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Centrepoint: Violent Night
The UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint, has rewritten the lyrics to ‘Silent Night’ as a poignant reminder that street violence towards homeless people is a very real threat that thousands face this Christmas. Almost eight in 10 homeless people have suffered some sort of violence, abuse, or anti-social behaviour and Centrepoint’s research reveals that more than 24,400 young people are facing homelessness this Christmas, putting their safety at risk. ‘Violent Night’ has been performed by a choir, led by young people affected by homelessness, in a short film launching in the lead-up to Christmas. The film was created by Wonderhood Studios and directed by Grammy-nominated director Nicolas Jack Davies, who created the award-winning Haircuts4Homeless campaign for Camelot and #WhatsYourName for Starbucks. The revised lyrics were workshopped with Aimee, 18, a young rapper with cerebral palsy who became homeless one winter after a family breakdown. The lyrics highlight how terrifying living on the street is for vulnerable people. With freezing conditions and lack of shelter to protect them, young homeless men and women also have to face the threat of violence.
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