Skip over main navigation
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
Llamau
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Quick exit Donate
Menu
  • About us
    • Our vision and mission
    • Our people
    • Our Impact
    • Current vacancies
    • End Youth Homelessness UK
  • Our Work
    • Who we support
    • What We Do
    • Training for Professionals
    • Our Research
  • Get help
    • Coronavirus: How to get support
    • I am a young person and need help
    • I am worried about a young person
    • I am a woman and need help
    • I am worried about a woman
    • Family Mediation
  • Support us
    • Coronavirus: Our Response
    • Donate Now
    • Fundraising Events
    • Fundraise For Us
    • Volunteer With Us
    • Partner With Us
    • Event Sponsorship
    • Other ways to support us
  • Campaign with us
    • About Youth Homelessness
    • About Homelessness for Women
    • Get involved
  • News
    • News and blogs
    • People we've supported
  • Education and training
    • What We Do: Education, Employment and Training
    • Information for employers and professionals
    • Meet the team
    • Get in touch
  • Admin
    • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  1. Get help
  2. I am worried about a young person

I am worried about a young person

I've seen a young person sleeping rough. What can I do to help?

Expand

It is important that any young person who is sleeping rough approaches their local council for help. If you have seen someone sleeping rough, you can contact StreetLink via their website or app. Street Link will ask you for some details about the person, including where they are sleeping, so that they can connect with local services such as day centres, outreach teams or night shelters.

If you are comfortable talking to the young person, you can also ask them if they have approached their local council for support. Many young people simply don’t realise that there is support available for them, and often don’t know how to access it.

If you are comfortable doing so, you could support them to approach their local council, ensuring that they are able to make a homelessness application and that an assessment of their needs and situation is completed.

If you have seen a young person sleeping rough and it is outside of office opening hours, you can call Llamau’s Youth Homeless Helpline, run in partnership with Shelter Cymru, free of charge, on 08000 495 495. Highly trained colleagues and volunteers will help you to access safe temporary accommodation and provide advice on how to keep yourself safe.

If you are worried that the young person is in immediate danger, you should call the emergency services on 999.

Published: 3rd January, 2018

Updated: 26th October, 2020

Author:

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

I'm worried about a young person who I don't think is safe in their relationship

Expand

If you are worried that they are in immediate danger, you should call the police on 999.

If you are worried about someone who has experienced or who is experiencing domestic abuse or sexual violence in their relationship or at home, you can call the Live Fear Free Helpline on 0808 80 10 800. You can call the helpline for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

You can also email Live Fear Free on [email protected] or talk to someone confidentially using the Live Fear Free live chat service. 

Helpline staff can provide advice and guidance on how to support the other person and help them to stay safe. It will always be their own choice about whether to leave the relationship, and you should do your best to be understanding and supportive.

Published: 4th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

Author:

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

How can I get accommodation for someone at one of Llamau's projects?

Expand

Our accommodation projects support young people aged 16-25 in Wales and women who have experienced domestic abuse or women who would not feel safe in mixed-gender accommodation.

To live in one of our supported accommodation projects, you have to be referred by your local council in an area where we have accommodation projects. Local councils will offer different types of accommodation and we can’t guarantee that you will be referred to Llamau.

Published: 4th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

Author:

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

My child and I aren't getting on and I'm worried they will move out

Expand

If you are experiencing difficulties in your relationship with your child at home, Family Mediation could be a good option for you. Llamau’s Family Mediation is very successful at helping to resolve issues between young people and their families, and could support your child to continue living at home. You can get in touch with our Family Mediation services using the details below:

In Cardiff - 029 2087 3570

In Vale of Glamorgan - 07966 981117

In Newport - 07966 561530

In RCT - 01443 495188

In Caerphilly - 01443 873548

In Merthyr Tydfil - 01685 725254

In Monmouthshire - 07966 981083

In Torfaen - 01633 647547

In Bridgend - 01656 663450

In Neath Port Talbot - 01639 685219

It is really important that both you and your child are willing to take part in Family Mediation so that it has the best chance of succeeding. Our Mediation workers can explain what will happen to both you and your child so that you both understand what happens during Family Mediation sessions.

Published: 4th January, 2018

Updated: 7th September, 2020

Author:

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

A young person is staying with me because they have nowhere else to live. What can I do to help them?

Expand

Many young people stay with friends or people they don’t know because they don’t have anywhere else to live. Even though they are not sleeping on the streets, this is still classed as being homeless, and they should seek help from their local council.

If you are comfortable doing so, you could support them to approach their local council, ensuring that they are able to make a homelessness application and that an assessment of their needs and situation is completed. The council is required to consider their application and their situation before deciding whether they are eligible for support.

If the young person is under 18 and is staying with you because they have been kicked out of their home or have experienced violence, threats or abuse at home, they should contact the children’s services team at their local council.

Published: 4th January, 2018

Updated: 2nd July, 2020

Author:

Share this page
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Back to top

Showing 10 of 5

Latest

  • Gaming for Good

    Gaming for Good

    Game on to end youth homelessness in February 2023!

  • A Story From Mediation

    A Story From Mediation

  • Contact Us

    Contact Us

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    Frequently Asked Questions

Most read

  • Current Vacancies

    We're looking for talented and passionate people to help us deliver our mission to end youth homelessness and homelessness for vulnerable women.

  • Ending Homelessness, Changing Futures

    Ending Homelessness, Changing Futures

    At Llamau we believe that no young person or vulnerable woman should ever have to experience homelessness.

  • Brace the Brecons

    Brace the Brecons

    Taking place in Wales’ iconic Brecon Beacons, take on the challenge of walking the scenic and demanding 16K Brecon Horseshoe Loop, all in aid of Llamau.

  • Our People

  • Sleep Out 2022

    Sleep Out 2022

    Sleep Out this October and help to make a Wales without homelessness a reality!

  • Relief Bank Workers - All areas

    Relief Support Assistants

  • Get Help

    Get help and support as soon as you need it, whether you're in need of help with homelessness yourself or know someone who needs help.

  • Become a Supported Lodgings Provider

    Become a Supported Lodgings Provider

    Do you have a spare room and a willingness to help young people? Could you become a Supported Lodgings Provider?

  • What causes youth homelessness?

    What causes youth homelessness?

  • Training

    Training

Tag cloud

10K 5K Cardiff Challenge Event Fundraising Marathon Newport North Wales Obstacle Course Race Swansea Triathlon

Sign up for News

Please enter your first name
Please enter your last name
Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address (e.g. [email protected])

Contact Us

Llamau
23 Cathedral Road
Cardiff, CF11 9HA

029 2023 9585

[email protected]

Useful Links

  • Login
  • Log out
  • Sitemap
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Contact
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Notice

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube



Llamau Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales (701772). Registered company in England and Wales (02396224). Registered address: 23-25 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA.