For new supporters, long-time community members, curious new friends, and generous funders, this Impact Report is a great opportunity to sit with all that we've achieved and how much there still is to do. It's a chance for our team and our young people to share what we've been up to, and how every single relationship and resource transfer we facilitate makes a difference.
Hear from different members of our team about our work, and hear directly from young people, like Laaibah, an aspiring writer who connected with a mentor who truly understood her journey, and Louis, an architecture student whose experience with Arts Emergency in 2020 now inspires him to give back and support others like him.
Some highlights...
🎉 251 mentoring relationships were formed
🚀 100% of mentees said they gained opportunities they wouldn't have got otherwise
💥 98% of mentees showed improved knowledge of routes into industry, experiences of the industry, and confidence and self-belief
These stories are proof of the genuine, life-changing impact of our community - and why, even as we continue to face cuts to the arts, rising uni fees and pressure from all sides, we must keep going. Because as the Youth Collective manifesto says: Things can change. They have to.