“Face Your Fears for BYHP” Campaign 2016

​Every single day young people face all manner of difficult challenges which continue as they grow up and enter the world of adulthood and responsibility. 

At BYHP we work with hundreds of young people each year who have been thrust into that world very early and are completely unprepared. They are also forced to face additional challenges like family breakdown, homelessness or mental health problems. 

These young people must face their challenges head on every day, often with very different fears to those that most of us experience.  

We have at least two young people who have a fear of public transport; it is the fear of the unknown, of being on a bus or train and not sure where they have to alight, fearful of other passengers and crowds.  

These fears can incapacitate someone who is already suffering from low self-esteem and lacking in confidence; without long-term, on-going support it can be almost impossible to move on.  

Another challenge for a young and homeless person is simply raising deposits for private rented accommodation and finding and speaking to landlords who are willing to accept housing benefit recipients as tenants.

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