential if youth homelessness is to be reduced and prevented. Join us to hear from a range of key speakers and share your ideas with like-minded organisations.

Speakers include (in alphabetical order)

Dr Nadia Ayed, Research Associate, Institute for Social Policy, Housing, and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE),Heriot-Watt University

Bob Barnett, Strategic Housing Officer, Herefordshire Council

Matt Bawden, Head of Support & Housing (London), Centrepoint

Jill Boak, Youth Homelessness Adviser, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Dr Caroline Bradley, Principal Clinical Psychologist for Lambeth Emotional Wellbeing Service (LEWS), Centrepoint

Emma Carmichael, Service Manager Upstream, The Rock Trust

Balbir Kaur Chatrik, Director of Policy and Communications, Centrepoint

Yvonne Connolly, Operational Director, Llamau

Kim Davis, Senior Youth Homelessness Adviser, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stephen Elder, National Prevention Manager, Centrepoint

Tom Fisher, Head of Good Landlord Charter Unit, Tenancy Dispute Service

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Professor of Housing and Social Policy in the Institute for Social Policy, Housing, and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University

Judith Ford, Chief Executive Officer, Wyre Forest and South Worcestershire Nightstop and Mediation Service

Dr Tammy Hand, Senior R&D Manager, Upstream Australia

Alistair MacDermid, Head of Services, The Rock Trust

Associate Professor David MacKenzie, Director, Upstream Australia

Professor Pete Mackie, Professor, Cardiff University

Rob McCabe, Strategic Lead/CIC Director, Birmingham Pathfinder

Will Neville, Rough sleepers Outreach Lead, Herefordshire Council

Dr Marc Pescod, Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Havering and Centrepoint

Nigel Potter, Strategic Housing Lead, Cheltenham Borough Council

Samad Nadim, Youth Homelessness Adviser, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Cordell Ray MBE, CEO, Caring for Communities and People

Dr Cornelis Rijneveld, Policy and Research Officer, Centrepoint

Heidi Walter, Programme Design and Training Consultant, A Way Home Canada

Additional speakers will be confirmed in due course. Agenda maybe subject to change.
Breakfast session with Upstream Australia:

This year, we will be joined online by the creators of Upstream Australia who will talk about the history of the early intervention project to end youth homelessness. Breakfast will be served at the venue from 8.30am before the Upstream Australia session at 9am.

There will be a range of themed workshops/ sessions led by sector experts such as :

• Placing Schools at the Centre of Homelessness Prevention: The First Phase Evaluation of the Upstream Project in England and Scotland (Heriot-Watt University)
• Families Under Pressure: Preventing Family Breakdown and Youth Homelessness (Centrepoint and Wyre Forest and South Worcestershire Nightstop and Mediation Service)
• Educating Schools, Children and Parents out of Homelessness (London Borough of Havering)
• More Than Just a Pod: CCP’s Innovative Response to Emergency Accommodation (Caring for Communities and People (CCP), Herefordshire Council and Cheltenham Borough Council)
• Housing First for Youth: A Psychologically Informed Approach to Stopping Repeat Homelessness (Centrepoint)
• The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter: An Ambitious New Voluntary Standard for Landlords to Raise Renting Standards for Tenants (Tenancy Dispute Service)
• Working Together: DfE and MHCLG Approach to Preventing Youth Homelessness for Care Leavers and Vulnerable Young People
• Helping People to Find the Right Path: A Model of Early Prevention (Birmingham Pathfinder)
• Upstream UK Panel: Schools Based Screening and Support to Prevent Youth Homelessness (The Rock Trust, Llamau, Cardiff University and Centrepoint)
• Building the Path Together: A Model of Early Help (Birmingham Pathfinder)

Expert Panels:

There will be a panel discussion with young people with lived experience.

Networking opportunities:

There will be numerous networking opportunities throughout the day.

Conference Spaces:

Preventing Youth Homelessness: The National Conference is suitable for managers, support staff and volunteers from the voluntary and statutory sector as well as those with an interest in youth homelessness.

Centrepoint Partnering Network members receive 2 free spaces for this event. Please enter your promotional code when booking.

For ticket amendments and Network membership enquiries please contact: [email protected]

Refreshments:

For those attending the Upstream Australia session at 9am, breakfast will be served from 8.30am.

For those joining later, registration and refreshments will start from 9.30am for a 10am start.

A light lunch will be provided. Teas, coffees, water and snacks will also be provided throughout the day.

Directions to venue:

Situated in the heart of the UK the Coventry Building Society Arena is within a two-hour drive of 75% of the population. With three train stations within 8 miles, Birmingham International Airport only a 20 minute drive away, and London Euston 55 minutes by train. The Arena also has its own on-site railway station 'Coventry Arena Train Station'.

If you're travelling by car, Coventry Building Society Arena is just 800 yards from Junction 3 of the M6 and within easy distance of the M1 and M40.

Parking will be free for the conference. You will be sent a link to book your car in the carpark in your confirmation email.

For more details on travel please click here - https://www.coventrybuildingsocietyarena.co.uk/visiting-us/getting-here/

Click here to see the benefits of Coming Together to End Youth Homelessness.

Centrepoint Partnering:

Centrepoint Partnering is a national network of organisations working together to support homeless young people. Stretching the length and breadth of the U.K, Partnering members provide a range of services and all share the aim to give homeless young people a future.

Centrepoint helps organisations to develop services by sharing expertise and offering the use of Centrepoint's resources. Through the membership, we reach thousands of young people, gaining a real understanding of the new and emerging issues. Collectively we have a stronger national policy voice to improve the situations that homeless young people face.

If you'd like to know more about the Centrepoint Partnering Scheme, please contact us at [email protected] or call us on 07795453531.

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*Agenda maybe subject to change.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Coventry Building Society Arena, Judds Lane, Coventry, United Kingdom