Education & Young People Community & Social Justice 2025
Youth Options

Youth Options Impact Report 2025

Youth Options is a Hampshire-based charity founded in 1937, delivering community youth work, targeted support and outdoor learning across Eastleigh, Southampton, Winchester and the New Forest. In 2024/25 it supported 10,078 children and young people across 71,307 attendances. Key outcomes include 87% of families in its Families Together programme reporting reduced violent incidents, anti-social behaviour in Millbrook Southampton reduced to zero requiring dispersal orders, and pupils attending weekly outdoor learning sessions achieving 7.5% absence rates compared to 16.3% for comparable peers. The charity's place-based partnership model and trauma-informed approach were independently evaluated as generating significant social value.

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📋About

Open access street and centre-based youth work across Eastleigh, Southampton, New Forest and Winchester; one-to-one and small group targeted key work; Families Together Non-Violent Resistance programme for families; outdoor nature-based learning at three centres (Bishopstoke, Itchen Valley, New Forest); Steps to Independence programme for children in care and care leavers; Voices Unite advocacy for care leavers; Better Futures hospitality employability programme; Youth Ambassadors leadership programme; LASER Level qualifications; physical activity programme Custom geography from upload: Hampshire and Southampton, UK (Eastleigh, Southampton, New Forest, Winchester)

📊Key Metrics

10,078 children and young people supported across all services; 71,307 total attendances across 6,877 sessions Key Metric 1
100% of young people surveyed said Youth Options staff were helpful and supportive; 93.7% felt safer knowing Youth Options staff were in their area Key Metric 2
87% of families on the Families Together programme reported a reduction in violent or challenging incidents per week; anti-social behaviour in Millbrook Southampton reduced from 48 incidents in 2021 to zero requiring dispersal orders in 2024 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 59% of 12-week outdoor learning Individual Development Plan goals fully achieved vs 33% at 6 weeks — demonstrating the value of sustained trusted relationships
  • 100% of Families Together programme families using skills learned six months after completing the programme; net promoter score of 95/100
  • All 10 young people in the Better Futures hospitality programme achieved Level 1 Award in Progression and Level 2 Food Hygiene; 5 secured further work, 2 are volunteering in catering

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