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Llamau is supporting Cymorth Cymru's call for an increase in the Homelessness Support and Prevention budget in the Welsh Government's final budget for 2027/28, highlighting the urgent need for sustained investment in services that prevent and alleviate homelessness across Wales.

The first issue of Llamau News highlights a number of our key achievements in this our 40th anniversary year.

Launched today, the Wales Youth Homelessness Helpline Annual Impact Report 2025-2026 highlights an 83% increase in calls over the last year. This represents 531 calls that were made to the helpline which operates on 24 hours a day, year-round basis.

On Monday 24 August BBC Wales ran a major news story covering Upstream Cymru. Llamau introduced Upstream to Wales as we believed youth homelessness could be prevented earlier.

The launch of the review into early deaths of young people who have left care in England, is both shocking but sadly unsurprising for those of us working with care experienced young people

Upstream Cymru is Llamau's ground-breaking school-based early identification and intervention initiative that can prevent homelessness among young people and their families before it becomes inevitable.