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  • Why?

    Analysis from the Centre for Mental Health has shown that 1.5 million children and young people will need mental health support as a direct result of the pandemic over the next three to five years.

  • Why?

    Two thirds of young people who need specialist support couldn’t access it. Many young people got told they were not ‘ill enough’ to qualify for support.

  • Why?

    If we make sure all young people can get the support they need, when they need it, we can stop a mental health need becoming a crisis. This is our purpose, we’re clear about what we need to do and with your support, we will make sure no young person feels alone.

  • Programme #1 Never Alone

    Helping young people to look after their own mental health

    Statistics

    ( of )
    62%

    Our ‘Find Help’ website pages saw a 62% increase in UK users to 2.9 million.

    89%

    89% of young people who used our ‘Find Help’ pages said the support was helpful.

    56%

    UK website users increased by 56% to 4.9 million.

    51%

    51% increase in our website page views to 9.2 million, with 3.7 million of these being unique users.

    74%

    74% of young people felt more hopeful about their mental health after accessing our website.

    74%

    74% of young people learnt something new to help them cope with their mental health.

  • Programme #2 Someone To Turn To

    Making sure young people have adults around them who can really help

    Statistics

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    17,234

    Our Helpline team answered 17,234 phone calls, web chats and emails, up 45% from the year before.

    56.5%

    56.5% of parents said the practical next step they took after their interaction with the Parents Helpline helped their child to cope with their mental health.

    44%

    1.3 million parents accessed our parent pages last year, up 44% on the previous year.

    20,631

    Our 360° Schools email community, which distributes resources, tips and best practice to school staff, grew to 20,361 subscribers, up by nearly 6,000.

    98%

    98% of training attendees said that our training will positively impact their practice.

    1,746

    Between April 2020 - March 2021, we trained a total of 1,746 professionals.

  • Programme #3 Powerful Young Voices

    Building a youth-led movement to make sure support is there for anyone who needs it

    Statistics

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    94%

    94% of those taking part in our programmes told us that they felt they had made a positive contribution to young people’s mental health.

    97%

    97% of participants said their contribution made them feel better about themselves.

    5.72

    Young people involved in our programmes saw a 23% increase in their life satisfaction after six months (from 4.66 to 5.72 on the ONS life satisfaction measure).

    40m

    An estimated audience of 40 million people saw our Activists in the media.

    £79m

    Our campaigning secured an extra £79 million for NHS services, as well as other major changes.

    1000

    Our Amplified programme delivered training to over 1,000 professionals over its four-year course.

  • World Mental Health Day #HelloYellow and our fundraisers

    #HelloYellow is our biggest campaign, taking place every year on World Mental Health Day

    Statistics

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    98%

    98% of schools who took part said that taking part made a positive contribution to their young people’s mental health.

    Our tweets across the campaign reached 1.7 million people, with 100,000 people engaging with the campaign across two days.

    Despite the difficulties posed by the pandemic, the campaign raised an amazing £374,000

  • Emma Thomas gives thanks to all our supporters, who are helping us to create a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health. Thank you from our CEO

    Check out some of our incredible fundraisers

  • Thank you to our funders

    We give thanks to our funders who enable us to do the vital work we do to make sure no young person feels alone with their mental health.

    Statistics

    ( of )
    £9.7m

    Our total income was £9.7 million, an increase from £5.5 million in 2020

    £5m

    Our total expenditure was £5 million

    £9.92

    For every £1 we spent on fundraising in 2020-21, we raised £9.92