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Jamie's Farm Annual Review 2024-25

Jamie's Farm's Annual Review 2024-25 marks 15 years of the charity's work using farming, family and therapy to help young people thrive. It covers the year's highlights, impact and outcomes for the young people and schools it works with, a new chapter at its Bath farm, ten years of Jamie's Farm Waterloo, work on displacement, the opening of eco-cabins at Lewes, and its plans, partners and supporters.

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About

Jamie's Farm is a charity that runs residential farm visits for young people at risk of exclusion from school, combining farming, family and therapeutic support across farms in England and Wales.

Key Metrics

Over 15,000 young people worked with in Jamie's Farm's first 15 years
94% of visiting staff saw an improvement in young people's self-management during their visit (2023–24 academic year)
56% of visiting young people at risk of exclusion were no longer at risk 6 months later

Key Outcomes

  • Young people at risk of exclusion supported through residential farm visits
  • Growth of provision including Bath and the new Lewes eco-cabins
  • Long-term partnerships with schools and funders

Geography

England and Wales

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
100,000+
pupils across the UK reached by Primary Engineer's engineering education programmes in 2025–26
289
trainees (106 women, 183 men) supported by Build It International to complete construction skills training in Zambia in 2025
1,300+
families reached across 40 farming communities in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, by Action on Poverty
upReach Associates are 44% more likely to secure skilled employment than their peers from similar backgrounds.
Impact Snapshot
69%
of child and family-related national policy documents published April 2025 to March 2026 referenced Foundations' work
44%
of local authorities use Foundations' evidence, tools and resources in their day-to-day work (Department for Education national survey)
8
new impact evaluations launched in 2025/26, including two full-scale randomised controlled trials of domestic abuse recovery programmes
Nine Partner Places, one in each region of England, now receive direct funding and hands-on support to embed evidence-led practice through the new Evidence into Practice programme