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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.

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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

Key Metric 1 1,453 referrals received; 1,315 individuals supported; 5,315 sessions delivered
Key Metric 2 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 3 £1,259,290 total income — a 56% increase on the previous year; Mental Health Support delivered in 28 schools

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

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Impact Snapshot
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Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
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700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022