We have just published our 2025 Impact Report!
We celebrate diversity and inclusion by creating opportunities for young people from all backgrounds to build confidence, develop skills and feel valued within their communities. Through our programmes we help promote understanding, belonging and positive engagement across diverse groups.
We were nominated for a Derby Voluntary Sector Award 2026!
We are proud to have received a Certificate of Appreciation following our nomination for a Voluntary Sector Award. Thank you to those who took the time to nominate Aspire 2 Succeed and to Community Action Derby for their recognition and continued support of the voluntary sector. Your encouragement helps us continue making a positive difference in the lives of young people and our wider community.
Our Impact in Numbers
- Physics at Sheffield University
- Product Design at Loughborough University
- Degree in Midwifery at University of Nottingham
- IT at Sheffield Hallam University
- Psychology at Birmingham City University
- 2 x young people have started Apprenticeships in engineering
- 3 x young people have progressed to Sixth Form
- 1 x young person have been elected as a
- 5 x young people attend Derby City Voices in Action Youth Council
- 3 x young people have been mentored to become junior Trustees and sit on our Board of Trustee
- 4 x external young people are provided with voluntary work experience 90% attendance to all sessions achieved in 2022
41% of our participants experience barriers to progression. These barriers may include living in an area of low social mobility, low income, poor mental health, behavioual, emotional or social difficulites and low educational attainment. In September 2022, we supported 5 x young people from Black and ethnic minority background start University studying.