Our Impact Reports
We evaluate the impact of our programmes in order to measure young people’s progression across key employability competencies, as well as to improve the the quality of our work
Latest Reports:
Includes detailed polling of 200 finalists from the Young Enterprise flagship ‘Company Programme’ from all regions of the UK, shortlisted from 20,000 entrants.
When asked about the impact of AI in the workplace, 76 per cent said they believed fewer jobs would be available due to the use of robots in the workplace. In contrast just 10 per cent said this trend would lead to more jobs and 14 per cent said there would be no noticeable change.
The Tenner Challenge presents young people with a platform to extend curriculum subjects such as Mathematics and English. Tenner supports Ofsted requirements around careers education and the statutory financial education element of the Citizenship programme of study.
Findings show a positive relationship between the Tenner Challenge activities and a majority of employability competencies tested. 83% of young people felt they had improved at least one employability competency
Previous editions:
Read the 2015/16 Tenner Evaluation Report
Young Enterprise, regularly measures destinations for Company Programme alumni. This is done through a two points longitudinal survey sent within two years of completing the Company programme.
The 2015-16 Company Programme (CP) report shows the significant impact the programme has on young people’s employability skills and attitudes. For the first time this year, we used a control group to compare CP participants’ results with a similar group of young people who did not take part. Comparisons with a control group shows persistent higher gains across all employability competencies – with communication, confidence and resilience showing the highest gains.
Previous editions:
Read the Company Programme 2014-15 Impact Report
Read the Company Programme 2013-14 Impact Report
The Fiver Challenge, supported by Virgin Money, is a nationwide programme that challenges young people aged 5 – 11. The
objective is to set up mini-businesses and create products or services they can then sell or deliver at a profit. This report makes the case that experiences like the Fiver Challenge offer schools opportunities to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of students, all being statutory requirements for schools under the National Curriculum.
Previous editions:
Read the Fiver Challenge Evaluation Report 2015
Read the Fiver Challenge Evaluation Report 2014
This report sets out the findings of the Team programme evaluation conducted by the University of Derby International Centre for Guidance Studies (2016). The report highlights the positive impact Team programme has on young people’s knowledge, skills and attitudes; by providing them with the necessary competencies to make a successful transition to learning, work and the adult life.
Other Reports:
Be Enterprising, Be Successful multiple interventions programme – Building Cumulative Impact: The Case for Investing in Young People
This first year evaluation report investigates the pilot Be Enterprising, Be Successful journey programme, supported by the Big Lottery Fund. The programme consists of a series of enterprise education interventions with young people from relatively deprived areas.
JA Worldwide Impact Report
Do we make a difference? This JAWW 2014 report tells the statistics and stories of JA initiatives around the world. It is our first attempt to begin the ongoing and systematic documentation of transformational journeys. The report shows the JA network’s eagerness to expand its reach and scope in a rapidly evolving world.
JA Worldwide glossary of evaluation terms
Young Enterprise Outcomes Map
An outline of Young Enterprise’s impact measurement approach, centred around key employability competencies. This document defines the outcome currently being measured by the organisation.
The Company Programme Logic Model – The Theory of Change
The Company Programme’s Logic Model, also known as “intervention logic”, links the intended short, medium and long outcomes with the intervention inputs and learning activities. The logic model clearly identifies key inputs and expected activities, outputs and impacts and is essential in guiding data collection and monitoring processes.
View the Learner Development Journey Theory of Change – an illustration on how Young Enterprise believes the Learner Development Journey supports young people into making a smooth transition into employment, education and/or training.
Young Enterprise Employability Competencies Framework
All our programmes aim to raise awareness and/or further nurture key employability competencies. This is part of the Learner Development Journey approach. Our employability competencies framework is fundamental to YE’s monitoring and evaluation initiatives where we aim to test core employability skills.
50 Years of Young Enterprise Report
Kingston University Business School produced this independent report about the effectiveness of Young Enterprise. It is based on surveys and interviews with 371 Young Enterprise alumni compared to a control group of people who did not do our programmes.