Health & Wellbeing Education & Young People 2025
Isle of Wight Youth Trust

Isle of Wight Youth Trust Annual Report 2023–2024

The Isle of Wight Youth Trust has delivered free, confidential counselling and psychotherapy to children and young people aged 5–25 on the island for 40 years. In 2023/24 it supported 1,315 individuals through 5,315 sessions, with 79% making significant progress. Total income grew 56% to £1.26 million, supported by DHSC Early Intervention Hub funding — one of only 24 awarded nationally. A new YIACS model now offers holistic drop-in support combining therapy, housing advice, employment support and careers guidance. Mental Health Support Teams now operate in 28 schools with ambitions to reach all IW schools by July 2025.

View Report
Report snapshot
1 Views

📋About

One-to-one counselling and psychotherapy for ages 5–25; Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Service (YIACS) hub model; Mental Health Support Teams across 28 schools; small group therapy including Emotional Coping Skills, Tics & Tourette's, ReFrame and MyKind; art therapy and EMDR; parent workshops; housing, employment and general advice drop-in via 'The Hub' in partnership with DWP, IW Council and Careers Service; Youth Mental Health Taskforce youth voice programme; Travelling Safe Space community events; OPCC-funded trauma support for care-experienced and edge-of-crime young people Custom geography from upload: Isle of Wight, UK

📊Key Metrics

1,453 referrals received; 1,315 individuals supported; 5,315 sessions delivered Key Metric 1
79% of young people made significant progress in their outcomes; 87% client satisfaction rating in counselling (scoring 8 or more out of 10) Key Metric 2
£1,259,290 total income — a 56% increase on the previous year; Mental Health Support delivered in 28 schools Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • One 13-year-old reduced outcome score from 32/40 to 9/40 following six sessions of trauma-informed person-centred counselling, and subsequently joined a local youth group
  • Youth Conference co-produced with IW Youth Council attended by 35+ young people, resulting in a six-point plan of change priorities for policymakers and commissioners
  • IW has the third highest mental health hospital admissions for under-18s in England — Youth Trust is leading service transformation to reduce admissions for its most vulnerable young people

📍Geography

Other

Related reports

All Health & Wellbeing reports →
2025 Enhanced
Royal Mencap Society (Mencap)

Annual Review April 2024 to March 2025

Social care services provided to thousands of people with learning disabilities; information and advice service caseloads growing in complexity; financial resilience rebuilt ahead of NI cost pressures
Key Metric 1
Omaze Yorkshire House Draw partnership raised £3.9m in 6 weeks with Jodie Whittaker as ambassador; awareness of people with learning disability significantly boosted through campaign
Key Metric 2
Voices Council (led by people with learning disabilities) challenged decisions on service handbacks, agency staffing and benefits access; new strategy to 2030 under development; new CEO Jon Sparkes OBE joined June 2024
Key Metric 3
Rebuilt financial resilience ahead of NI cost increases — 'more fortunate than many in the sector'; 80th anniversary approaching; new CEO appointed to lead strategy development
Health & Wellbeing Policy
View
2024 Enhanced
Guide Dogs (The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association)

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

518 new guide dog partnerships created in 2024 — 10% increase beating projections; 1,379 new puppies from breeding programme; 400th buddy dog partnership matched
Key Metric 1
17,500+ volunteers giving 12 million+ volunteer hours collectively; 2,400+ volunteers looked after dogs; 7,000+ training sessions on tech, travel and life skills delivered by Vision Rehabilitation Specialists
Key Metric 2
£47m raised through Sponsor a Puppy; £3.1m from raffles; £8.3m increased income from gifts in Wills; 3.45 million clicks to digital information and advice content; 5,900 visits to new Tech Selector assistive tech review tool
Key Metric 3
1,864 children and family members attended My Time to Play sessions; 6,852 large-print books delivered; 5,991 habilitation sessions completed to help children learn essential skills; 432,817 online learners accessing digital content
Health & Wellbeing Children
View
2025 Enhanced
Turning Point

Annual Report 2024-25

202,694 people supported across 270 locations; 74,070 in drug and alcohol; 102,531 in mental health; 1,035 in learning disability; turnover £191.9m
Key Metric 1
96% of regulated services rated Good or Outstanding by CQC; 12,456 naloxone kits dispensed (5.6% increase); 11,405 Hepatitis C tests (59% increase); 7,448 FibroScans (300% increase)
Key Metric 2
234 peer mentors; 82 volunteers; 5,194 colleagues (60% with lived experience); £7.79m invested in local VCSE organisations; £131.87m social value from local employment
Key Metric 3
87% of people supported have overall positive experience; 90% feel safe; 774/1,063 (72%) in Birmingham social prescribing service achieved goals across health, community, emotional and employment domains; new Lincolnshire Recovery Partnership reached over 160 staff in year one
Health & Wellbeing Homelessness
View