2025 Enhanced

Allsorts Youth Project Annual Report 2023–24

Allsorts Youth Project is a Sussex-based LGBTQ+ youth charity founded in 1999, providing youth groups, one-to-one support, family services and professional training across Brighton, East and West Sussex. In 2023/24 it supported 114 young people through 385 one-to-one sessions, ran groups across seven locations for under-16s, over-16s and trans/non-binary young people, and supported 149 parents and carers. 96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help. The charity won the Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award and delivered the NHS Sussex-funded Evolve programme for trans young people on the GIDS waiting list. Total income was £722,268.

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About

LGBT+ youth groups for under-16s, over-16s, Transformers (trans/non-binary, ages 16-21), Kids Group (ages 5-11), YPoC group; 121 one-to-one support (ages 5-25); Evolve/Waiting Well NHS-funded programme for trans young people on GIDS waiting list; Parents & Carers peer support groups; family 121 support; 13 school contracts; LGBT+ Awareness Training; Rainbow Flag Award (14 schools across 4 counties); Summer Programme; Access Fund (food, travel, toiletries, vouchers); Youth Reps programme; pilot LGBT+ counselling with Esteem Custom geography from upload: Sussex, UK (Brighton, Hove, Worthing, Chichester, Horsham, Hastings, Eastbourne, Crawley and online)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2 149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3 96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing

Key Outcomes

  • Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
  • In March 2024 survey, 80% of young people had experienced mental health challenges in the last 6 months; 59% had experienced some form of LGBTphobia; 36% had attempted suicide — demonstrating depth of need
  • £722,268 total income; 15 volunteers contributing 380 hours; Access Fund provided 16 travel tickets, 12 food packs, 7 toiletry packs and 3 shopping vouchers in its first year

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 1,700 women supported at the Balsall Heath centre and across three secure locations in the last financial year
Key Metric 2
214 women supported over 3 years through Children and Families and Multiple and Complex Needs workstreams
Key Metric 3
£723,657 income from 7 government contracts and £429,353 from 6 government grants (2024-25 accounts)
Women reported increased confidence in parenting following support