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Impact Report 2025

Spear (formerly known as Resurgo)'s 2025 impact report covers its coaching programme for NEET young people aged 16-24, delivered across 18 centres in England and Wales in partnership with local churches. It details a record 1,176 young people reached, strong one-year outcomes for both its classic and streamlined programme models, new centres opened in York and St Helens, and growing corporate partnerships with employers such as Nando's and Landsec.

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About

Delivers the Spear Programme, an executive-style coaching programme for 16-24 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEET), through local Spear Centres run in partnership with churches, combining group and 1:1 coaching, mock interviews, and follow-on support of up to a year alongside employer partnerships.

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,176 young people supported in high-need areas in 2025, a record for the charity
Key Metric 2 1,316 employment and education opportunities secured by trainees in 2025, up from 1,215 the previous year
Key Metric 3 £3.24 million income in 2025

Key Outcomes

  • 71% of classic model completers were in work or study a year after finishing the programme
  • 69% of streamlined model completers were in work or study a year later, exceeding the charity's target
  • 90% of all Spear completers remain in touch with the charity a year on, underpinning confidence in its outcome figures

Geography

London

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)
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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
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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