Goal 17 News and Insights

A recent surge in the number of young care leavers at risk of homelessness should concern everyone supporting young people. According to recent government figures, by April 2024, more than 4,000 young...

We’re incredibly proud to share that Goal 17 has won the Leaving Care Award at the National Children & Young People Awards 2025!

This award is a huge honour and a wonderful recognition of the incredi...

When we talk about boundaries in mentoring relationships, we don’t mean barriers that keep people apart. Rather than seeing boundaries as limits, think of them as the container that holds your mentori...

When we talk about mentoring, we often focus on the mentee. That makes complete sense - after all, they're the ones we're trying to support. But something you might not have considered is how much ...

The world of social media is a particularly perilous for young people and it can feel impossible for the adults in their lives to keep up. The things children see online can have insidious and subtle ...

Matching the right volunteer to the right young person is one of, if not the, most important parts of creating a successful partnership. When we say we go the extra mile to make sure each young person...

At Goal 17, we’ve always believed that when organisations work together, remarkable things happen. A recent example from our North Northamptonshire project shows exactly why collaboration and capacity...

This week marked a significant milestone for Goal 17: we delivered our first training session for our brand new Independent Visitor programmes we’re running in partnership with the Royal Borough of Gr...

We’re proud to share that Goal 17 has been named a finalist in the 2025 NatWest SE100 Social Business Awards, shortlisted in the prestigious Impact Management Pioneer category.

The SE100 Awards, deli...

🎓 What We Learned from Partnering with Oxford Brookes University on Impact Measurement

Over the summer, Goal17 partnered with three brilliant Oxford Brookes University students—Ella Spencer, Ivan Sam...

A National Volunteer Week Celebration of Stories, Data, and Lessons Learned

Launched: 3rd June 2025 | Read time: 3 mins

Last week, we were proud to launch our Care Leaver Mentoring & Befriending Imp...

At Goal 17, safeguarding is not just a box to tick—it’s at the heart of everything we do. Every day, our volunteers work with children, young people, and adults who may be at risk, and we believe they...