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Brightside

Brightside Impact Report 2025

Brightside is an online mentoring charity connecting disadvantaged young people with professional mentors to raise aspirations and support decision-making around education and careers. Their 2025 impact report records 6,796 mentees matched across 44 partners, with mentees achieving a full A-level grade higher than their school average.

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Online one-to-one mentoring, Spotlight in-school careers programme, STEM mentoring, Career Game classroom sessions, Brightside 7.0 platform launch

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 6,796 mentees matched to mentors; 104,471 messages sent by mentees across 44 partners
Key Metric 2 Mentees achieve one full A-level grade higher than their school average (long-term HEAT/HESA analysis)
Key Metric 3 Mentees twice as likely to enter higher education and twice as likely to complete their degrees

Key Outcomes

  • 19 percentage point increase in mentees' understanding of apprenticeships; 100% of Spotlight mentees reported increased knowledge of all post-school pathways
  • 51% of young people surveyed worried about their future; Generation Worry campaign launched in response to analysis of 8,000 young people's comments
  • 87 mentoring projects launched; all 8 Spotlight schools wanted to participate again; Brightside 7.0 platform launched with video calling and tailored tasks

Geography

UK-Wide

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