Our Impact
Through youth-led action, young people are empowered to create change for themselves, their peers and the community.
Our validated monitoring and evaluation tools* show that participants in our social action programmes achieve the following outcomes:
√ Increased Resilience and Well-being
√ Greater Sense of Belonging
√ Increased Skills and Experience
* Our evaluation framework and standard of evidence have been accredited by the Centre for Youth Impact (Project Oracle Level 2).
75% of participants in our social action programmes show a significant improvement in their mental health according to the SWEMHWBS scale*. Young people also report increased confidence, positive relationships with peers and higher self-esteem.
We use the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Health Wellbeing scale (SWEMHWBS) to measure young people’s mental health and well-being. SWEMHWBS is a widely recognised and validated evaluation tool.
According to the SWEMWBS, 69% of young people improved their wellbeing score by more than 1 point which, according to the scale, reflects the change was likely to be important to them*.
The evaluation data also shows participation in youth social action decreased ‘low levels’ of mental health (from 34% at start of programme to 7% at end), and increased ‘high levels’, of mental health (from 8% to 24%)*.
Results also show that, prior to the programme, participants’ average wellbeing score was 1.5 points below the national average. Post-programme mean score was 2.3 points above the national average*.
*based on 376 completed surveys among our 2023-24 attendees.
