his is a pilot survey of young people aged 10-19 in England. It explores young people’s participation in a range of after school activities from sports clubs and classes, arts, music groups and clubs, youth clubs, uniformed youth and any other clubs.

This report summarises the findings of the pilot which ran from June to August 2023. The mode of the survey was online and 1,981 young people took part.

The survey is based on 1,981 aged 10-19 young people who took part in June to August 2023. Key findings

• Around two thirds (66%) of young people have taken part in at least one of five key activities (sport clubs or fitness classes, arts or music groups courses or clubs, youth clubs or centres, uniformed youth and any other group or club) outside of school over a 12 month period.

• Around two in five young people (44%) have done some volunteering in the past 12 months and a similar proportion (47%) have taken part in some kind of social action.

• The survey asked young people about participation in activities in DCMS sectors, 88% reported they played video games in the last 12 months, followed by 87% going to the cinema and 70% visiting historic places. The least popular activities were watching live dance events (24%) and going to live music events (41%).

• The mean overall life satisfaction score was 7.33 out of 10 (which is similar to other findings like the Children’s society survey).