Education & Young People

Fewer than 5% of Longford scholars return to prison, against a national reoffending backdrop where this rate is significantly higher — and just under 85% of award-holders go on to graduate or move into graduate-level employment, demonstrating that higher education is a highly effective and cost-efficient rehabilitation pathway

Reading Well programme users reported 92% finding their books helpful and 81% saying their book helped them understand more about their health needs — addressing poor mental health in 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children and young people through a low-cost, scalable bibliotherapy model available via public libraries

96% of participants completed their pre-employment programme and 97% felt more employable on exit, with 100% satisfaction across all programmes — sustained against a backdrop of falling UK job openings and rising youth poverty

72% of children and young people reported improved mental wellbeing since attending Sport in Mind sessions, with 91% more likely to be physically active outside of sessions — delivered in partnership with the NHS and co-designed by people with lived experience

Around 70% of young people improved their confidence, communication and ability to set and achieve goals while on a Prince's Trust programme, with more than 15,800 qualifications awarded in 2022/23 alone and over one million young people helped since the charity was founded in 1976

Girls Week scaled from a single pilot lunch club of 10 pupils to a county-wide programme reaching 1,236 girls across 54 schools and 14 stakeholder partners, with 90% of lunch club girls more likely to attend after-school sport provision

Policy influence: Six parliamentary submissions made in 2024/25, including on Social Security, Government Budget Policy, Treaty principles, and free school lunches (Ka Ora, Ka Ako)

Policy and advocacy: Secured formal ministerial responsibility for digital inclusion (Sir Chris Bryant appointed); delivered oral evidence to Parliament's Education Select Committee; UK Digital Inclusion Strategy in development for 2025