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The Children's Society

Impact and Annual Report 2024/25

The Children's Society supports vulnerable children and young people across the UK through direct services and national policy change. In 2024–25 it worked with 57,652 young people across 77 services, trained nearly 16,000 professionals, published its 13th Good Childhood Report, opened a new early support hub in Newham, and secured a £1 million BBC Children in Need grant to launch its Space to Grow programme across the UK.

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📋About

Early support hubs (including Time for Young People, Newham); services responding to criminal exploitation, sexual exploitation and domestic violence; young carers support; Good Childhood Report and policy advocacy; Action Before Crisis campaign; National Wellbeing Measurement initiative; youth voice and young trustees programme; 120+ charity retail shops Custom geography from upload: UK

📊Key Metrics

57,652 children and young people supported across 77 services, including 52,025 through early support and 5,627 through risk-response services Key Metric 1
15,856 professionals trained and 1,318 awareness-raising events delivered to better support children at risk of abuse or low wellbeing Key Metric 2
5,125 pieces of media coverage with 19.2 billion potential views; 77,307 supporters giving time and money for change Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • UK teenagers identified as having the lowest life satisfaction in Europe (OECD PISA data), with over 4.5 million children living in poverty — driving the charity's 2030 goal to reverse the decline in children's wellbeing
  • Awarded £1 million from BBC Children in Need — the largest single grant ever made by the funder — to roll out the new Space to Grow early support programme across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • New policy wins secured: criminal exploitation provisions included in the Crime and Policing Bill; safeguarding measures advanced in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill; school uniform cost protections progressed

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