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2025

Creating Space for Change — Impact Report 2024/25

12,693 local people supported (enough to fill Home Park Stadium six times); 1,049,668 total contact hours across all provisions; £70.4 million social value generated — £70 return for every £1 spent
Key Metric 1
52% of participants from the 40% most deprived areas nationally; 1,734 kg lost on weight management programmes; 86% reduction in school absenteeism among mentored young people (down to 18%)
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Won Championship and overall EFL Community Project of the Season Award 2025 (ACTing with Children programme); 98% of post-16 BTEC students achieved or exceeded target grades; 82% apprenticeship achievement rate — among highest in Devon and Cornwall
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Project 35 (with Ginsters): 50,508 food items shared, 23,395 items donated to holiday hunger programmes, 907 Christmas hampers delivered, 4,160 Ginsters products to people in temporary accommodation — celebrated three-year anniversary
2025

Impact Report 2024/25

81% of junior participants classed as active — 38% above national average and 9.2% up on prior season; 73% of adult participants active — 9.1% above national average; 2,392 survey responses (1,216 participants, 1,176 parents) providing robust evidence base
Key Metric 1
85% of participants felt NFCT activity had a positive impact on their mental wellbeing — a 5% increase on 2023/24; junior anxiety scores 17% lower than national average; junior personal wellbeing scores 13–19% above national average across all ONS measures
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83% of participants felt sense of community improved; 75% of adults reported strong sense of belonging to neighbourhood — 21% above national average; 81% of adults agreed people from different backgrounds get on well in their area — 27% above national average
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98% of parents felt NFCT activity had positive impact on child's physical wellbeing; 96% on mental wellbeing; 97% on personal development; 91% on sense of community — first year parent data was systematically captured
2023

Impact Report 2022/23

£5,671,113 total social value generated across 2021/22 season (independent EFL Trust SROI report); 73% of young people on youth programmes reside in the most deprived areas of England; over 11,000 hours of session delivery across 49 schools with 32 partners
Key Metric 1
864 young people engaged through free PL Kicks football sessions; 350 older adults engaged weekly across walking football and multisport; 116 people completed Fit Dale programme with average 4kg weight loss and £1,411 social value per participant (£103,003 total for completers)
Key Metric 2
82% of children recognised own emotions after Primary Schools Mental Wellbeing Programme; 71% knew how to make themselves feel better when low; 100% of Headstart students (21 total) felt less anxious about secondary school transition; 100% pass rate on Sports College programme
Key Metric 3
Healthy life expectancy gap of 16.8 years between most and least deprived wards — just 3 miles apart; 28% of children in Rochdale live in poverty (up to 50% in one ward); Hope Football programme engaged 27 refugees and sanctuary seekers in first 3 weeks; one walking footballer called up to England Walking Football team
2025

Impact Report 2024/25

5,927 participants engaged in 2024/25; 65% of adult participants classed as active — 1.5% above national average; 91% felt activity was positive or very positive for physical wellbeing; 3 in 4 participants made a positive change to their life through PVF
Key Metric 1
88% felt activity positive or very positive for mental wellbeing; happiness scores 4.3% above national average; anxiety levels 6.3% below national average for adults; 89% agreed people from different backgrounds get on well in their local area — 23% above national average
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98% of parents felt child's activity was positive or very positive for mental wellbeing (up 10% on prior year); 98% positive for personal development (up 9.2%); 95% positive for sense of community (up 14%); 97% believed activity was useful or beneficial
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Callum's case study: from introverted 13-year-old participant in 2021, through PL Kicks, mentoring, volunteering (200+ hours/year), to Education Development Squad combining football and Stoke-on-Trent College — on track for A-level equivalent results
2025

Annual Report 2024-2025

2.3 million people took part in 126,593 events across 2,600+ locations — first time in history over 2 million participants in a single year
Key Metric 1
£11m consolidated turnover (up from £9.4m); £16.70 in societal benefit returned for every £1 spent; Sheffield Hallam research estimates £667m value to UK economy per year
Key Metric 2
897,689 first-time participants; 309,220 volunteers contributing 2.2 million instances of volunteering; 190 new events launched in 20th anniversary year
Key Metric 3
Sheffield Hallam University research (75,000+ responses) shows life satisfaction improves after as few as two events; benefits greatest for least active; £10 returned in healthcare benefits alone per £1 spent
2024

Impact Report 2024

162,991 community meals served across 102 projects; 30% increase in guests year on year; 20 new projects opened in 15th anniversary year
Key Metric 1
320 tonnes of surplus food saved from waste (equivalent to 762,351 portions); 200,719 kg of CO2 emissions prevented; 162,810 volunteer hours donated by 8,770 volunteers
Key Metric 2
83% of guests feel happier after attending; 78% feel less lonely; 76% eat more fruit and vegetables; 71% have tried new produce they wouldn't normally buy
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70% of guests report positively changing their eating habits since attending; 91% have met people from different backgrounds; 49% eat less sugary food
2024

Annual Report 2023/24

100,000+ children now reached through programmes — nearly doubling in one year the reach achieved in the previous five years combined; 16 new schools supported through School Transformation programme (6,303 pupils)
Key Metric 1
76 chefs from 126 schools graduated from School Chef Educator programme reaching 36,414 children daily; total income grew 46% to £1,654,185; most successful fundraising year to date raising £1,548,528
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88%+ of school leaders reported pupils consuming more fruit and vegetables; 82%+ reported improvement in pupil behaviour; 65%+ reported improvement in pupil concentration; 100% of chefs satisfied or very satisfied with their job
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Won BBC Food and Farming Derek Cooper Outstanding Achievement Award 2023; Survation polling found a third of parents can no longer afford school meals; gave evidence to House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee and Youth Select Committee
2024

Nourishing Norfolk Impact Report October 2024

33,000+ people accessed affordable food across 25 food hubs; 13,200 households registered; 800% growth in food hub network since 2021; 8,000% increase in households signed up for food and support
Key Metric 1
Members save 51%+ off the average shopping basket; 10,000th kilogram of food delivered to hubs by Norse Group (March 2024); 85 essential product lines stocked in central warehouse supplying 70% of hubs weekly
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300+ volunteers providing 1,000+ volunteer hours per week across the network — estimated labour value in excess of £500,000 per year
Key Metric 3
Hubs inspired Essex County Council to create their own social supermarket network based on the Nourishing Norfolk model; featured on BBC Radio 4 Food Programme (on recommendation from Delia Smith); programme presented at national event at the House of Lords hosted by Feeding Britain