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Annual Report 2023/24

Kids is a national charity supporting disabled children, young people and families across 60 local authority areas in England. In 2023-24, 18,000+ children, young people and parents were reached through services; mediation and disagreement resolution referrals grew 18%; the Young People's Hub received 10,000 visits in its first year; and £1.39m was raised through fundraising. Total income was £9.77m. 94% of families would recommend Kids.

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About

SENDIASS information, advice and support; SEN mediation and disagreement resolution; domiciliary care; keyworking; play schemes and adventure playgrounds; short breaks (including overnight); early years inclusive nurseries; portage home learning; transitions to adulthood; online family support; SEND Navigator model; Kids Autism Hub (Essex); armed forces SEND families service Custom geography from upload: England (60+ local authority areas)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 18,000+ children, young people and families reached through local services in 2023-24; total income £9,771,193
Key Metric 2 SEND mediation and disagreement resolution referrals increased 18% year-on-year; 53 runners raised £86,000+ at London Marathon
Key Metric 3 Young People's Hub (hub.kids.org.uk) received almost 10,000 visits in its first year; nearly 1,000 families supported through holistic crisis intervention in Yorkshire

Key Outcomes

  • 93% of families happy with the service; 96% found service friendly and caring; 94% of families would recommend Kids
  • Kids Manifesto for Change launched with 5 policy asks; PM Rishi Sunak visited Kids Basingstoke nursery; Children's Minister visited Hayward Adventure Playground London; Kids joined Disabled Children's Partnership Steering Group
  • On the Cliff Edge report on transitions to adulthood launched at Parliament; Kids Autism Hub launched in Essex April 2024; new brand and website launched October 2023; £1,385,751 raised through fundraising including £220,000 from Greystar charity gala

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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)
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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
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91,000 young people supported across 24 countries in 2024/25, including 67,368 in the UK
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Over 70% of the 25,500 young people who completed Employment and Enterprise programmes achieved a positive outcome
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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
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851 students supported through the In2STEM programme in 2024, from 2,036 applications
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27,447 hours of in-person STEM placement experience provided to participants
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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