SoHK Annual Report 2023 Reduced File Size - Flipbook - Page 3
OVERVIEW (2023 IN A NUTSHELL)
2023 ANNUAL REPORT
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 SoHK’s
programmes, which combine sport and mental health interventions, our team has helped our
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. These relationships underpinned the
teaching of a range of behavioural and coping 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 indicates robust impacts on self
awareness, emotion regulation and mental health. Importantly, in the case of NxtGenMen, our
data indicates 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.
2023 IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS
SoHK FOR SCHOOLS
350
LEARNERS
WITH >87%
ATTENDANCE
THE NEW ‘WHOLE GRADE’
MODEL WORKS!
NXTGENMEN
920
MEN
&
BOYS
NXTGENMEN WORKS
EVEN AFTER 12 MONTHS
NXTGENWOMXN
166
GIRLS
IN
PILOT
PHASE 1 FUNDED
600
350
250
‘22
‘23
‘24
New model increases
participation, allows >70%
growth, to 600 learners
AFTER 12 MONTHS,
GRADUATES STILL
REPORT
IMPROVEMENTS ON
ALL KEY OUTCOMES
FUNDING
PHASE 1
