Alicia Walker

Jul 1, 2024 | cypnow.co.uk | Alicia Walker

Latest official figures show 570,000 young people were unemployed between February and April 2024 – a 15% increase on the same period last year and a 40% increase on 2022's record lows. New research from Centrepoint reveals some of the stories behind that data – with many young people struggling to get their foot in the door. We can all point fingers about economic activity, but we should instead be asking ourselves why this is happening and what solutions are needed.

Mar 19, 2024 | thesocietypages.org | Alicia Walker

Bella DePaulo is the author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After, and How We Live Now: Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century. She is also an Academic Affiliate in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dec 22, 2023 | bigissue.com | Alicia Walker

Storm Pia perfectly demonstrates the urgent need to end homelessness, says Centrepoint’s Alicia WalkerExtreme weather can be deadly to people who are homeless and living in tents and other makeshift shelters. Image: Andy Rain / EPA-EFE / ShutterstockThis winter, more than 24,000 young people will face homelessness. Like almost every year, society will tell these vulnerable young people that there’s little we can do about it: they’ll just have to spend a night outside.

Oct 11, 2023 | insidehousing.co.uk | Alicia Walker

Comment On Monday morning, a desperate young person’s call to the Centrepoint helpline almost immediately disproved Suella Braverman’s comments on street homelessness, writes Alicia Walker Sharelines .@centrepointuk’s Alicia Walker responds to Suella Braverman’s comments that street homelessness is a “lifestyle choice” #UKhousing On Monday morning, a desperate young person’s call to the @centrepointuk helpline almost immediately disproved Suella Braverman’s comments on street homelessness,...

Sep 18, 2023 | bigissue.com | Alicia Walker

Homelessness not only puts a young person in danger and at risk of exploitation, it also limits their horizons and dulls their ambitions at a time when most of their peers are looking forward to the futureYoung people experiencing homelessness are at high risk of exploitation. href=”https://unsplash.com/photos/II2ulqB-118″> David East/Unsplash Experiencing homelessness at a young age can have a devastating impact on a young person’s life.