2024 Free

Annual Review and Impact Report 2024

Go Beyond provides free residential breaks for disadvantaged children aged 7-17 across the UK. In 2024, 1,023 children attended breaks — a post-pandemic milestone — funded by £1.5m raised from supporters. 61% of attendees qualified for Pupil Premium; 70% came from the most deprived areas of the UK; 42% had a diagnosis including autism or ADHD. After breaks, 85% felt cared for and 80% found it easier to make new friends. 845 volunteer days contributed.

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About

Week-long residential breaks at Coastal Centre and Daleside (screen-free, outdoor, activity-based); young carers breaks; bereavement breaks; school and charity referral pathways; corporate and individual volunteering; Duke of Edinburgh participation Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (centres in Devon/Somerset)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,023 children given free residential breaks in 2024 — highest since pre-pandemic; £1.5m raised from supporters
Key Metric 2 845 days of volunteering contributed; 100+ volunteers gave 20,280 hours across 169 weeks
Key Metric 3 61% of attendees eligible for Pupil Premium; 70.2% referred from most deprived areas of the UK; 42% had a diagnosis or trait (autism, ADHD, SEND)

Key Outcomes

  • 85% of children felt many people cared about them; 86% identified things they could be proud of; 80% found it easier to make new friends after a break
  • Cumulative milestone: 20,000 children supported over 32-year history; featured in HRH Princess of Wales' Christmas Carol Concert on ITV, reaching millions of viewers
  • Plans to expand Coastal Centre capacity by 50% and build new sustainable facility at Daleside; top referral reasons: general anxiety (36.7%), caring responsibilities (28.3%), domestic violence (21.2%)

Geography

UK-Wide

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)
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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
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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
Impact Snapshot
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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
Impact Snapshot
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851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
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