2. out of the
Where do I start?
family home
and things
don't seem • Phone a friend
to be able to
improve
• Call the local council
You can
housing team
make
choices for • Go to
Jay but you Connexions
need to
make the • Contact the Youth
Homeless service
right
decisions.
Put yourself
in Jays
3. Sofa surfing
A friend let's you stay
temporarily and you
talk about what's
happened , they say
that it's best to sleep
on it and look for help
in the morning. You
have a hot meal meal
and have a good talk
about the situation
and why it has
happened.
• Stay • Don't stay
4. The Mediation
sessions
You attend the mediation session between your
parents and yourself there are many things
discussed. You do however come to a resolve and
your parents agree to let you return to the family
home as long as you all stick to the agreements
made from the mediation
• Agree and • Don't agree and continue to
return home look for alternate housing
5. can move in.
You have been
You have a
assigned a key
worker who
room!
needs to meet
you and set up
housing &
council tax
benefits.
Jay will also
need to consider
• budgeting. This
Meet with the key • Have a party in your room
includes utility
worker
• bills Meet with the ,
Don't cigarettes
key worker
toiletries,
• Find out about bills and
budgeting debts
clothes,
and mobile
6. independently ,
Bills bills bills!
it's important that
you set up your
bill payments
and budget for
them too. You
can use the links
to find out more
information of
costs and how to
set payments up.
It's important that
• Tips and dealtto save
this is ideas with • Register with water
at the start of
money board
• Look at and set up
your tenancy as
• Great budget recipes
your budget
you can find • Set up housing
yourself in debt. • Go back benefit & council
tax
7. housing available,
however they can
assess your
situation and
provide you are
registered on the
housing list with a
banding for housing
as well as some
options given to
you. If jay is high on
• housing priority it
Go to the young homeless
service
could till take up to
• Go to a homeless shelter
six months before
you have a tenancy,
• Go to Connexions
This is something to
8. Sleeping rough
You have to spend the
night on the streets , it's
cold , Long and quite
scary. You will need to
get some help and
decide who that is.
• Go to the young homeless
service
• Go to a homeless shelter
• Go to Connexions
• Phone a friend
• Stay Homeless
9. that you have
not followed the
advice of the
DOH!
YHS and the
other services or
seem to be
taking the
situation
seriously. They
tell you that you
have to try
harder to sort
things out or you
can no longer
stay there. You • Continue
have to go back
10. Connexions are
helpful and inform you
of a range of different
services available to
you. They will also
help you signing up to
your benefits , CV's ,
college courses ,local
job's. • Contact the Youth
Homeless service
• Create a CV
• New college
• Job search
11. Youth Homeless
Service
You talk to YHS about the situation
and they offer to support for your
needs and problems offer options
and access to the service for as
long as needed. Use the links
below to explore some of the issues
Jay may be experiencing
• Agree to get continued support
from the team
• Get a referral to a YMCA foyer • Claim JSA
• Use the Internet
• Ask for mediation
• Register for Home Choice Plus
(what is it?)
• Use the phone to apply • Phone a friend
for a crisis loan
• Go to the Doctors
12. You go for a drink and
Local pub
some food from your
crisis loan and meet
some friends , they
ask you to stay to
have a few more
drinks. You want to
stay but know you
haven't got the money
or the time,
what shall Jay do?
• Leave now
• Stay in the pub
13. Bad Idea!
You have
decided to stay
in the pub the
pub with your
mates BUT
spend all of your
money and have
to return to your
friends house
broke.
• Continue
14. Homeless Shelter
You arrive at the
homeless shelter ,
the staff are helpful
and offer you
somewhere to sleep
and give you a hot
meal. There is also a
offer for support with
your options for
• Go back to the Young
housing
Homeless Service
• Phone a friend
• Go back to the council
if you haven't done so
already
15. Job Centre Plus
Well Done!
