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Impact Report 2024

WONDER Foundation is a London-based registered charity founded in 2012, empowering women, girls and their communities through access to quality education and vocational training. Working with locally-led, women-led partners across 23 countries, in 2023/24 the Foundation reached 20,000 women and girls and supported 4,750 to complete accredited training programmes. With total income of £1.41 million and 94% of donations going directly to charitable activities, WONDER operates a highly efficient model supported by over 200 volunteers.

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About

Partnerships with locally-led, women-led education organisations worldwide; vocational training and accredited programmes; digital skills development; safeguarding systems; policy advocacy; family engagement programmes; UK-based education projects

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 20,000 women and girls reached across 23 countries in 2023/24
Key Metric 2 4,750 women and girls completed accredited training programmes in 2023/24
Key Metric 3 94% of donations go directly to charitable activities; over 200 volunteers support the work annually

Key Outcomes

  • Over 145,000 women and girls impacted across 25 countries since foundation in 2012
  • 800 marginalised women empowered through a three-year initiative boosting income, confidence and self-worth, breaking cycles of poverty
  • Working with 35–36 carefully selected women-led partners to deliver sustainable, community-owned education and vocational training

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
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.