The Avenues Youth Project Annual Report 2024–2025

The Avenues Youth Project is a West London charity delivering open access youth work from its centre in North Paddington, serving young people aged 8–18. In 2024–25 it worked with 1,155 young people across 13,658 session attendances, running after-school clubs, holiday programmes, girls-only sessions, senior evenings, music studios, vocational courses and a 39-week Youth Work Level 1 programme. The charity received the London Youth Gold Award for outstanding provision and plays an active role in the North Paddington Serious Youth Violence Taskforce.

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📋About

Open access after-school clubs and holiday programmes for ages 8–18; girls-only sessions; senior sessions for ages 13–18; music production and industry pathways (Mic Drop, Releasement); vocational Kickstart Careers courses; Youth Work Level 1 accredited training; one-to-one mentoring; homework club; food at all sessions; community outreach and youth violence response Custom geography from upload: North Paddington, West London, UK

📊Key Metrics

1,155 children and young people worked with over the year Key Metric 1
13,658 total session attendances over 12 months Key Metric 2
90% of young people reported that Avenues helps them stay active and healthy Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 82% of young people said attending helps them feel more comfortable in their own skin
  • 94% of young people attending a vocational course wished to further develop their new skill
  • 59 young people gained SEG Awards Level 1 Certificate in Exploring Youth Work

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2023

Central YMCA Impact Report 2022–2023

8,916 qualifications awarded through YMCA Awards; 10,000+ qualifications presented across all provision
Key Metric 1
6,680 gym members at YMCA Club throughout the year; 940 older adults supported through health and wellbeing services
Key Metric 2
73% of Study Programme learners aged 16–18 identified as NEET on entry; 81% of NEET learners achieved their main qualification
Key Metric 3
97% of apprentices agreed the curriculum developed knowledge, skills and behaviours that help them perform in their job role
2025

Youth Engagement Annual Report 2025

425,050 youth reached across all strategic pillars
Key Metric 1
150,150+ youth benefited from digital freelancing training, frontier technology and language scholarships
Key Metric 2
5,845,023 new voters registered, many of them youth
Key Metric 3
6,651 job opportunities facilitated and 173,215 youth accessed career guidance and labour market linkages
2024

Oxfordshire Youth Impact Report 2023/2024

1,421 youth work practitioners reached through 89 specialised training sessions
Key Metric 1
163 young people aged 18–25 at risk of homelessness supported through Young People's Supported Accommodation
Key Metric 2
82 organisations in the Changemaker Network across the county
Key Metric 3
55% of young people leaving YPSA moved into independent accommodation — more than three times the 17% rate before Oxfordshire Youth took on the service