Our year in numbers

Number of young people that Brook engaged with

In clinics 131,907
In outreach settings 144,502
* Ask Brook contacts 25,118
Total 301,527

*Ask Brook is an anonymous service, so number of contacts, and not the number of absolute unique service users, are recorded

How many new clients and client visits to Brook Centres were there?

Number of new clients in Centres 67,672

Total number of client visits in Centres 229,929

How many more people accessed Brook services?

There were over 493,000 (absolute unique) visitors to the Brook website during 2010/11.

When we combine clinic, outreach, Ask Brook, and (absolute unique) website visitor figures, Brook had contact with more than 795,000 people during 2010/11.

This will not only include young people, but also, parents and carers, health, education and youth professionals. In addition, many of these people who support young people will have called their local Brook Centre for information, and made use of Brook leaflets and other educational materials.

In addition, many more young people, parents and carers, health, education and youth professionals will have called their local Brook Centre for information, and made use of Brook leaflets and other educational materials. .

Chart showing a comparison between 2009/10 and 2010/11 numbers of clients accessing clinic, outreach and Ask Brook contacts

Chart showing a comparison between 2009/10 and 2010/11 total number of clients accessing clinic, outreach and Ask Brook contacts

In 2010/11 there was a 10% increase in young people seen in clinic, a 15% increase in young people seen through outreach, and a 52% increase in young people who accessed Ask Brook relative to 2009/10, representing an overall increase of 15% more young people using Brook services.

Table comparing total number of clients, new clients, total client visits, and Ask Brook contacts between 2009/10 and 2010/11

Young people	This year 2010/11	Last year 2009/10	Difference	% increase in 2010/11
Number of Brook clients in Centres	131,907	119,625	12,282	10
Number of new clients in Centres	67,672	61,364	6,308	10
Ask Brook contacts	25,118	16,558	8,560	52
Total number of client visits in Centres	229,929	225,054	4,875	2

Chart showing age profile of Brook clients during 2010/11

Chart of trend of under-16, under-18 and under-20 young people as a percentage of all clients from 1990/91 to 2010/11

Pie chart of the gender profile of Brook clients during 2010/11

Chart showing trend of boys and young men using Brook from 1990/91 to 2010/11 as a percentage of all clients