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UK Youth Annual Report and Financial Statements 2023/24

UK Youth's 2023/24 annual report shows the charity supporting over 192,000 young people through grants, outdoor learning and targeted programmes. Highlights include 12,793 young people reached via Adventures Away from Home and 605 supported into long-term employment through its Hatch partnership with KFC.

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About

Grants and organisational support; targeted youth work programmes (employability, mental health, social action, physical literacy); outdoor learning delivery at Avon Tyrrell; cross-sector convening; capacity building for network organisations; research and policy advocacy

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 192,618 young people benefited from programmes, outdoor learning, and grants
Key Metric 2 £16.2 million total income raised
Key Metric 3 £6.2 million distributed in grants to youth organisations

Key Outcomes

  • 12,793 young people reached through Adventures Away from Home, 89% of youth groups saw improved skills
  • 605 young people supported into long-term employment via the Building Experiences (Hatch) programme with KFC
  • 70% of young people in Inspire 2022 said their voices were more likely to be heard by local decision-makers

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