Our Impact

Our Impact

At Community of Purpose we have created a network of over 85 businesses and other stakeholder organisations from a range of different industries and sectors who are unified in their ambition to make Bristol a better place to live, a better place to grow up, a better place to be educated.

6
Programmes
1703
Children and counting
96
Volunteers in 2024
150
Children to Bordeaux

Highlights from 2024

Young people at Purposeful Playoffs
Young mentors on Bristol Achieve
people representing Bristol in Bordeaux
Young People engaged
Free School Meals
Impactful programmes
Families
Schools
Young Leaders
Grassroots Orginisations
Communities
Bristol Young Heroes finalists
95%

of those who took part in the Bristol Together Championships met people from different backgrounds and religions

99%

of those who attended Break Free in the Easter holidays would come again

88%

of those who took part in the Bristol Young Heroes project are more confident about their career
prospects

100%

of those who took part in the Bristol to Bordeaux said they learnt a new skill, such as, speaking a new language

90%

of those that took part in the Purposeful Pathways programme said they feel more ambitious about their goals fork the future

95%

of those who attended Break Free this Summer visited new places that they hadn’t been to before.

Our purposeful practices have been designed to achieve the following outcomes;

  • Greater purpose, encouragement, motivation, and aspirations.
  • Improved mental health and wellbeing.
  • Increased confidence and self-esteem.
  • Improved physical health.
  • Create and model positive relationships.
  • Provide new and positive experiences. 
  • Learn new skills.

Explore our Youth Stories

Case Study Interview Liz Hackling 

Jenny’s inspirational story and that of her award winning boys.

Nominee Catherine Rowe

Catherine’s Story

Ocean’s Story

Mitchell

Mitchell’s story

Learn more about our projects

Bristol Together Championship

Bristol Together Championships