THE STATS
Our Reach so Far
30+
Interactive
Films
3,500
Practitioners
Trained
68
Partners
Nationally
64,000+
Young People
Reached
WHO WE HELP
Solutions for Every Safeguarding Setting
We partner with professionals across the public and third sectors, from schools, colleges, and alternative provisions to youth justice services, probation, and Violence Reduction Partnerships, to deliver interventions that are relevant, credible,
and effective.
Find your pathway below:
For Schools,MATs & Colleges
Enhance your PSHE curriculum and meet Ofsted requirements with curriculum-aligned, ready-to-use resources that engage even the most hard-to-reach students.
For Youth Justice & Probation
Deliver trauma-informed
interventions that break the cycle of reoffending. Our resources are co-created with lived experience and recognised by national bodies like the YJB.
For LAs
& VRUs
Partner with us to deliver on your strategic violence reduction and public health objectives. Commission bespoke, community-led
productions that create lasting change.
For Private and Public Sector Services
We provide versatile
resources for private services, care homes, and NHS services, including justice services, to support young people and young adults.
THE APP PLATFORM
The App Platform
Safeguarding young people has always been at the heart of our work. Our new App Platform takes this further, putting educational content, pathways to success, life skills and trusted support directly into young people’s hands.
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Built around lived-experience storytelling, the App provides relatable advice and helps young people see the opportunities available to them as they build their own stories of success.
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Each App can be regionally tailored, white-labelled and adapted to partner needs, while benefiting from a collaborative and sustainable library of shared content.
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Use cases include Youth Justice Services, supporting and signposting young people who are NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), sporting organisations developing the whole person, and colleges extending support beyond face-to-face tutorials.
A NEW DIRECTION
This Isn’t Just Business. It’s Personal.
REAL DIRECTION was born from lived experience. Our founder, Luke Cato, grew up in Handsworth, Birmingham. A former excluded pupil, he saw firsthand how easily young people could be drawn into harmful cycles. Driven by a passion to change the narrative for the next generation, he built an organisation dedicated to authenticity and credibility.