Sussex Central YMCA’s Homelessness Prevention Workshops are run by the Peer Education Project to raise awareness around youth homelessness in Brighton and Hove.
Peer Education is a group of young people who have used their own experiences of housing and homelessness to design, develop and deliver a fun and informative session in schools.
Peer Education seeks:
- To empower young people with knowledge of independent living to help prevent youth homelessness
By the end of the workshop, your pupils will:
- Have a greater understanding of the reality of homelessness and moving out of home
- Have an awareness of where to seek advice and know what support is available to them
- Be able to recognise the advantages of planning a move and understand the costs of independent living
We hope to achieve these through a combination of interactive activities and quizzes, a Q&A session, as well as showing a short film that has been made by young people that are part of our service, giving a true reflection of youth homelessness within Brighton and Hove.
Peer Education’s workshop is designed to fit within a normal timetable as part of PSHE, but is also suitable for special event days.
If you would like to book a Sussex Central YMCA Peer Education Workshop, or would just like some further information of what we can offer your school, please contact Abbi or Jo at Sussex Central YMCA Housing Services on 01273 828828 or email housingservices@sussexcentralymca.org.uk
