Kiah
“It turns you into a better person” I’m 17 I’ve been in SASH about nine months. I couldn’t live at home, because my whole family, we all just argued. I left home at 16. I was homeless for about four or five days, sofa-surfing. I found somewhere else to stay, but it wasn’t suitable and …
Jade
Feedback from a Nightstopper: Jade* was referred to our Nightstop service and stayed with some of our hosts. We were delighted to receive this letter from her a few months later, when she had moved to somewhere permanent: “When I became homeless, I didn’t trust anyone or anything. I didn’t know what would happen to …
Jordan
“My mum kicked me out when I was 18. The next day I went to the Hinge Centre in Bridlington. I didn’t know it was here, I just googled how to get help. They put me in Nightstop for a couple of days. Then I was offered a room in a hostel. I was there …
Jessie
“My mum died when I was 10. I was born in Scarborough, my mum was Scottish. My dad left when I was two. We weren’t well off, it wasn’t the most financially stable of families. We moved around a lot. But she was great mum, she taught me to look after people, to look after …
Adam
“I had a fall-out with my family and left home when I was 16. I’m 20, I’ve been in SASH for about 2 years. When I was younger I was a bit of a troublemaker, I was very short-tempered. I was permanently excluded from school in Year 9. I had a fall-out with my family …
Lauren
“If I hadn’t come into SASH I don’t think I’d be doing very well if I’m honest. It’s helped me so much. I was living at a hostel in York. It wasn’t a great place to be, but it was a roof over my head. I needed somewhere stable to live without other people where …
Jordan
“When I had to leave my home, I was really excited about SASH because I felt it had a lot of potential. It meant that I could only blame myself if I didn’t succeed. If I was at home and I failed, I could always blame it on the situation I was in. I wasn’t …
Oakley
“I’m 17. My mum left when I was two. Me and my dad never got on. We were arguing all the time and I kept running away. I never wanted to be in the house, I hated it. I felt happier outside, staying in tents, away from my dad. When I was 14 I …
Julia
“I left home at 16. I was living with my dad, but I felt like where I was I couldn’t be myself. I just wanted to go out and work and get on with life. I thought if I was on my own I’d have more independence. I rented a house with a friend but …
James
James spent two weeks in Nightstop before going into Supported Lodgings. He explains how he became homeless and how he got the help he needed. “I’m 19. I’m the second oldest of six in my family. I’m a carer for my eight year old brother, who has autism. He’s the youngest and we were always …
