Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Young Harrow Foundation

Harrow Change Makers Impact Report 2025 (Year 2)

Young Harrow Foundation led the second year of the Harrow Change Makers grant programme, awarding £195,503 across 17 local organisations delivering targeted youth services in Harrow. The programme directly reached 1,198 children and young people across 40,500+ impact hours, with at least 67% from BAME backgrounds and 12% with identified SEND. Across mental health and wellbeing programmes, 68-100% of participants reported improved mental wellbeing. The year saw significant progress in monitoring and evaluation capacity, with 11 of 16 completing organisations using nationally validated wellbeing tools including WEMWBS. Funded programmes ranged from creative arts and boxing to intergenerational storytelling and one-to-one neurodiversity mentoring.

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Harrow Change Makers grant programme coordinated by Young Harrow Foundation, funding 17 local organisations delivering: creative arts and therapeutic workshops (Arts For Life, Flash Musicals, Unique Community, Crowning Greatness, Srishti Yuva Culture, Josh Hanson Trust, JOY); sport and physical activity (Hotspot Community CIC multi-sports, Sweet Science boxing, Watford FC Community Trust mentoring, HYCA); SEND and neurodiversity support (CAAS one-to-one mentoring, HOPE parent support); employability and education re-engagement (EPIC, Ignite Youth, My Yard); music and creative industries (Crowning Greatness); intergenerational storytelling (JOY) Custom geography from upload: Harrow, UK

📊Key Metrics

1,198 children and young people supported across 17 funded organisations; 40,500+ impact hours of meaningful engagement; £195,503 in grants awarded Key Metric 1
13 out of 17 organisations met or exceeded their beneficiary targets; 68-100% of participants in mental health and wellbeing programmes reported improved mental wellbeing; 80-100% of skills-focused participants developed new competencies Key Metric 2
At least 67% of young people from BAME and ethnically diverse backgrounds; at least 12% with identified SEND; at least 46% from economically disadvantaged backgrounds; 9 of 16 completing organisations used WEMWBS or SWEMWBS validated wellbeing tools Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Behavioural improvements: 42-100% reduction in anti-social behaviour across programmes; Crowning Greatness reported 10-15% improvement in lesson participation; Ignite reported 88% improvement in behavioural challenges; Watford FC Trust reported 87% overall wellbeing improvement (WEMWBS)
  • CAAS one-to-one support showed average 35% increase in WEMWBS mental wellbeing scores for neurodivergent young people; multiple case studies documented young people returning to school after extended absences and securing apprenticeships and college places
  • Programme built on 2023 consultation with 7,000+ young people (How Are You Harrow report); Year 3 of strategic partnership with funders Deo Duce Foundation, Harrow School, John Lyon's Charity, Orley Farm School and Harrow Council ICP confirmed

📍Geography

London, Other

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