Our Impact

Impact Report 2025 

In a city of extremes, too many young people are shut out of opportunity. Young Londoners have made it clear that the pressures they face are all connected: loneliness and isolation, worries about money and the future, and too few safe, affordable places to spend time with friends.  

In 2025, we worked with nearly 600 member organisations supporting more than 616,000 young Londoners across every borough. Alongside our two outdoor learning centres, Woodrow and Hindleap, we challenged young people to be the best they can be through exciting adventures away from the city. Together, we see what happens when the right support is in place for young people: ideas take shape, confidence grows and new paths open up. 

Take a look at the impact we made together. 

Read our 2025 Impact Report

Highlights from the Impact Report

We’ve been supporting youth organisations and young Londoners for 139 years 

In 2025, we worked with 597 youth organisations across all 32 London boroughs who supported 616k young Londoners.

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We delivered 11 programmes across sports, employability, arts, youth involvement and mental health reaching 7,445 young people

“ “It has helped me by understanding my feelings and how I can talk about them.”
- Young person, Good for Girls participant

23,994 young people

took part in our programmes, events and activities, or benefitted from our outdoor learning centres

“ “I took so much away from this experience. I learnt how to be resilient, responsible and understand my peers more.”
- Young person, Woodrow

220 training and network sessions

created space for 2,813 youth professionals to build their skills and strengthen their work

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97% of the young people 

surveyed enjoyed taking part in our programmes last year  

146 member organisations held a London Youth Quality Mark in 2025

“ “We really benefit from being members of London Youth. They’ve been instrumental at helping us build networks and supporting with capacity building. This has helped us develop our own offer.”
- London Youth Member
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Impact Reports and Resources

Impact Report 2023-24

In 2023-2024, we worked with 591 members who supported 710k+ young Londoners.

Youth work isn’t just about young people having fun – it’s a pathway to a better future and, at times, a lifesaver. Over the last year, we supported and trained our members, gave young people unforgettable outdoor experiences and took our programmes straight to them – with a real focus on those who don’t usually have access to opportunities.

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Impact Report 2022-23

In 2022-2023, we worked with 571 member youth organisations who supported more than 650k+ young Londoners.

For more than 135 years, we’ve worked alongside community youth organisations to provide a constant lifeline and a vital safe space outside the family and formal education, where young people can develop confidence, resilience and skills

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Impact Report 2021-22

From 2021-2022, we worked with over 587 member youth organisations who’ve supported more than 601,000.

Through our direct work and our work with members, young people have continued to do better physically and emotionally. Together, we helped them gain skills, knowledge and networks, and make contributions in their communities.

 

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Impact Report 2020-2021

From 2020-2021, we worked with over 600 member youth organisations who’ve supported more than 575,000 young Londoners.

Our community and youth organisation members are active in every single London borough. We bring them together to share knowledge and experience, to voice their perspective on London’s youth sector, and to discover new ways of working – providing high-quality youth work.

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