Built this term: Term 2 outcomes

For our participants, TRACTION was more than just a program – it was a place where they felt safe, heard, and connected. 

At the end of the program:

This is the exact kind of environment that helps young people to thrive, and we saw that in participants reporting improvements in confidence, wellbeing, relationships, and help-seeking across all our programs.

BUILD in focus

School remained an area of growth for some participants, with 65% reporting they felt listened to at school and 57% saying they enjoyed their time there. Despite this, many young people described positive changes over the term, including stronger connections with teachers (74%) and greater participation at school (78%), suggesting BUILD is helping participants engage more positively with their school environment.

These findings highlight the complementary role BUILD plays alongside schooling. Participants reported positive shifts in school engagement, while also benefiting from strong mentoring relationships that foster trust, connection and support beyond the classroom.

Building Deadly Riding Deadly in focus

Similar to BUILD, our First Nations program participants reported feeling more self-confident, improvements in their wellbeing, the ability to form connections, and more confidence to seek help from an adult or support services.

TRACTION has helped me to…

School engagement indicators were also similarly up in this group, with the young people reporting stronger connections with teachers and reporting greater participation at school. These changes were also observed by teachers…

“The TRACTION Building Deadly Riding Deadly program definitely contributes in peer/teacher connection, confidence, social and emotional skills, school engagement and overall wellbeing of our students. Over the last year and a half, I have personally seen new peer friendships formed, students’ attendance improving, and students coming out of their shell with more confidence and connection with their peers, teachers and I’m sure family members at home. I strongly believe the TRACTION program is an asset for our students and community.”

IGNITE in focus

We saw gains in the social and emotional skills of IGNITE participants…

Our IGNITE participants are about to navigate the transition to high school and the developments in their social and emotional skills will help these young people to navigate this change successfully. However, confidence about the transition is still quite varied with 60% reporting they were feeling positive about the move, 58% feeling confident they would develop strong peer connections, and 63% confident they could seek support if needed.

Together, these results highlight the important role IGNITE plays in preparing young people for the transition to high school. Through trusted mentoring relationships and targeted social and emotional learning, participants are starting to develop the confidence, self-awareness, and connections that can support a positive start to high school.