Quaker school pupil helps homeless
‘Nearly half of the young people who come to SASH facing homelessness, do so because of family breakdown.'
A York schoolgirl is cycling the distance of a marathon to raise money to help young homeless people.
Milly Trueman, in Year 7 at The Mount Quaker school in York, took the initiative after hearing that the school would return to online learning from the start of term. The money will be raised for Safe and Sound Homes (SASH York) which helps homeless young people in the UK to find housing.
‘Over Christmas I noticed the number of homeless people on the streets in the town where I live and thought how hard that must be,’ said Milly on her JustGiving page. (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ruth-thomson14).
According to SASH, lockdowns have been exacerbating youth homelessness. ‘Nearly half of the young people who come to SASH facing homelessness, do so because of family breakdown. Right now, there are young people in our community living in unstable family circumstances, surrounded by abuse – all they have to look forward to once lockdown is lifted, is the dread of being kicked out of their family home or making the impossible decision to flee a toxic environment.’
SASH places young people in the homes of volunteer hosts. Milly has currently completed 13.5 miles. She believes young people can set out to make a difference ‘just by thinking about what you can do, and then doing that. Because it doesn’t have to be a very big thing to raise money for charity.’
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