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Resurgo 2024 Impact Report

Resurgo's Spear Programme is one of the UK's most evidenced youth employment interventions, coaching 16-24 year olds facing barriers into work. Their 2024 Impact Report records 1,169 trainees coached — a new annual high — across 17 church-based delivery locations, with DWP-verified evidence that Spear trainees significantly outperform national benchmarks.

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Spear employment coaching programme, mentoring, employer partnerships, church-based delivery, consultancy Custom geography from upload: England

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,169 trainees coached in 2024 — highest ever in a single calendar year
Key Metric 2 10,500+ young people supported since launch; 17 local church delivery partners
Key Metric 3 Named ERSA Youth Employment Provider of the Year and Times Best Places to Work 2024

Key Outcomes

  • Spear trainees significantly outperformed benchmarks for every level of disadvantage, education and age (DWP Data Lab)
  • 987,000 young people NEET in the UK — Spear expanded to Gateshead and Hastings as northernmost locations
  • Consultancy wound down to refocus resource on accelerating Spear growth nationally

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
440,000+ young people aged 4-18 active members across 7,000 Groups
Key Metric 2
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)
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 2
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 1
63,023 individuals reached: 62,014 children/teens and 1,009 parents/educators
Key Metric 2
162 presenting schools and 20 districts/organisations
Key Metric 3
43 training/outreach sessions; 737 educators/community partners and 266 parents supported
49% of students applied a taught skill in their own lives.