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We draw on the learning and experiences of the people we support to continuously develop and expand our services.

May 2025
Pathways to Progress Impact Report

Pathways to Progress, a partnership of organisations across West Yorkshire, led by the Education Development Trust (EDT), supported economically inactive people across the region towards training or employment.

Impact and Innovation Stories

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Employment and Training
Families and Young People
May 2025

Nxt Steps post programme impact and learning report

The Nxt Steps programme provided employment and training support to 474 young people, read more about the programme's impact.

Families and Young People
May 2025

Mentoring in Schools Impact Infographic

Read how our Mentoring in Schools service supports young people to address and reduce the risk factors in their lives enabling them to lead healthier happier lives.

Families and Young People
Criminal Justice
April 2025

Project Shield, working in partnership to tackle serious youth violence

Barca-Leeds are proud to be a part of Project Shield, the city-wide partnership working to tackle serious youth violence. The partnership brings together West Yorkshire Police, the Youth Justice Service, Crimestoppers, Leeds City Council, Barca-Leeds and other youth providers.

Housing Support
Health Improvement
April 2025

Barca Housing Navigators trauma-informed practice supports people who have experienced homelessness

Ben shares his story of being homeless to finding support and getting settled into his home

Health Improvement
Community Development
April 2025

Community Wellbeing Connectors, supporting the Community Mental Health Transformation in Leeds

Integrated support delivered by three Leeds organisations working alongside Local Care Partnerships and Primary Care Networks

Criminal Justice
Drugs and Alcohol Support
April 2025

Alfie's story, from leaving prison to a safe and stable home

Watch Alfie's story to see how access to a safe and stable home helped him to integrate back into the community after leaving prison

Community Development
Health Improvement
March 2025

Connect To Grow Digital Learning Activities

Set of resources and activities developed by our Connect To Grow service to support adults who self-identify as having experienced a childhood trauma.

Community Development
Health Improvement
March 2025

Better Together Volunteer experience supporting a community English as an Additional Language group

Read about Reema's volunteer experience in our Better Together team delivering community health and wellbeing activities across West Leeds.

Families and Young People
March 2025

Adam and Kerry's story, achieving positive outcomes through Family Support

The Barca-Leeds Family Support Service works with families to overcome barriers which prevent children, young people and their family members to achieve positive outcomes.

Community Development
February 2025

Barca-Leeds, our impact

Video showcasing our impact and achievements

Families and Young People
Health Improvement
February 2025

Young People's Emotional Regulation Toolkit

As part of our Safe Schools project, we developed an Emotional Regulation toolkit that features information and activities designed to support young people to better understand their emotions, ways to manage their emotions positively and where they can go for further help and support.

Community Development
Health Improvement
February 2025

Celebrating The West Leeds Men’s Network

The West Leeds Men’s Network ended and merged into the Being You Leeds service. Find out about the project's achievements creating a community space for men to come together, support each other and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Health Improvement
January 2025

Reclaim mental health toolkit

The Barca-Leeds Reclaim counselling service launched a mental health toolkit to help people manage and improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Employment and Training
January 2025

Stronger Families End of Project Report

Read about the impact of the Stronger Families programme that worked with 1,592 parents to provide tailored employability support through a Keyworker model with a whole family approach.

Health Improvement
Families and Young People
December 2024

Connect Together Evaluation highlights effective delivery in tackling health inequalities

Independent evaluation by Leeds Beckett University highlights the achievements of Connect Together in delivering a high-quality social prescribing service.

Employment and Training
Families and Young People
May 2024

Work Well End of Programme Impact Infographic

The Work Well programme supported 536 young people between July 2021 to June 2023, supporting them to achieve their aspirations with work or training.