Community & Social Justice

Network of church-based debt coaches; national support office staff; 109 churches delivering CAP Money

NZD 431,000 saved in debt repayments; NZD 47,000 refunded to clients via Client Rights Advocacy

13 trained volunteers; 201.5 total volunteer days; new volunteer Martha joined in IT and social media support role

£5,257,635 in income gained for clients; £453,544 in debts written off; funders include Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (3-year grant), Voluntary Action Rotherham, Citizens Advice national, Reaching Communities, Awards for All, National Lottery

70 volunteers across 7 roles; volunteer value: £632,039; 2,860 volunteer hours at libraries

£8,707,218 income gained for clients; total social value generated: £31,346,447; fiscal value: £4,653,685; public value of improved wellbeing: £23,284,069; for every £1 invested: £2.59 fiscal, £17.43 public, £14.19 to people helped; £880,123 in additional funding leveraged

59 volunteers, each committing at least half a day per week; advice delivered by trained and qualified advisers including volunteers

Total expenditure: £825,962 (9% higher than prior year); for every £1 invested: public services save £2.05, wider economy benefits by £14.69, service users are on average £11.63 better off; projected shortfall of over £75,000 in current year

Staff and volunteers across advice, advocacy, hospital, Deaf Advice, digital, energy and community training teams; volunteer adviser network including hospital outreach and foodbank venues; income over £6 million with 85% spent on staff

Total income: over £6 million (85% spent on staff); £19,051,506 income secured for clients; £2,277,428 debt written off; energy team: £2,430.25 income gained, £382,510 debt written off, 1,100 fuel vouchers issued; funders include British Gas Energy Trust, Northern Powergrid, Northern Gas Networks, National Energy Action, National Lottery, Sheffield City Council

Programmes and partnerships support grassroots civil society organisations working with underserved communities

Impact themes include education, poverty reduction, racial equity, gender equity, youth development and community empowerment

£94.9 million in financial gains achieved for people facing hardship through food bank advice services — a 43% increase on 2023/24; £49.5 million+ in debt managed of which £18.3 million written off

40,000 volunteers gave 7 million+ hours (up 11% on prior year); 55,000+ active campaigners (up 41%); 87% of public now agree social security should cover life's essentials (up from 82% in 2021)

17 million+ people reached globally through expert articles co-created with insight network across 26 countries; 25,000+ people took part in 2,000+ Big Education Conversations across England since 2021

£1 million Big Education Challenge prize fund launched in 2022, backing 15 finalists and 6 award winners; 40 cross-sector experts publishing via global insight network; 35 countries holding Big Education Conversations