Our 2023 Annual Report is here!

In 2023, the School of Hard Knocks has worked with over 1 400 people, and has been able to create real impact, with these individuals and with their communities. Through our programmes, which combine sport and mental health interventions, the SoHK team has helped SoHK’s participants be better placed to realise their potential.

In 2023, SoHK’s flagship programme, SoHK for Schools, reached more learners, more often, working with 350 high school learners on a weekly basis. Over the course of the year, SoHK’s coaches formed trusted relationships with these learners, and these relationships underpinned the teaching of a range of behavioural skills and, where necessary, the provision of additional, specialised, mental health support, provided by experienced professionals.

SoHK’s NxtGen programmes - NxtGenMen and NxtGenWomxn - are at different stages, but, across these programmes, our monitoring and evaluation data indicate robust impacts on self awareness, emotion regulation and mental health. Importantly, in the case of NxtGenMen, our data indicate ongoing impact, a full year after participants completed the programme, with a significant positive impact on attitudes towards gender, gender equality, and gender-based violence.

From our team to yours, thank you to everyone for their trust and support in 2023. We look forward to seeing you in 2024!

Lana Rolfe