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Impact Report 2025/26

Break reports on its children's homes, fostering, mentoring and wellbeing services for care-experienced young people across East Anglia in 2025/26.

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About

Break supports children and young people in and around care across East Anglia through children's homes, fostering, mentoring, wellbeing services and lifelong support.

Key Metrics

Young people supported 43 young care leavers supported through the Staying Close, Staying Connected service and 36 young people mentored as they transition into adulthood, with 3,647 hours of support provided by the Opportunities team.

Key Outcomes

  • 11 of 12 homes rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, and 418 hours of support given through the Emotional Wellbeing Service.

Geography

East of England

Impact Snapshot
568,000
babies reached by Bookstart Baby in 2025/26 (93% of all babies born)
Over 1.1 million
children and families engaged with Bookstart programmes in 2025/26
80%
of parents and carers receiving Bookstart Baby say they now read or share books and stories more with their child
445,600 children aged 1-4 reached through Bookstart Toddler and Pre-schooler, including 37% of all 1-4-year-olds living in low-income households
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
Key Metric 3
373 Sections opened or re-energised in England between April 2024 and March 2025
0.3% overall growth in young people (ages 4-18), driven by 31% increase in Squirrel Scouts (5,200 young people)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Impact Snapshot
Young people mentored
Provided more 1:1 mentoring sessions than ever before, an 18% increase on last year, supporting over 1,000 young people, with students rating mentoring 9...
39% of students reported an increase in how they felt over the past month, 38% rated their social interactions more positive after mentoring, and 30% felt more comfortable in lessons.