âYou just need someone thereâ â opening Bristolâs only emergency youth shelter By Bristol24/7, Thursday Mar 4, 2021 As we approach the one-year anniversary of the advent of Covid-19 in the UK, the past 12 months have been dominated by social isolation, health scares, and harrowing experiences of lost jobs and tenancies. The pandemic is a multiplier of inequalities, and few are experiencing the pressure more acutely than Bristolâs population of young people experiencing homelessness, which has risen sharply under Covid-19. Caring in Bristol is a local homelessness charity working to support young people experiencing homelessness. Last year they supported 120 young people, and in Spring of this year they are searching for a three, four. or five-bedroom property to use as the cityâs only dedicated shelter for people ages 18 – 25 to prevent them from having to spend a night on the streets.