Seventeen-year-old Jamie Wilson is making a new start after finding himself homeless. He has moved into a one-bedroom flat in William Lyons Court, run by Nottingham Community Housing Association.

“I got kicked out of home,” he explains. “I was a bit of a rebel – nicking stuff, drinking, getting under-age tattoos and piercings, and so on.”

He is one of 12 young people with a history of homelessness in the home who are learning the skills they need to set up home by themselves and map out a career. Staff are on hand 24 hours a day to give advice and support.

Jamie struggled to adapt to life in the home at first. “I kept breaking the rules and got loads of warnings.”

Eventually he settled down. Each of the tenants is encouraged to take up vocational courses at the local college and Jamie is now part of the way through a two-year college course.

He now plans to go on to university. “I’ve got myself back into education for another five years,” he says.