NGO

The name of the group.
 Herts Young Homeless Group

The specific issue the group deals with.
 They support young people who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness in Hertfordshire.

The group's mission statement.
 To prevent homelessness by empowering individuals to make positive, informed choices. To support young people, those in crisis and individuals at risk of becoming homeless.

Goals that the group strives to achieve.
 To decrease the number of young homeless or help them.

Concrete ways that the NGO tries to achieve its goals.
 HYHG services are open to all 16 – 24 year olds who are homeless or threatened with homelessness.  They support those young people, for example, charity, giving information or education, and various volunteer.

How the group is different from others in its goals or methods?
 This group limits to young homeless people.

Groups with which it networks (i.e., cooperates with on projects or activities).


How does the group keep itself running (i.e., by fund-raisning activities, donations, etc.)?
 They keep running by fund-raising activities.

If the group does fund-raising activities, please describe them.
 They regularly run a number of fundraising events, including sponsored sleepouts, cake sales and quizes.

How does it recruit new members to the group?
 We should send a mail to manager to add our e-mail address into mailing list.Or we should call this group.

How does it make the media interested in its activities?
 They have a blog. We can see clealy what they are doing.

What's your overall impression of the group? Is it a group that you would ever consider joining?
 They think that the main cause of homelessness in young people is through family breakdown.  So they say they should help those young people. And I think so too.  I agree their idea in its entirety.


http://hyhg.org/