Our Story
Transitions UK was launched in October 2014, born of a real frustration that the needs of our young people were not being properly addressed, let alone met. Our founder and CEO, Ron Overton, was on a charity trek at Everest Base Camp and was sharing his vision to change that (at 20,000 feet!) and was encouraged by other trekkers to get the charity off the ground “If it matters that much, Ron, you should do something about it!”.
“I saw what was available at the time and knew it wasn’t good enough. This problem couldn’t wait another day, and while I’m glad we started when we did - knowing the difference we make to lives, I only wish we had started sooner.”
Over the past 6 years, the charity has seen huge growth. From a single project launched in Luton in 2015, we are now providing three projects in 10 location hubs across Herts, Beds, Bucks and North London. We also run a virtual project that supports those, and more. We are working to launch our Affirm mental health project into North London and aim to plant projects into Leicester and Birmingham in the next year. We aim to grow by 50% or more p.a.
In 2020-21 we can now offer personally tailored help to over 200 young people, providing over 50,000 hours of support. That’s delivered by an amazing team of 18 full and part-time staff and 80 wonderful volunteers, all providing support that changes young lives and futures!
Although we’ve come far, our story is only just beginning
Our ambition is to support the lives and futures of disadvantaged young people across the UK to ensure they transition to healthy, happy and fulfilled adult lives.
“Transitions UK has seen tremendous growth and had a crucial impact to date. With a strong leadership team and such supportive communities, I have no doubt Transitions UK will reach its goal to provide extensive support nationwide - maybe even sooner than currently planned..”