2025 Free

Impact Report 2024/25

Ivison Trust works to keep children safe from exploitation by supporting parents and carers, disrupting exploiters and working in partnership with police and family services. In 2024-25, 978 children were safeguarded; 717 families were worked with; 19,422 professionals were reached through training; 604 police investigations were supported; 542 intelligence reports were shared with police; and 83 parents received telephone support from volunteers who gave 300 hours. 52 professionals graduated as Advanced Child Sexual Exploitation Practitioners.

Report snapshot
86 Views

About

Parent Liaison Officers (face-to-face support, advocacy and advice for families affected by child exploitation); National Support Team (telephone-based support); therapeutic support weekends and individual counselling; e-learning courses on child sexual and criminal exploitation; live interactive training for professionals; Spotting the Signs video; Parent Participation Programme; volunteer team Custom geography from upload: England and Wales

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 978 children safeguarded; 717 families worked with; 604 police investigations supported; 542 intelligence reports shared with police
Key Metric 2 19,422 professionals reached through training (18,151 e-learning completions, 1,271 live interactive training, 1,428 webinar attendees); 52 Advanced Child Sexual Exploitation Practitioner graduates
Key Metric 3 83 parents supported by volunteer team (300 volunteer hours, 597 support calls); 21 parents attended therapeutic support weekend; 269 parents on online forum; 62 parents received therapeutic support (148 hours)

Key Outcomes

  • Parent Participation Group involved 44 parents in influencing best practice; 19 parents delivered training or spoke at conferences; 117 parents contributed to research; 18 parents receive participation newsletter
  • 2,517 professionals watched Spotting the Signs video; parents described as 'victims' alongside their children — shifting sector language and stigma; collaboration with police and family services to disrupt exploiters
  • Work covers child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child criminal exploitation (CCE); charity established 2001; reg. no. 1092560; no financial data in extracted content

Geography

Other

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
91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
Key Metric 2
Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
Key Metric 3
Education programmes engaged 63,000 young people (69% of the total), the largest share of delivery
In the UK, 71% of Employment and Enterprise completers achieved a positive outcome, including 39% into employment or self-employment
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
Key Metric 2
27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
Key Metric 3
94% of participants know what it means to work in STEM after the programme, up from 69% beforehand
97% of alumni who applied to university were successfully offered a place, based on UCAS data from 1,760 alumni