You have registered
with the Job centre
and will now receive a
JSA payment in a few
weeks
• Go back to the Young
Homeless Service
16. Well done!
You have got a crisis
loan and you are
given £60 to see you
through the next 2
weeks. But You must
use this money wisely
• Go for a drink and • Decide what to do
food at a local pub next
17. Rough Sleeping
Oh dear you have
made some decisions
that haven't helped
your situation , you
must start again and
rethink your
decisions .
• Start again
18. Doctors surgery
You talk to the
doctor about
• Support with
how your mental health
feeling , the problems
doctor can • Drugs Facts
offer some
• Alcohol facts
options to help
you. • Sexual health
• Go back to the Young • Go back to
Homeless Service Friends house
19. What is
compromise the
rights of the parties in
‘mediation’?
any way: one or other
of them can terminate
the mediation
process at any stage,
they can later attempt
mediation again, or
they can proceed to
litigation. Mediation
may fail; usually it
leads to a settlement
or to an agreement
which becomes
binding when the • Continue with mediation
parties formally
record their
20. Some useful web links
• Job centre plus • Job search
• Home choice plus • Shelter website
• YMCA
• Substance misuse
• St. Pauls hostel
• Dept of work and pensions • Facebook
• Sexual health
• St.basils
homeless service
• Connexions • Young persons
• Continue Jays journey
21. Top tips
• Create a meal planner each week so you don't keep going back and
forth to shops and spending more.
• Work out your expendable income after you have paid rent, council
• tax and utilities.
Make cheap meals and avoid take away food as its very expensive
compared to cooking at home.
• If you smoke , consider cutting down or even better giving up!
• Avoid debit cards and use cash to pay for things, this restricts over
budgeting and over expenditure !
• Avoid impulse purchases as these will take you over your budget.
• Find out where you can shop and save money by buying 'own brand'
items you can save a lot of money by doing this.
• Piggy bank ! Put your lose change in a piggy bank , it's a great way
to save AND not overspend.
• Save through the year for birthdays Christmas and other
celebrations.
• Turn off electrical appliances when not in use, DON'T leave them on
standby.
• Go back
22. Oh dear...
You didn't meet
with the key
worker and you
already have rent
arrears and will be
facing eviction if
it's not sorted very
soon
• Meet with the key • Don't meet with the
worker key worker....
23. safe and warm. This is
on the understanding
that you continue to
look for work and try
and find permanent
accommodation. This
also allows you to
have a hot meal ,
laundry and washing
facilities you have
looked on the Internet
• Go to the young homeless
and have found some
service
• Gooptions to follow
to Connexions
up.pock from the links
• Go to a homeless shelter
below
• Don't stay here
24. Accepted support
The service will
support you with your
situation and you have
use of there washing
facilities , food parcels
, Internet , telephone
use and emotional
support. They have
also told you that they
can also take you to
appointments.
• Continue
25. Tortilla Mac & cheese Onion, Tomato and Basil
Pizza Corned Beef Hash with Baked
Spaghetti
Beans
For this you will need a pack of
tortillas, a small jar of pizza sauce, a This is an easy one to make and doesn’t
package of shredded cheese and cost much. You will need 1 bag of 1. Heat oil in a large frying pan
what ever toppings you choose Macaroni. Then you will need a block of over medium heat. Cook onions
(cheaper with plain cheese). Preheat cheese, I would recommend the shop and garlic in oil until soft. Stir in
the oven to 300 degrees (F). On a brand as it tastes just as good. This 1. Preheat the oven to 200 C / Gas tomato purée, tomatoes, salt,
baking sheet place 1 to 3 tortillas usually costs between £1 and £2 for. Then mark 6. pepper, basil and water. Cover,
(depending on the size of the pan). you will need about 1/4 cup of milk. Boil 2. Place the potatoes in a large pot reduce heat to low, and simmer
With a spoon spread sauce to about the pasta until they are just soft, then take with just enough water to cover. Bring 20 minutes, until thickened.
