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North Yorkshire Youth

North Yorkshire Youth Annual Report 2024–2025

North Yorkshire Youth (NYY) is a North Yorkshire charity delivering youth work and outdoor education across the county and beyond. In 2024/25 it reached 6,372 young people through its youth clubs, hosted 4,564 young people at Carlton Lodge Activity Centre, and supported 242 young people through its Change Direction diversion mentoring scheme. Total income grew 6.7% to £1.94 million. Carlton Lodge achieved 100% satisfaction ratings across all measures. NYY runs 17 direct delivery youth clubs, supports dozens of voluntary clubs, and delivers specialist mentoring, independent visitor schemes, Duke of Edinburgh residentials and community programmes in York.

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17 direct delivery youth clubs across North Yorkshire; support to voluntary youth clubs across Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby; Change Direction youth mentoring diversion scheme (ages 10–17); Achieve personal development mentoring in schools; Carlton Lodge residential outdoor activity centre with high ropes, kayaking, bushcraft and raft building; Independent Visitors volunteer befriending for looked-after young people; Buddy Network volunteer support; Tang Hall Reaching Out community programme in York; Duke of Edinburgh Award Gold Residential Custom geography from upload: North Yorkshire, UK

📊Key Metrics

6,372 young people accessed NYY youth clubs; 4,564 young people visited Carlton Lodge Activity Centre across 142 groups Key Metric 1
242 young people accessed the Change Direction mentoring scheme; 144 young people accessed the Achieve mentoring scheme in schools across Scarborough, Whitby and Redcar Key Metric 2
£1,936,561 total income — 6.7% growth year on year; Bursary Fund supported 608 young people from 58 groups since inception Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Carlton Lodge satisfaction surveys: 100% rated visit as meeting aims, catering and overall impression as good or very good
  • 5 out of 6 young people on the Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) programme gained City & Guilds Level 3 qualifications in carpentry, decorating, health & safety and brickwork
  • 350 young people attended Reaching Out projects in York; 40 young people received one-to-one volunteer support through the Buddy and Independent Visitor schemes

📍Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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