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In2STEM Impact Report 2024

In2scienceUK supports young people from low socioeconomic backgrounds into STEM careers through funded work placements, mentoring and university-access support. In 2024 its In2STEM programme supported 851 students with over 27,000 hours of placement experience, and longer-term UCAS data shows alumni apply to and are accepted onto higher-tariff STEM degrees at high rates.

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In-person STEM work placements for Year 12 / S5-S6 students from low socioeconomic backgrounds; skills, university and employability workshops; In2STEM Online programme for students in areas without placement access; In2careers alumni network Custom geography from upload: National (UK-wide)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 851 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

Key Outcomes

  • 97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni
  • 87% of participants feel confident introducing themselves to a researcher or STEM professional, a 24% increase
  • 55% of participants were eligible for Free School Meals and 76% have parents without university degrees

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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
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
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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
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
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2,807 referrals received for direct work across the whole organisation in 2024/25
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7,402 individual contacts with children and young people through the Mental Health Support Team (MHST)
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MHST referral-to-assessment waiting times reduced from 217 days (July 2024) to 49 days (March 2025)
93% of children and young people gave positive feedback on their Mental Health Support Team experience