Turning Data into Hope and Opportunity in Hackney
In October 2025, the latest English Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD 2025) were published — the Government’s official measure of relative deprivation across 33,755 neighbourhoods in England. These statistics show that deprivation remains deeply entrenched in many communities, and has dropped significantly in the areas where we work (London Borough of Hackney). GOV.UK+1 According to […]
Summer ’25 Business Bootcamp
At the start of the summer, seven young women had just completed Teen Action’s NCFE-accredited Business Start-Up programme. They had gained knowledge of how to set up a business, but many still felt uncertain about whether they could translate that learning into real life. In their marginalised communities entreurpeurnership isn’t common. This left some of […]
Celebrating Small Charities
This Small Charity Week (23 – 28 June), Teen Action is proud to join a national celebration of the vital role small charities play in communities across the UK. This year’s campaign shines a spotlight on financial resilience, recognising the incredible efforts of small charities to keep delivering, even as costs rise and funding falls. […]
Propel Learnings & Ambitions
In 2023, we received a grant from The City Bridge Foundation through the Propel collaboration, a long-term funding collaboration that is focused on putting money and power in the hands of communities who are best placed to make change happen. Almost two years since the first Propel grants were made, London Funders (the membership body […]
Celebrating young women’s achievements
Teen Action have joined the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards scheme, which recognises outstanding achievements of young people in London and Essex. We have joined over 1,500 schools and youth organisations who are running this scheme and celebrating young people. “The Achievement Awards are primarily about recognising those who put in the effort and do their […]
A Year in Review
We are pleased to share our annual report for the year ended 31 January 2024. We are proud to share the impact we made to 239 individuals across multiple provisions. With more than 2,500 hours of delivery during the period, there is plenty to read about and discover. The report is available to […]
International Youth Day – Empowered Youth, Empowered Futures
Empowered Youth, Empowered Futures: Celebrating International Youth Day At Teen Action, every day is a celebration of youth—but today, on International Youth Day, we’re taking a moment to reflect on why our commitment to youth leadership is more than a programme feature. It’s a principle. In a world where decisions about young people are often […]
Corporate Partnership Opportunities
We welcome corporate partnerships and sponsorships, opening opportunities for corporate responsibility for your company. This can take many forms, including: Payroll Giving, Employee Giving, Company Giving, Fundraising events, Volunteering, Sponsorships, or more formal Partnerships. If you are based in and/or serving the communities of London, and have a passion for supporting marginalised young women to […]
Impact Level 4: Supporting YP to progress in essential skills
In September 2023 Teen Action joined the Skills Builder Impact Academy to explore how we can embed essential skills developement accross our youth provision. We chose our ArtWaves provision to pilot this new approach to skills developement and impact measurement, focussing on 4 of the 8 essential skills: Listening, Creativity, Problem Solving, and Aiming High. […]
Embedding Essential Skills
Essential skills unlock learning in the classroom, boosting academic outcomes, perseverance and self-belief. They halve the likelihood of being out of work, and increase earnings across a lifetime. They even boost wellbeing and life satisfaction. These eight universal skills are: Listening, Speaking, Problem Solving, Creativity, Staying Positive, Aiming High, Leadership and Teamwork. They underpin all […]
