WeInspire Highlights
3
Schools placements for term 2025/26
91%
Have shown to have more value in what they have created
64%
Have shown to be more thoughtful & aware of others
100%
Of the schools stated the students have benefited in some way
WeGrow Highlights
100%
Of participants felt a sense of belonging, left their comfort zone and surprised themselves
94%
Felt more Independent and positive about their future
70%
of our graduates have remained in successful & sustainable employment
WeDiscover Highlights
54%
Of those who didn’t roll over to the next programme, moved onto something else
64%
Had improved focus during the programme
73%
Have become less anxious since being on the programme
WeBridge Highlights
100%
Felt more Employable
100%
felt more independent
60%
of those who engaged with the programme went into employment, education or training
WeBelong Highlights
74%
Ready to take part in training
64%
Built skills for employment
71%
Built confidence for volunteering
86%
Looks after my mental health
This information is correct as of 2025/26 Impact Report
In 2025/26
Social impact of
£1.1 millon
per cohort of ten young people
Public cost saving of
£200,000
per cohort of ten young people
Total young people supported
381
over all programmes
Our programmes supported
150 young people
per week in 25/26
This information is correct as of 2025/26 WMTG Impact Report
We have now completed two appreciative enquiries where we find out what our young people are thinking and feeling in the post covid world.
You can learn more about our Wrexham 2023 Big Conversation and our Flintshire 2025 Big Conversation by clicking on the links below.
The Big Conversation Wrexham 2023
Listen to our CEO Ali Wheeler as she offers an overview of the Big Conversation research findings and introduces the guest speakers at our launch event.
Please be curious and watch the individual videos below and put yourself forward to be part of the collective to change the lives of 1000 young people in Wrexham in 1000 days.
Welcomes over 50 stakeholders to the Big Conversation findings launch event. She explains how the world has changed over the last 4 years and the Big Conversation has helped us reach and speak to young people.
Spoke to 12% of young people in Wrexham using various research methods and developed personas which were then applied to a Com-B behaviour change model.
Shares her reflections on the Big Conversation research and how we need to keep working together to make the world a nicer place.
Spoke to over 100 employers in Wrexham and shares her findings on how we can bridge the gap between employers and young people.
Ed is one of our valued Employer Partners and shares the challenges faced by employers and young people, and the importance of working with WeMindTheGap.
Diane heads up our impact and evaluation work and has spent time looking outside of Wrexham to see what the rest of the UK is experiencing. Diane shares what makes Wrexham so unique.
Explains how WeMindTheGap is going to respond, adapt, change and build new programmes of support for young people. Ali emphasised that we can't do it alone, and calls upon everyone watching these videos to support the Big Conversation.
Shares how the research report demonstrates that the conversation was needed, and the conclusions identify further challenges that now require new ways of working.
Thank you for taking the time to watch, read and consider the Big Conversation findings and our response to it.
Here's what some of our gappies have to say about how WeMindTheGap helped them to transform their lives.
As a likeminded partner, funder or ally, we share this page to signpost you to reports, findings, and impact studies from other organisations who are thought leaders in our field. We think you will find their views, insights and questions informative. So, be curious…. and enjoy reading!
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