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Impact Report 2024-2025

Inspira's 2024/25 Impact Report shows the Cumbria and Lancashire-based charity directly supporting over 26,000 people into employment, education and training, generating over £4 million of social value.

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About

Careers information, advice and guidance for young people (Launchpad, TCIAG); adult employment support (The Key, Restart, National Careers Service, Adult Skills Fund); numeracy skills support (Multiply); employer engagement through The Link and the Lancashire Careers Hub

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 26,000 adults and young people directly supported in 2024/25
Key Metric 2 4,106 adults moved into a job or training
Key Metric 3 Total income £5.68m (year ended 31 March 2025)

Key Outcomes

  • 9,940 young people made the transition to education, training or employment
  • 2,677 adults moved into employment, education or training through adult skills and careers programmes
  • Over £4 million of social value created in 2024/25

Geography

North West

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
4,003 free-school-meal-eligible young people supported across programmes and workshops in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
348 employers engaged and 2,052 unique volunteers contributed to programme delivery
Key Metric 3
£5.73 raised for every £1 invested in fundraising, on total income of £5.5m
84% of alumni surveyed are in education or employment, and 92% believe the programme improved their career prospects
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
107,375 people supported in 2024/25, up 10% year-on-year
Key Metric 2
51,000 students given careers information, advice and guidance across 245 schools and colleges
Key Metric 3
Group income £14.18m (year ended 31 March 2025)
12,881 participants supported through justice services contracts across 18 UK prisons