Community & Social Justice Reports

ST

2025

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

28,316 dedicated volunteers; 45,000 patients treated; 8,772 events supported; 202,493 people trained in workplace first aid

Key Metric 1

10,000+ young people in weekly Badgers, Cadets and Students groups; 24,336 Young Responders trained in street first aid; 1,404 NHS Cadets recruited

Key Metric 2

Operating deficit reduced by 76% in 2024 (from £16.0m to £3.8m); net deficit reduced 85% (from £16.6m to £2.5m) — remarkable financial turnaround

Key Metric 3

6 lives saved with CPR in just 24 hours — illustrating direct life-saving impact of community first aid training; 12,000 people trained in CPR via Restart a Heart

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SC

2026

Scottish Mountain Rescue

Statistics Report 2025

798 independent incidents in 2025; 1,270 callouts including continuations — an average of 3.5 per day

Key Metric 1

901 people assisted; 39,229 volunteer hours given on callouts alone by 850+ team members across 26 civilian teams

Key Metric 2

62% of incidents (491) mountaineering-related; 307 non-mountaineering; 38 incidents involving fatalities

Key Metric 3

901 people assisted in 2025 — the highest figure in SMR's recorded statistics history, representing a sustained post-pandemic step-change in demand (approx. 10–15 additional incidents per month since 2020/21)

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FI

2025

Fire Fighters Charity

Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

10,267 people supported in 2024/25 — a 7% increase on the previous year

Key Metric 1

Growing demand driven by declining firefighter numbers, increasing major incidents (wildfires, flooding) and rising complexity of physical and mental health need

Key Metric 2

Royal Patron: His Majesty The King; registered charity in England, Wales, Scotland and Isle of Man

Key Metric 3

10,267 fire service personnel and families supported in 2024/25 — the highest ever recorded by the charity

Health & Wellbeing Mental Health

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TA

2023

TASC, The Ambulance Staff Charity

Impact Report 2022/23

882 people helped in 2022/23 — double pre-Covid figures; 7,700 contacts from people seeking support

Key Metric 1

2,800 mental health sessions delivered; 512 financial guidance sessions; 3,786 self-care interventions accessed

Key Metric 2

Demand growing 30% every year; mental health grant income fallen 87% in one year despite rising need

Key Metric 3

85% of people who used mental health services saw improvement in their wellbeing; 63% reduction in trauma symptoms; 44% reduction in anxiety and depression

Health & Wellbeing Mental Health

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CO

2025

College of Paramedics (now Royal College of Paramedics)

Impact Report 2024

20,000+ paramedic members across the UK — the professional body for the paramedic profession

Key Metric 1

500+ CPD videos on member Hub; national CPD events programme; Paramedic INSIGHT quarterly magazine; monthly digital newsletter

Key Metric 2

Successfully campaigned for change in legislation to allow prescribing of controlled drugs by paramedic independent prescribers — now out for consultation

Key Metric 3

Legislation change secured: controlled drug prescribing by paramedic independent prescribers now moving to consultation — a landmark win for the profession after sustained College advocacy

Health & Wellbeing Mental Health

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CO

2023

Combat Stress