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Impact Report 2023-24

Christian Family Concern is a South Croydon charity supporting young mothers, children and families since 1893 through three services. In 2023-24, 52 young mothers were housed at 92% room occupancy; 9 returned to education; 102 families were connected through Birdhurst Day Nursery with 6 receiving bursaries; and 106 counselling clients received 24 sessions. Total income was £1.09m. A new sensory room opened at the nursery and group work sessions doubled to 6-7 per month.

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About

Supported accommodation for young mothers and mothers-to-be (with food bank, group work programme, move-on support); Birdhurst Day Nursery (56-place, forest school, sports and dance); subsidised counselling service (addiction, anxiety, bereavement, depression, couples) Custom geography from upload: South Croydon / South London

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 52 young mothers housed in supported accommodation at 92% room occupancy; 9 returned to education
Key Metric 2 102 families connected through Birdhurst Day Nursery; 6 families receiving nursery bursaries; sensory room opened by Mayor of Croydon
Key Metric 3 106 counselling clients supported across 24 sessions; counselling bursary available for low-income clients; total income £1,092,629

Key Outcomes

  • Group work sessions increased from 3-4 to 6-7 per month from October 2023; in-house food bank provides essential food bags to residents without immediate benefits access
  • 9 residents returned to education; new structured support programme (developed 2021) tailored to each resident's needs; strong multi-agency referral network with social workers, health visitors and mental health professionals
  • Five-year plan in development covering 7 areas; plans to extend outreach to former residents and local young mothers not in residence; deficit reduced from £65,474 to £33,204 year-on-year

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
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440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
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140,000 volunteers supporting the movement across the UK
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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)
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55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
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45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
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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
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91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
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Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
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Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
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851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
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27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
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94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni