Are You 16-25 and Homeless Tonight?

These pages contain information about what to do if you are aged between 16-25 and homeless in Bradford tonight.

Bradford Nightstop provides free emergency accommodation for young homeless people in the homes of trained volunteers or in a room at a local hostel. Our accommodation is for one night at a time.

Young People are provided with an evening meal and the chance of a bath or a shower.

We provide basic toiletries and socks and underwear whenever possible.

How do you get to your hosts?

Your referral agency will discuss travel arrangements with you. You will be provided with bus fare or train fare or a taxi will be paid for you.  You may be able to find your own way to the BCCP hostel by foot. Depending on the time of day when you refer and what else you need to do that day, you may choose to wait at a Youth Cafe. There is one on Toller Lane in Bradford and one in Shipley on Market Street. Please ask your referral point to tell you which one is open today. You may need to sort out benefits or ID etc and therefore you may want to take a taxi from a central point later in the evening.

Once you get to the host's house or the hostel you will be offered something to eat and drink and the chance to have a bath or shower.  You may be able to watch television, choose to be alone in your room or talk to your hosts.  If you smoke, you will usually be asked to go outside. You may not smoke in your room.

Our volunteer Hosts and hostel staff are friendly people, who are good and sympathetic listeners but they will respect your right to privacy, whist you are in their home or hostel.

In the morning after your breakfast you will be given bus fare and /or directions to walk to get to an agency who will help you further.

You may be offered a packed lunch to take with you but if you visit our 'Young Person's Page', it will tell you of places in Bradford and Keighley that offer free or very cheap meals.

Nightstop cannot accept everyone and so the agency will need to ask you some questions. The agency will make a call to Nightstop on your behalf, and pass on some information about you, with your permission, in confidence.  You will be asked to agree to our drugs and alcohol policy which means that you will not be permitted to consume alcohol or use illegal drugs on any of our hosts/hostel premises.  You may not arrive at a hosts house under the influence of alcohol.  If you are a young person who is known to have alcohol issues, you will be asked to wait at a Youth service provision before travelling to your hosts.

You need to be referred between 11.30 am and 9pm Monday to Saturday. We do not take referrals on a Sunday.

Sometimes we do not have a bed to offer you but we will be able to suggest other places for you to try