London's Evening Standard, along with the Independent and parent company ESI Media, have announced a campaign partnership with youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, to support its 2016 Christmas appeal by helping to fund the launch of the Centrepoint Helpline, a new service for 16-25 year olds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Evgeny Lebedev, owner of ESI Media, commented 'I am thrilled to be working with Centrepoint on this momentous initiative. Government services are struggling to cope with the growing number of young people facing housing problems, and many are being turned away from local authorities without even being assessed – a state of affairs which shames us all. With this campaign we expect not only to reduce the number of young people who put themselves in danger, but also educate the public on the various forms homelessness can take in Britain in 2016'.