Organised by New Horizon Youth CentreEvery year, thousands of young Londoners are pushed into homelessness and danger through no fault of their own. That’s why New Horizon Youth Centre exists. Team New Horizon are racing for young Londoners in this year's Hackney Half Marathon.
Hackney Half Marathon 2025 · 18 May 2025 ·
Closes 19/06/2025
Last year 136,000 young people asked for help from their local council because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness. We provide the only youth-specific rough sleeping outreach service and the only youth-specific day centre in London, where young people from all across London and the world can access our holistic support and find a sense of community.
It’s like a community, a safe space, somewhere for people to actually feel themselves. It can help a lot of people in a lot of other aspects, especially mentally or physically, because there’s a lot of different people from multiple different backgrounds. Everyone’s got the same reason that they’re here, but everyone’s got their own different story. - Nick*, 21
We provide vital services that support 16-24 year olds to break the cycle of homelessness:
- Housing advice and advocacy
- Support with accessing benefits
- Education, employment and training support
- Counselling and mental health support
- Physical and sexual health advice
- Showers, hot food, clothes and health essentials
- Youth work and life skills projects, including art, sports, drama and music
- Support to access legal or immigration advice 1-to-1 support with independent living and communication skills
*Nick is a young person accessing our services, you can read their full story here. Their name has been changed but the story is in their own words.
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