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Annual Report 2023

Scripture Union International is the global coordinating body for the Scripture Union movement, connecting and supporting national SU movements in 120 countries to engage children, young people and families with the Bible. In 2023, SUI facilitated resource development workshops in Uganda and Sri Lanka producing 12 new Bible resources, completed its three-year Child Protection and Safeguarding training programme across all movements, launched its Young Ambassador programme, and deepened its partnership with the Lausanne Movement. Income was £1.14 million for the year ending 31 December 2023.

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Supporting and connecting national SU movements; Bible Engagement resource development; Child Protection and Safeguarding training; project management training; Young Ambassador programme; Lausanne Movement partnership; sustainability and fundraising support

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Scripture Union movements active across 120 countries worldwide
Key Metric 2 12 new culturally relevant Bible Engagement resources developed at workshops in Uganda and Sri Lanka
Key Metric 3 50 Young Ambassadors from around the world brought together for the first time ahead of the Global Assembly in Malaysia

Key Outcomes

  • Three-year Child Protection and Safeguarding training programme completed; all national movements delivering children's programmes now trained
  • Project management training delivered in Kenya with representatives from nine movements across two SU Community Groups
  • Bible Engagement Hub established on SU Global Extranet with 19 quality resources in 5 languages, freely available for download and translation

Geography

International

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
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni