Growing Resilience in Teens (GRIT) Impact Report 2025

About

12-week GRIT Programme combining non-contact boxing with health and wellbeing coaching (50 young people; 89% completion rate); 1:1 coaching (463 participants; 80% completion rate); Continuation Programme weekly drop-in (65 young people); small group programmes: The Rumble and GRIT Art Group (72 participants); Peer Mentoring Programme at Fearnhill and Highfield schools (20 mentors training 27 mentees); holiday workshops; Four Corners Method framework based on Social and Emotional Learning, Window of Tolerance and Self-Determination Theory; GP and school referral pathways (PCN partnerships with Hitchin & Whitwell and Icknield PCNs) Custom geography from upload: Hitchin, Letchworth and surrounding areas, Hertfordshire, UK

Key Metrics

Key Outcomes

• 72% of young people disclosing self-harm reported a reduction in incidents; 72% of those with poor school attendance improved (average 6 additional school days over 5 months); 79% of those with body image concerns reported measurable improvement
• Proportion in severe emotional dysregulation range fell from 16% to 5%; those in minor range increased from 37% to 69% — demonstrating movement from distress to stability; 51% of young people with low confidence in school or work reported measurable improvement
• 20 students and 16 teachers from two Letchworth schools trained in Four Corners Method; Peer Mentoring Programme Highly Commended at Sported Awards; Dr Tara Belcher, Clinical Director Hitchin & Whitwell PCN: 'GRIT is an innovative and excellent service'

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