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Valley CiDS

Valley Impact Report 2024/25

Valley CiDS is a 25-year-old Derbyshire charity working with children, young people and families across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire through five interconnected projects: Blend Youth Project (750 young people/week across 19 locations), Blend Alternative Education at Turner Farm (72 students, 100% accredited outcomes), Quest schools outreach (8,000 children/term across 46 schools), Zest out of school clubs (149 children, 9,932 meals), and 36 Lighthouse Charity Shops sustaining the charity's work with 380 volunteers. In 2024/25 the charity celebrated its 25th anniversary, opened two new charity shops and a new Belper after-school club, launched a £1–1.5 million Turner Farm Big Build capital campaign, and won a new schools wellbeing contract across Amber Valley and Chesterfield.

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📋About

Blend Youth Project open access and targeted youth work (19 locations, 25 sessions/week, street-based and centre-based, including new Buxton hub); Blend Alternative Education at Turner Farm (72 students, BTEC Land-Based Studies, Health & Social Care, vocational and farm-based learning); Quest Children & Families Outreach (assemblies, RE, faith-based enrichment, 46 schools, 1,294 books gifted); Zest Out of School Clubs (breakfast and after-school clubs, 149 children, new Belper club opened); Saltpot Community Café (community hub, new youth café launching Autumn 2025); Swanwick Men's Shed (community skills, events, robot and birdbox workshops); 36 Lighthouse Charity Shops (income generation, volunteering, probation community payback placements); Turner Farm Big Build Project fundraiser (£1–1.5 million vision for purpose-built vocational centre) Custom geography from upload: Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, UK (Amber Valley, Chesterfield, Heanor, Buxton, Swanwick, Matlock)

📊Key Metrics

750 young people reached each week across 25 sessions at 19 locations through Blend Youth Project; 72 students in alternative education (100% achieved accredited outcomes); 8,000 children engaged each term through Quest schools programme at 46 schools Key Metric 1
149 children attending Zest out of school clubs; 9,932 meals provided across the year; 116 families using out of school clubs; 36 Lighthouse Charity Shops with 380 volunteers; 1.6 million kg of donations saved from landfill Key Metric 2
78% of Blend young people said they understand more about their health; 74.5% said Blend helped them avoid misusing alcohol and drugs; 64% said it helped them understand people who are different from them Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Four students reintegrated into mainstream education after short-term alternative provision placements; five students supported to sit GCSE exams in school setting; students including Cassie (ASD/ADHD school refuser) achieved BTEC Certificate after returning to school part-time
  • 38 mentoring sessions delivered in schools across Amber Valley and Chesterfield (new contract secured); 64 young people in school-based group wellbeing sessions; 40+ young people engaged in Deliver You national policy consultation feeding into National Youth Strategy
  • 153 Little Wooden Robots built by children at Derby Museum of Making in 5 hours (Shedders prepared 1,000+ components); 1,146 books given away for World Book Day across all shops; 250+ staff and volunteers at 25th anniversary celebration event at Eastwood Hall

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