Cameron is 18, about to move into a new flat and studying computer science at college with plans to go to university.

He sounds like any other teenager but with one important difference - Cameron is rebuilding his life after becoming homeless at just 14.

He is part of what one of Wales' biggest charities called a "hidden epidemic" of youth homelessness.

Stories like his inspired actor Michael Sheen to help set up Wales' first national out-of-hours helpline.

Cameron, not his real name, said his relationship with his family broke down so badly he had to leave. He slept on friends' sofas and spent a night on the streets.

"It was quite sudden, it was a lot of stress... I panicked, I didn't know where to go or what to do. It was overwhelming," he said.

"When I left I had a spare set of clothes and that was it. I didn't have much money or anything, it was difficult."

Cameron did not know where to find help or who to talk to - something other young people told Hollywood star, Michael Sheen, when he spoke with them about youth homelessness.

That conversation led to the creation of the first national out of hours of the free helpline for young people at risk of homelessness.

Welsh Government statistics show 7,584 young people, aged between 16 and 24, approached their local authority for help with homelessness in 2017-18 - an increase of 23% from 2015.