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Speak and be heard.

Helping young people improve their speaking and communication skills.

Every voice matters.

Helping to build a stronger society in which the voices of young people are heard, whatever their background.

Your voice matters.

Giving young people across the UK the skills and confidence to make their voices heard.

Training for all.

Anyone can improve their public speaking skills and confidence by signing-up for our one-day courses.

WHAT WE DO.

We unlock the potential of young people by building their confidence and improving their ability to express themselves verbally.

We provide these essential communication skills for some of the most disadvantaged young people in the UK, including the homeless, young carers and those in pupil referral units.

Our vision is that every young person is able to speak confidently and be heard.

But we can only do this with your help.  We work with schools, charities and businesses to make this impact.

Find out how you can support the work we do.

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

We are committed to making a meaningful difference to young people’s lives by developing their skills, confidence and sense of agency.

Every day, we measure our reach and the impact of our programmes through outcomes such as increased confidence, increased oracy skills and increased empathy with other people’s perspectives.  These data help us continually develop the work we do and innovate new programmes.

Because we are committed to transparency in reporting, we publish our impact data online daily using an externally validated impact framework.

young people have been trained over 20 years.
We have worked in over one thousand state schools nationwide
Approximately 25% of our participants are eligible for free school meals
The majority of our work is in schools where over one in five students are eligible for free school meals
90% of our participants have improved their ability to speak in public
43% of students begin our sessions with no confidence to speak in front of their peers. We change this for 83% of them.
95% understand more about their classmates viewpoints, faiths, feelings and values
79% of participants are more likely to take up public speaking opportunities
Two thirds of participants have increased the extent to which they believe their opinions are heard
93% of our participants learned skills they can use in the next stage of education, training and employment
75% of students have increased their ability to work under pressure

“Participating in the Speak Out challenge gave me huge confidence to find my voice. I benefited massively as I went through my education, and continue to do so day to day in my professional career.”