AllChild’s ‘Together’ campaign summer 2025
Imagine a classroom of thirty children. Today, nine of those children are growing up in poverty.1 And the effects are severe: spiralling rates of school exclusion and absence, a crisis in mental health, more young people not being in employment, education or training, and the worst teenage life satisfaction in Europe.2
June’s Spending Review confirmed the Government’s commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people, with a number of initiatives to be announced in the coming months – including a new Social Impact Investment Vehicle, inspired by the Life Chances Fund, an innovative social impact investment fund in which AllChild was a partner. Also mentioned in the Spending Review were the upcoming Child Poverty Strategy, Schools White Paper & SEND reform, and National Youth Strategy, all due in the Autumn.
Earlier this year we set out our ambition to work with Government and philanthropists at a national level, to build a movement for a new way of investing in children and young people’s futures.
With further indication of Government's plans, this ambition has now become an immediate opportunity. To ensure we are ready to deliver at pace from September, we need to drive momentum and invest this summer - and we need additional support to be able to do that.
AllChild has worked with Government before in this way as part of the Life Chances Fund, a five year Social Impact Investment partnership with DCMS, local authorities, schools and communities – raising over £7m from philanthropy and unlocking £11m in outcomes-based payments from the public sector. Children supported by this partnership exceeded expectations with 93% achieving at least one outcome, and a remarkable 72% achieving three outcomes (the maximum number of outcomes ‘available’ on the contract) across social, emotional and academic areas.
Now in the summer of 2025, we have a window of opportunity to bring this model of support and opportunity to more communities around the country. We are aiming to raise £250,000 before September to:
- Deepen our impact in London and Wigan – to support more young people and families in these places and embed our ways of working for the long-term.
- Develop and scale our digital systems and processes to build capacity and efficiency – building the innovative tools Government can learn from.
- Accelerate co-design with new communities – to lay the groundwork for Government partnership, and ‘test and learn’ from multiple places.
Our vision is to work with five new places in the next five years and develop a dynamic “Blueprint for Change”– to demonstrate, together, that a new future for young people is possible.
Why AllChild?
AllChild identifies children and young people at a tipping point of need, and mobilises communities to deliver a connected ecosystem of support and opportunity – so that every child and young person can flourish in their school and community.
Our impact is clear:
- 7/10 children and young people moved out of risk in emotional and/or social wellbeing
- 7/10 of persistently absent children and young people came into school more
- 6/10 of children falling behind at school improved their academic attainment
- These outcomes have been independently estimated as generating an average of £81k of financial savings and wider economic benefit per child (ATQ Consultants, 2023)
This is all made possible through our outcomes-led approach which has five key characteristics:
- Community co-design – Deep, place-based partnerships with young people, families, schools, charities, and local authorities
- Targeted, early action – A unique, evidence based approach to proactively reach out to children, young people and families
- Trusted relationships – A single trusted adult (AllChild Link Workers) at the heart of a two-year programme of support and opportunity
- Whole community partnerships – Access to the right opportunities in the right way at the right time – and a lasting legacy of connection
- Collective impact funding – A cross-sector, outcomes-based funding model to create a simpler, joined-up experience for families.
We are aiming to raise £250,000 before September to ensure we are ready to deliver at pace from the Autumn.
A new vision for children and young people is within our reach. By supporting us this summer, you can help us transform lives for children and young people in the present, and change systems for those in the future.
Together, every child and young person can flourish.
Contact: Kristina Spindler, Development Director, kspindler@allchild.org
References
1 31%, or nearly one in three children are living in poverty in the UK. Govt HBAI statistics, March 2025.
2 1 in 8 young people in the UK are now NEET (ONS 2025); our 15 year-olds have the lowest life satisfaction in the OECD, second only to Turkey (OECD 2022)
