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Impact Report: Fiscal Year 2026

ChildBuilders promotes mental health and prevents abuse through child safety, social-emotional learning and parenting education in Greater Houston. Its fiscal-year 2026 report covers July 2025-June 2026 and records 63,023 people reached, 29% more than the previous year. Programme results describe students applying safety skills and educators observing positive changes.

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ChildBuilders delivers education that helps children and adults build safer relationships and support mental health. Stand Strong Stay Safe teaches personal-safety skills such as assertiveness, emotional regulation and recognising boundaries. Build to Nurture develops social and emotional skills in young children, while Parents Under Construction prepares young people for future parenting. Educator training, parent workshops and a child-wellbeing podcast extend these approaches across schools and families in Greater Houston. Custom geography from upload: Greater Houston, Texas, United States

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 63,023 individuals reached: 62,014 children/teens and 1,009 parents/educators
Key Metric 2 162 presenting schools and 20 districts/organisations
Key Metric 3 43 training/outreach sessions; 737 educators/community partners and 266 parents supported

Key Outcomes

  • 49% of students applied a taught skill in their own lives.
  • 77% of educators observed a positive impact on students.
  • 78% of fifth graders demonstrated significant gains in assertiveness, consent, awareness and body safety.

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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