School Champions will be a chance to learn about child homelessness, build your confidence, take part in creative activities, and explore how young people can speak up about issues that matter. You don’t need to be an expert or have done campaigning before, it’s about learning, getting involved, and seeing how your voice can make a difference.

If you think your school, college, or youth setting should get involved, you can click here to open a ready-made email to send to a teacher, tutor, headteacher, or youth worker. You’ll just need to add the right email address and press send.

School Champions will give your students a youth-friendly way to explore child homelessness, social action, citizenship, rights, empathy, and community change. The programme is being designed to support schools and youth settings with ready-to-use resources, structured activities, and clear guidance, so young people can engage with a serious issue in a safe, age-appropriate, and empowering way.

Taking part could help students build confidence, communication, teamwork, leadership, and campaigning skills, while supporting wider work around PSHE, Citizenship, personal development, inclusion, youth voice, and social action. It can also help schools create space for important conversations about homelessness and housing insecurity, including for young people who may be affected themselves.

School Champions is still in development, but we’re now inviting schools, colleges, alternative provisions, and youth settings to register their interest in future pilots, resources, or delivery opportunities.