Education & Young People Poverty & Inclusion 2025
Brightside

Brightside Impact Report 2025

Brightside is an online mentoring charity connecting disadvantaged young people with professional mentors to raise aspirations and support decision-making around education and careers. Their 2025 impact report records 6,796 mentees matched across 44 partners, with mentees achieving a full A-level grade higher than their school average.

View Report
Report snapshot
75 Views

📋About

Online one-to-one mentoring, Spotlight in-school careers programme, STEM mentoring, Career Game classroom sessions, Brightside 7.0 platform launch

📊Key Metrics

6,796 mentees matched to mentors; 104,471 messages sent by mentees across 44 partners Key Metric 1
Mentees achieve one full A-level grade higher than their school average (long-term HEAT/HESA analysis) Key Metric 2
Mentees twice as likely to enter higher education and twice as likely to complete their degrees Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 19 percentage point increase in mentees' understanding of apprenticeships; 100% of Spotlight mentees reported increased knowledge of all post-school pathways
  • 51% of young people surveyed worried about their future; Generation Worry campaign launched in response to analysis of 8,000 young people's comments
  • 87 mentoring projects launched; all 8 Spotlight schools wanted to participate again; Brightside 7.0 platform launched with video calling and tailored tasks

📍Geography

UK-Wide

Related reports

All Education & Young People reports →
2025 Enhanced
The Fostering Network

Annual Review 2024-25

55,000 foster carers and 370 fostering service providers as members across the UK
Key Metric 1
45 new Fostering Friendly Employers recruited, bringing the scheme to over 680,000 employees across the UK
Key Metric 2
95 Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers in Wales offering peer support and mentoring to fellow foster carers
Key Metric 3
191 children and young people engaged in outdoor adventure weeks through the Fostering Attainment and Achievement programme in Northern Ireland
Education & Young People Children
View
2025
YMCA of Greater Toronto

Annual Impact Report 2024–2025

CAD $366.1m total revenue in FY2024–25 (year ended 31 March 2025)
Key Metric 1
500+ locations across the Greater Toronto Area serving children, youth, families, immigrants and job seekers
Key Metric 2
Largest not-for-profit child care provider in Canada; child care fees capped at CAD $22/day under Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system from January 2025
Key Metric 3
Received largest multi-year gift in charity's history — CAD $10m over five years from The Barrett Family Foundation to fund youth programmes including Black Achievers, newcomer youth groups and financial literacy
Education & Young People Health
View