Voices

On this page you will be able to read blogs from young people, who are experts by experience, as well as EYHC partners and coalition members.

If you’d like to contribute a blog about youth homelessness in Wales, please contact us – we’d love to hear from you

 

Youth Experiential Learning Simulation: Reflections One Year On
Beth Gallivan Beth Gallivan

Youth Experiential Learning Simulation: Reflections One Year On

Back in March 2024, we hosted our third Youth Experiential Learning Simulation (YExLS) at Cardiff University and our first independent of our American partners. In attendance were a mix of frontline staff from local authorities and the Third Sector, research and policy professionals, and Welsh Government Officials, who we have asked for their reflections on the impact of the simulation, one year on.

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YExLS: The Simulation Story Continues…
Bill Rowlands Bill Rowlands

YExLS: The Simulation Story Continues…

We’re proud as EYHC and as Wales to have the honour of being the first country in the world to run the American Youth Justice Simulation independently…so, how did it go?

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Participatory Methods in Youth Homelessness and Neurodiversity Research
Hugh Russell Hugh Russell

Participatory Methods in Youth Homelessness and Neurodiversity Research

One of the key tenets that underpins how we work at EYHC is the Amplification of Youth Voice. We believe that the voices of young people who have lived through homelessness should not only be heard but instead, it is these voices that should be actively driving the changes to policy and practice needed to end youth homelessness

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Youth Voice in the Senedd
Hugh Russell Hugh Russell

Youth Voice in the Senedd

On 8th of March, in the Senedd End Youth Homelessness Cymru hosted the launch of the ‘Roadmap to Ending Youth Homelessness in Wales’. The Roadmap represents a collaborative approach to making youth homelessness in Wales rare, brief and non-recurring. It outlines What We Know about youth homelessness and more importantly – What We Should Do About It in a single accessible document.

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Priority Need – Care Leaver or Care Experienced?
Hugh Russell Hugh Russell

Priority Need – Care Leaver or Care Experienced?

Lowri Williams, a Youth Justice Accommodation Officer for Gwynedd Council/ North Wales Housing Association, reflects on a legal discrepancy which risks young people falling between two definitions and in danger of homelessness.

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