Advice for Young Homeless People

Being young and homeless creates a lot of problems. As well as trying to find somewhere to stay you will have to find money to live on, you might need health care, you might have to move away from your family and friends. Fortunately there is a huge amount of advice and support available to help you.

You just need to know where to look (for more information and contact details use the links below).

• are you under 16
  • go to your local social work services, they have a duty to assist you.
    
• if you are over 16
  • go to your local housing office, they have a duty to assist you.

• if it is after 5 o clock
  • You can also call Freephone  0800 953 2424 to contact the Homelessness Out of Hours Officer or go to your local police station and ask them to contact the Homelessness Out of Hours Officer for you.

If you want advice from someone other than your local council there are some useful links below:

• The Leaving Home link will provide you with all the information you need to prepare for leaving home.
• The Young Scot site will give you information on all aspects of life.
• Shelter Scotland are a long established housing aid centre who have been helping homeless people for many years.