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Our impact

Building essential skills for life

We’re proud to share our Impact Report 2024–25, highlighting another year of growth, collaboration, and life-changing opportunities for young people across the UK and beyond. 

The end 2024-25 academic year marked the end of the second year of our Evolve Strategy, and the results speak for themselves: more learners, more partnerships, and more young people empowered with the leadership skills to shape their futures. 

Download our 2024-25 Impact Report here.

The value of youth voice

The insights and feedback we receive from our learners is at the heart of all our programmes and influence the decisions we make as an organisation.

We have a Youth Voice Panel which all learners are invited to become a representative on. They meet with us once a month and discuss what they believe to be the opportunities and challenges facing young people right now.  

We also host an annual impact survey which looks to understand the impact our programmes have for learners. Access to this survey can be found on all of our Learner Evidence Records (LERs).

It has been amazing being involved in the Youth Voice Panel so far, as I get to know more about the Leadership and Skills Foundation’s plans in the future. I can also help with the course’s development from a different perspective, helping other students have a better experience.

Callum, Youth Voice Panel Representative
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of staff agree that our programmes are important for their learners’ futures.

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of learners said they developed important skills for their futures.

In England…
  • 70,000 young people developed their skills with us in the last year. 
  • Over 1.6 million hours of leadership development and learning were delivered in the last year. 
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In Scotland…
  • Over 24,000 young people developed their skills with us over the last three years. 
  • 81% of local authority areas deliver Leadership Skills Foundation programmes. 
  • 300,000 hours of leadership development and learning were delivered in the last year. 
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In Wales…
  • Over 10,000 young people develop their skills with us every year. 
  • 86% of local authority areas deliver Leadership Skills Foundation programmes. 
  • 100,000 hours of leadership development and learning were delivered in the last year. 
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In Northern Ireland…
  • Over 18,000 hours of leadership development and learning were delivered in the last year. 
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Internationally…

(Including the Republic of Ireland) 

  • Over 10,000 young people outside of the UK developed their skills with us in the last year. 
  • Over 100,000 hours of leadership development and learning were delivered in the last year. 
  • Over 100 centres outside of the UK deliver Leadership Skills Foundation programmes. 
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