1/4 inch from the edge of the tortilla. them off the heat and drain. Do not rinse to the boil and simmer until tender, 2. While sauce is simmering, cook
Sprinkle cheese on top trying to stay with cold water. If you feel you need to about 10 minutes. Drain and mash, pasta according to package
on the sauce. Place your toppings of rinse them, do it with the hottest water flavouring with milk, butter, salt or instructions; drain. Toss sauce
choice over cheese. Place in oven for possible. Return the pasta to the pot and however you normally like to make with hot pasta.
about 5 minutes. add the cheese pre-cut in to 1 inch them. Shepherds pie
Pizza bake cubes. Mix together until the cheese is 3. Pour the baked beans into the
almost melted (the mix will be stiff and bottom of a 1.5 litre casserole dish.
kind of hard to stir). Place the corned beef on top of the
beans in an even layer. Season with a
Return to a low heat and slowly add the few dashes of Worcestershire sauce.
milk slowly creating a thick creamy sauce. Top with the mash.
This will make enough to feed 5-6 people 4. Bake uncovered for 25 minutes in
generously. If you are making just for 1 the preheated oven. The mash should
person, store the excess in sandwich start to crisp, but not yet brown. Top
baggies (press out as much air as with the cheese and return to the oven.
possible) or in a food sealer in the freezer. Bake for another 15 to 20 minutes or
You will need 1 pound ground beef, 16 When you want to make some just pull out until cheese is browned.
ounces pizza sauce, a small pack of a bag in the morning to defrost. When you You will need mince meat,
mushrooms (optional), pepperoni are ready for it, make sure it is completely potatoes, and corn or green
(optional), 1 tablespoon oregano, 1 defrosted, pour into a bowl, sprinkle a beans. Brown the mince. Mash
teaspoon garlic salt, 1 handful of light amount of water on top and the potatoes. In the bottom of
pasta. 2/3 cup milk, and 2 cups microwave for about 1 min (give or take your casserole pan layer the
shredded mozzarella cheese. Preheat depending on your microwave). You can corn or green beans. On top of
oven to 350 degrees (F). Brown the compliment this with a can of tuna but do that layer the mince. Top it all off
beef in a skillet and drain. Stir in pizza with the mashed potatoes. Bake
not freeze if tuna is mixed in.
sauce, mushrooms, oregano, and in the oven at 300 degrees (F)
garlic salt. Bring to a boil. In a for about 20 minutes.
separate bowl combine the pasta and • Go back
milk. In a casserole dish, Layer half the
meat sauce, pasta mix, and cheese.
Repeat with remaining halves. Cover
with foil or a lid and bake for 25-30
minutes.
26. STOP!
Is this realistic? Jay
has to budget and
can't really afford to
buy new furniture.
• Go back
27. You go to the Ymca for
an interview and they
see your situation as
serious, after a week
they inform you that
you have a place
within the foyer. You
will need some items
such as furniture to
move in.
• Second hand furniture project
• Buy NEW furniture
• Go back to YMCA
28. Well done !
You have finished and
explored some of the
options and now have a
more realistic idea on
yours or a friends options
in facing homelessness.
Jay must keep up on
budgeting and rent payments
as the tenancy could come to
However , it's
an end quite quickly. There are also lots of
important to different situations
remember that this is that young people
only a brief glimpse find themselves in.
into the situations you You can talk to a
can find yourself in range of services and
and time frames and get good confidential
• Start again .. If you
services will vary in support.
like
29. Logging into Facebook IS the wrong choice, your wasting
your time and have much more important things to do!
• GO BACK
30. Returned home
The mediation seems
to have worked and
jay & family have
worked on there
differences and jay
has returned to the
family home.
You can try the
program again to see
what else happens
• Start again • Finish
31.
32. Used the phone
You have successfully
got a crisis loan to see
you through the next
couple of weeks. You
have been given £60
which you will have to
pay back £3 per week
and is taken out of
your benefits. Use the
money wisely as its
important that it is
used to help you
• Continue
