Education & Young People Community & Social Justice 2025
Become (Become Charity)

Impact Report 2024/25

Become supports care-experienced young people to know their rights, access education and employment, and campaigns for systemic change to the care system. In 2024-25, 1,858 young people were directly reached; 661 received support through the Care Advice Service; 126 were supported 1:1 into education; 43 moved into training or work; 16,000+ used the website; 1,000+ professionals were trained; and 15 policy changes were achieved including three landmark wins through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. A record £1m Mace corporate partnership was launched.

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Care Advice Service (1:1 support, 5 days/week); Propel into Education (applications, student finance, university support); Propel into Work; KEYS programme (tenancy readiness, aged 16+); Gone Too Far campaign (distant moves); End the Care Cliff campaign (care leaver transition); Youth Editorial Board; Rights and Entitlements workshops; professional training (accredited); Become the Movement (campaigning community); Become Champions (major donor programme); participation opportunities Custom geography from upload: UK-wide (HQ London)

📊Key Metrics

1,858 young people directly reached; 661 supported through Care Advice Service; 16,000+ used website with 42,000+ page views Key Metric 1
126 young people supported 1:1 into education by Propel into Education team; 43 moved into training or work; 1,000+ professionals trained (98% said learning would directly impact their practice) Key Metric 2
15 policy changes achieved including 3 wins via Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill; 33 times work raised in parliament; 110 national media hits; 458 Become the Movement members Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill wins: corporate parenting duties extended to government departments and NHS; Staying Close support extended to age 25; removal of 'intentionality' from homelessness law for care leavers; local connection test for social housing scrapped for care leavers
  • 90% of young people feel more confident about their situation after support; 85% of KEYS participants felt more confident living independently; 100% would recommend KEYS programme; 97 young people took part in 50+ participation opportunities
  • Record-breaking £1m Mace corporate partnership launched over 5 years; 50% of board are care-experienced; 5 new trustees recruited; first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report published; 2025-2030 strategy launched; Become Champions major donor programme launched

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