Education & Young People

1,213 counselling sessions delivered; 572 students engaged as peer mentors through Peer Support in Schools; 3,705 attendances at wellbeing groups

88% of supported housing residents moved on positively to independence; 100% rated the service good or excellent; 86% of AMHT clients improved their wellbeing

7,709 community support sessions provided; 2,876 peer support sessions; 4,008 talking therapies sessions; 126 new mums supported through perinatal service

78% of social prescribing clients reported improved wellbeing across 20,204 appointments; 86% of Schools in Mind students achieved meaningful change towards their individual goal

Over 1,300 prison mentors accredited via a bespoke AQA Level One in Teaching Reading across 78 prisons — recognising the skills developed by people in prison as they teach others to read, enhancing their employability on release and providing concrete evidence of learning progression for the first time in Shannon Trust's history

75% of all programme graduates continue to work towards breaking cycles of reoffending in their primary role, with nearly 40% promoted to a frontline leadership role — demonstrating sustained, career-long commitment to prison reform beyond the two-year programme

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