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Report and Financial Statements 2023/24

Working Chance's 2023/24 report details support for 248 women with criminal convictions into employability and work, with no recorded reoffending among those placed into jobs during the year.

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Employability coaching covering CVs, interview technique and conviction disclosure; an employment placement service matching women to over 130 employers; free weekly psychotherapy; a new pilot supporting access to education and training; employer engagement and training including the Hiring With Conviction guide

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 248 women supported to develop their employability in 2023/24
Key Metric 2 62 women placed into employment or volunteering roles, with no recorded reoffending
Key Metric 3 Total income £907,473 (year ended 31 August 2024)

Key Outcomes

  • 90% of women placed into jobs were still in post after 12 months
  • 92% of clients said they would recommend Working Chance to other women with convictions
  • 23 new employers onboarded during the year

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities