Community & Social Justice

Four consecutive years of £1m+ granting — fourth most successful granting year ever; 120,894 total beneficiaries across Berkshire; top beneficiary groups: children and young people, victims of crime/violence/abuse, older people

Last Resort Fund supported 27 charities and community groups; Together for Women and Children Fund awarded £1.29m to 224 projects reaching 35,000+ vulnerable women and children since 2019; IDVA hospital-based domestic abuse advocates funded

First 12 charities funded include: CAST, Farms for City Children, Feeding Britain, FoodCycle, Phab, Sport in Mind, Student Minds, Support Dogs, Tapping House, The Brain Charity, Forest of Avon, The Royal Countryside Fund

Support Dogs received £15,000 to fund an instructor working with 10 dogs on Disability Assistance Programme; Health Lottery Foundation operating from January 2025 (previously The Health Lottery operated as main structure); six themes for future grant rounds covering health and wellbeing across Great Britain

Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme: 16,459 children in summer, 4,468 in Easter, 2,459 in winter — across 36 summer, 32 Easter and 22 winter providers; £1,031,657 in HAF grants allocated/facilitated

Derby Social Prescribing: average 175 referrals per month (2,100 per year); 10,901 attendances across 585 DE23 Active sessions (11 trained volunteers); Warm Welcome Hub grants: 84 providers, £233k, 69,768 people supported through cost of living

Fitness to practise timeliness improved in 2024; disproportionality in employer referral rates between ethnic minority and white doctors narrowed from 0.28% (2016-20) to 0.19% (2018-22); Good medical practice updated version came into effect January 2024

Outreach teams spoke to doctors across UK on Good medical practice application; EDI targets update published October 2024; PSA (Professional Standards Authority) noted improvements in fitness to practise timeliness and praised updated Good medical practice; 60% of 2023-24 UK medical school intake are increasingly diverse

137 external partners included in successful small grant bids across 13 countries; £5m+ direct industry investment; £267,000 awarded to 39 projects through Small Grant Fund

89% of Welsh research rated internationally excellent or world-leading for impact (REF 2021); 85% improved processes and practices; 90% created UK-wide impact; 60%+ reached global audiences

Reach Fund supported 170 organisations with £1,922,475 in readiness grants (Dec 2022 – Mar 2024); 33 social investors working with Reach Fund; Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) has supported 330+ organisations with £8m+ in grants since 2018

Diversity dashboard covers 11 funds; 46% of successful BAME-led and environmental EDP round organisations in most deprived 20% of areas; team doubled in size with YIF addition

New commercial counselling subsidiary launched; geographical expansion to UK-wide services; new programmes launched for different approaches to safe, healthy relationships

Empirical research produced proving effectiveness of behaviour change work; new measures implemented to better support staff and people accessing services; geographical growth outside Greater Manchester

Students across 5 schools: CSM (438), CSSHS (368), CSESP (122), CST (99), CSAD (96); 100% of Changemakers Challenge attendees more confident in abilities and social impact project planning

Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year; Business Advice Hour drop-in sessions; 17 Meet and Mingle events with 100+ attendees and 9+ speakers; peer network launched May 2025