Our impact
Every child should grow up safe and happy. We offer support to help them thrive – and step in to help when times get tough
We work to improve the lives of children, young people, and families in the UK. We do this by building solid foundations and spotting problems early.
This means parenting classes, nurseries, and children’s centres. It’s providing breaks for young carers, and extra help for disabled children. It’s supporting young people at risk of homelessness.
We bring mental health workshops to schools. We’re there for parents who need advice and support children at risk of criminal exploitation. We find foster homes for children in need of a loving family. And we campaign for lasting change.
We're a vital lifeline for children and families.
We’ve been helping children for more than 150 years. Today, we have 342 services across the UK, in local communities, in schools and online.
In 2024/25, we helped 551,400 children, young people and families. This included 484,650 families through our family support services.
This was only possible with your support.
We measure our impact every year. Here are some of the ways we're changing lives of children, young people and families.
Last year, we helped 50,869 children and young people with their mental health and wellbeing.
- We continued to deliver our internationally acclaimed The Blues Programme across all nations of the UK.
- Our Bouncing Back Programme helped 4,276 children and young people.
- 87% of young people who took part in Bouncing Back said they felt more confident.
We continued with our strategic priority of opening more homes for children who need them.
- We now run 32 homes for children and young people - 16 homes for children in care and 16 long stay homes for disabled children and young people.
- 548 children's home staff supported 122 children and young people across 841,000 hours.
We launched our Family Clubs across the UK.
- Funded by Nationwide Building Society, our Family Clubs give families a safe space to seek professional support, and share experiences with others.
- Our target was to launch 10 Family Clubs, but we exceeded that by delivering 28 in total.
- 89% of families were managing better financially with our support.
