"Impact" is a concept that simultaneously unites and divides those who work with young people. It can be defined as the difference between a world with your provision in it, and a world without. Another way to look at it is what young people would say has changed for them as a result of their relationship with you.
This difference can unite those working with young people - it is what "provides meaning" in what they do, as one youth worker said to me recently. However, the question of impact can also divide opinion, particularly in relation to how you measure it.
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