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Positive Youth Foundation Impact Report 2024–25

Positive Youth Foundation is an award-winning Coventry charity raising the aspirations and life chances of young people aged 8–25, particularly those facing challenging circumstances. In 2024/25 it worked with over 2,000 young people, with 65%+ living in the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. Key programmes include the Chances mentoring service, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Changing Trax music programme, Go Parks physical activity initiative reaching 2,500 young people, and targeted support for 173 young people referred from statutory services. The charity also launched a national youth work conference in partnership with Coventry University and helped initiate Changemakers, a new body amplifying young people's voices in local governance.

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📋About

Open access youth clubs; targeted mentoring (Chances programme); functional skills and personal development; Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze and Silver); ESOL support for newly arrived young people; Changing Trax music programme; Go Parks sport and physical activity across 10 parks; Go Foleshill active lifestyles programme; youth-led film (My Tomorrow) and photography exhibitions; Positive Young Thinkers youth voice programme; NCS-funded unique experiences; community events including PYF Fest and cultural celebrations Custom geography from upload: Coventry, UK

📊Key Metrics

2,000+ young people participated in programmes; 2,500 young people reached through Go Parks initiative across 10 Coventry parks over nine months Key Metric 1
65%+ of young people supported live in the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in England; 173 young people referred from statutory bodies including children's services, mental health services, police and schools Key Metric 2
95 young people took part in a crime prevention programme funded by the Charles Hayward Foundation; 25 young people secured employment, training or work experience including placements with McDonald's, Linklaters and Tesco Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Leah, referred with severe separation anxiety and unable to attend school, completed 295 hours across 189 mentoring sessions over 10 months — by February 2024 she was attending school for one lesson a week with plans to increase gradually
  • 50+ emerging music artists performed at Coventry's Godiva Festival through the Changing Trax programme; 44 young people completed Duke of Edinburgh expeditions in Derbyshire
  • 42 newly arrived young people supported into education and UK life from countries including Hong Kong, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq; 347 young people received ESOL support

📍Geography

West Midlands, Other

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Annual Review 2024-25

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
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191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
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Annual Impact Report 2024–2025

CAD $366.1m total revenue in FY2024–25 (year ended 31 March 2025)
Key Metric 1
500+ locations across the Greater Toronto Area serving children, youth, families, immigrants and job seekers
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Largest not-for-profit child care provider in Canada; child care fees capped at CAD $22/day under Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system from January 2025
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Received largest multi-year gift in charity's history — CAD $10m over five years from The Barrett Family Foundation to fund youth programmes including Black Achievers, newcomer youth groups and financial literacy