our impact
if I can do this
what else can I do?
Every young person who finishes a piece of work with us ends up at some version of the same question. If I can write a book. If I can stand on that stage. If I can be a published author at the age of ten — then what else, exactly, am I capable of?
The impact we care about most is the one that answers that question. Not the stats on this page, though they matter and they’re compelling. We mean the quiet, cumulative revision of what a young person believes about themselves, and the chain reaction that sets off.
A charity that only moved a confidence scale by three points would be doing something useful. We think we’re doing something bigger. The pages below are our evidence.
INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC EVALUATION
One of our secondary programmes is being independently studied by a PhD researcher from the University of Exeter, providing academic rigour to everything we do.
headline numbers Since 2021.
3000+
young people reached since 2021
76%
of Is It Science? participants (our book explaining scientific facts through fictional stories) report increased interest in studying STEM
87%
of secondary participants show measurable improvement in writing quality
92%
of participants felt more confident in their writing after our programmes (year to April 2026)
2.3→4.2
average confidence in writing (out of 5), before and after our programmes
98%
of participants wanted to do more Bank workshops after taking part (year to April 2026)
100%
anthology completion rate across all secondary cohorts
25
schools and alternative provision settings