Sep 8‘Reflections on a temporary loss of ‘home’; How can we use our own experiences to connect to others experience of homelessness?’08.09.2023: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Head of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I am catching up at work following a period of annual leave. Often when we return from our summer holiday there is a sadness that we…Young People12 min readYoung People12 min read
Aug 25‘Going upstream — Why is a psychologically informed approach to ‘prevention’ critical to #EndYouthHomelessness?’25.08.2023: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I am following on from the previous PIE blog, that highlighted the new ‘Homewards’ programme recently launched by our patron — Prince William and the Royal…Young People9 min readYoung People9 min read
Aug 4‘Homewards’ bound — Why it is important in a PIE to focus on ‘homes’ and not ‘houses’ to #EndYouthHomelessness…04.08.2023: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight a particularly exciting new development in Centrepoint’s strategy to #endyouthhomelessness. This is a collaboration with other partners…Young People10 min readYoung People10 min read
Jul 21‘The ‘How’: Introducing new guidance on what it means to be working in a psychologically informed manner in the homeless sector’.21.07.2023: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I would like to build on the previous PIE blog, that focused on the importance of ‘soft skills’ (see here: https://drhelenmiles.medium.com/soft-skills-or-psychologically-informed-skills-why-are-these-important-in-a-pie-7cf5b9a15515). This is because in the…Young People12 min readYoung People12 min read
Jul 6‘Soft Skills’ or ‘Psychologically Informed’ Skills? — Why are these important in a PIE?07.07.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I have had another busy couple of weeks delivering PIE and recruiting to our team (more details of our new starters soon!) However, one theme of…Young People9 min readYoung People9 min read
Jun 23‘‘Understanding how our brains work: The new ‘PIE Neuropsychology Offer’ to homeless young people’…23.06.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I have had another busy couple of weeks. I firstly had the pleasure of visiting our new Independent Living Scheme’s (ILS) first project; Reuben House, which…Young People13 min readYoung People13 min read
Jun 9‘What do we need? — A psychologically informed approach to our well-being at work’…09.06.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, it is lovely to take a moment to stop and reflect on the past week. It has been a very busy week as we are currently…Homelessness12 min readHomelessness12 min read
May 26‘Centrepoint at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show — A psychologically informed Garden’.26.05.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the Lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE) at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I am reflecting on a week dominated by the theme of ‘gardens’. For those of you who do not consider yourselves ‘green fingered’; myself included (!)…Young People14 min readYoung People14 min read
May 19‘Time to let LEWS’: Introducing the new PIE informed Lambeth Emotional Wellbeing Service in National Mental Health Awareness Week’…19.05.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, the first for a while due to leave and other commitments, I have been reflecting back over a very busy period as the lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint. A significant part of this…Young People11 min readYoung People11 min read
Mar 31‘If we build it, they will come’: Reflections on the Centrepoint National Youth Homelessness Conference’…31.03.2022: As I write this week’s PIE blog, as the lead for Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), at the national youth homeless charity — Centrepoint, I am reflecting back across a busy week, one of the highlights of which was attending the National Youth Homelessness conference in Coventry on PIE (c.f…Young People8 min readYoung People8 min read
