Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Young Person's Homelessness Strategy

Stockton-on-Tees has attained the achievement of Regional Centre of Excellence for Youth Homelessness for two consecutive years now, in 2007 and again in 2008.

The success of our approach in Stockton-on-Tees is working in partnership to both tackle homelessness when it occurs and to prevent homelessness in the first place.

We recognise that meeting the needs of young people who are experiencing housing difficulties is not just about having a home. It requires a jointed-up approach to all the issues that affect young people. Young people themselves have been at the centre of our planning by providing their ideas and experiences, and sometimes challenging our assumptions.