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Impact Report 2025/26

Nexus is the leading Northern Ireland organisation supporting people impacted by sexual abuse and abusive relationships, operating from Belfast HQ and a network of community hubs across NI. This Impact Report covers 2025/26, the final year of its 2023-26 strategic plan. Nexus recorded a net surplus of £137,363 in 2025/26 (GBP). Source: Nexus Impact Report 2025/26 PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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About

24/7 Domestic and Sexual Abuse (DSA) Helpline; trauma-informed counselling for adults, children, young people and family members; specialist services within Northern Ireland Prison Service sites (HMP Maghaberry, Magilligan, Hydebank Wood); Crisis De-escalation Service; RESET post-counselling aftercare programme; Your CHOICE education and counselling project; Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) initiative; Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) professional training for Health & Social Care Trusts; policy consultations, external research engagement and an annual conference

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Delivered over 16,319 trauma-informed counselling sessions; DSA Helpline managed 24,929 calls, emails and webchats, reaching 3,760 people with lived experience
Key Metric 2 Educated 5,177 young people aged 11-25 through 170 'Step Up, Step In' EVAWG sessions; trained 323 professionals via CSE Level 1/2 programmes with a 99% satisfaction rate
Key Metric 3 Achieved a reach of 24.6 billion across broadcast, print and online platforms (a 1,950% increase on 2024/25); raised £34.7k through fundraising and donations, up approximately 30% on the previous year

Key Outcomes

  • 99% of DSA Helpline contacts gave positive feedback; 100% of clients supported through the Ministry of Defence and Neighbourhood Renewal services reported reliable positive change
  • 90% of Your CHOICE education participants reported improved confidence to talk about and seek support for safe and healthy relationships
  • 95% of annual conference attendees said they would attend another Nexus conference; 82% agreed the conference increased their understanding of the issues discussed

Geography

Northern Ireland

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
Key Metric 2
More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
Key Metric 3
83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.