ReachOut's Impact
ReachOut is a mentoring and education charity providing targeted youth development programmes in under-resourced communities. We provide mentoring from positive role models, interactions with employers and activities that cultivate character and develop social and emotional skills.
At ReachOut, we run afterschool mentoring projects across London and Manchester for young people aged 9-14.
Each young person in a ReachOut project is paired with a volunteer mentor and, each week, they take part in individual mentoring and group activities that help them become more confident, resilient, and better equipped for the future.
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Character. Confidence. Change.
At the heart of everything we do at ReachOut are three things: Character, Confidence and Change.
Character
The high-quality, intensive programmes we deliver go far beyond academic tutoring.
Fundamental to our approach is developing character. We believe a focus on developing key character strengths and skills helps young people to make better decisions and take on whatever life throws at them; at school, at home and in later life.
74% of mentees said they improved their self-control
They felt better able to keep emotions in check and to choose to act (or not to act) in a certain way despite how they felt.
72% of mentees said they improved their Judgemet
They felt better able consider consequences and make decisions that benefited themselves and those affected by their choices.
“I understand myself on a much deeper level than I would without ReachOut. Slowly I could see that my character has built up and I’ve become a much better person.”
Aya, ReachOut Mentee
Confidence
We work with amazing young people who need some additional support to reach and be confident in their potential.
Working closely with schools, we identify young people who often don’t have the advantages that others do and who are most likely to benefit from our interventions.
Our work helps young people to build their academic and social confidence and prepare them for a world of opportunities.
In our most recent impact report, 86% of mentors said they saw increased confidence in their Mentees.
97% of young people said they enjoyed coming to ReachOut
“The main impact has been seeing their confidence grow within themselves. They’ve blossomed as young adults.”
Teacher at a ReachOut partner school
CHANGE
ReachOut works in areas where young people face a variety of social and economic challenges. Our programmes support young people to overcome the barriers they face, and create wider positive change in society.
Mentoring, group activities and work experiences open up fresh horizons for young people and give them new tools and networks to support their future success by developing their social and emotional skills.
At the heart of all our work is our desire that the young people we work with go on to live good, happy and successful lives, whatever that looks like for them.
53% of the young people we worked with last year were eligible for pupil premium.
We deliver over 250 work experience visits, career talks and opportunities for groups of young people every year.
We've trained and placed over 2,000 volunteer mentors over the last three years from a wide variety of professional and personal backgrounds.
“For me and my friends who took part in ReachOut, it helped to level the playing field, providing us with the same opportunities as young people from more well-off backgrounds.”
Boma, ReachOut Alumnus
