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Poverty & Inclusion

Poverty alleviation, inclusion, and livelihood resilience.

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2025
Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF)

Impact Report 2025

£1,061,931.34 awarded to 249 projects supporting 169 organisations in 2024/25; 120,000 people supported
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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
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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
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Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities; Former PM Baroness May of Maidenhead spoke at Together for Women and Children event; Amanda Stephens (Olly's Work) addressed supporters on children's online safety
Community & Social Justice Poverty
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2024
Social Investment Business (SIB)

Impact Report 2022-2024

£81,592,894 disbursed between November 2022 and March 2024; Youth Investment Fund (YIF) — largest fund SIB has ever managed — expanding youth provision in England's most underserved communities
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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
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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
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YIF expanded youth service provision in communities with highest levels of disadvantage; EDP organisations in Round 4 include women's centre in West Midlands and community energy organisation in London; CEO changes and board renewal with thanks to Chair Hazel Blears (8-year term ending)
Community & Social Justice England
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2025
Church of England — Archbishops' Council Social Impact Investment Programme (SIIP)

Social Impact Report 2025

£25m granted by Church Commissioners to fund SIIP; investments across housing for the vulnerable, community thriving and just energy transition; parishes involved in 31,000 social projects nationwide
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Investments to date include Women in Safe Homes fund (£1.6m); Social & Sustainable Housing II fund (£2m); Recovery Loan Fund (£1m loan to SIB); 3.6% stake in Charity Bank (£1.1m equity investment)
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Church of England parishes run or support approximately 8,000 food banks and 3,000 community cafes; poll suggests 23% of Britain's adult population received support from a church or Christian organisation in last 5 years
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Women in Safe Homes: houses bought and leased to grassroots organisations providing refuge to vulnerable women and children; Charity Bank investment can unlock £8m+ in loans to charities and social enterprises for every £1m of capital invested
Poverty & Inclusion Poverty
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2025
Resonance Homelessness Property Funds

Social Impact Report 2024/25

2,324 people housed in 2024-25 including 965 children; 1,186 properties across England managed by 10 housing partners
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99.3% of tenants sustained tenancies for 6+ months; 98% registered with a GP; 80% of move-ons are positive transitions
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£361m raised from 29 social investors since 2013; estimated SROI of £18.5m per £10m invested over 10 years (2025-2035)
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59% of tenants reported improved mental health after settling; 71% happier in their new neighbourhood than previous accommodation; 56% said tenancy had positive effect on relationships
Housing & Homelessness Homelessness
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2025
Luminary Bakery (Luminary Ltd)

Impact Report 2025

100 women worked with across all four programme phases; 76% in Employment, Education, Volunteering or Training on completing two-year programme
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80% of programme completers reached independence; 3,744 hours of 1:1 support delivered by Progression Support Workers; 166 training days delivered
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41 Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering certificates awarded; 892 hours of apprenticeships at Luminary Bakery plus 720 hours with a corporate partner; 4 charity staff posts and 3 bakery posts filled by graduates
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74% of graduates met their mentor five times or more; 42 women started second stage, 30 completed (71% completion rate); 35 mums supported — 61 children indirectly benefitted; 20 women worked with in-house therapist
Poverty & Inclusion Homelessness
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2025
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)

Impact Report 2024/25

£1.203 billion paid out in donations to charities worldwide in 2024-25 — up from £1.132bn in 2023-24; centenary year milestone
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CAF Bank: 14,300+ charity customers; £1.45bn deposits managed; committed loans grew to £283m; named Best UK Charity Bank Account in Charity Excellence survey 2024
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Venturesome Impact Fund launched with £10m philanthropic capital — 18 social investments funded in inaugural year; UK public gave record £15.4bn in 2024 but from 6 million fewer donors than 5 years ago (50:50 donor/non-donor split for first time)
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Smiths Group Foundation awarded £1.5m+ to 19 organisations in 11 countries with CAF grantmaking support; Calvay Housing Association secured £2.77m CAF Bank Green Loan to upgrade 267 homes in Glasgow East End; Culture Secretary committed to draw up England's first place-based philanthropy strategy
Community & Social Justice Research
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2024
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Annual Report 2024

£20.3m awarded in total funding in 2024; 662 small charities supported through grants programmes; 297,000 people supported by charity partners
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£6.75m to specialist charities in 8 key areas; £3.2m to organisations led by and for racially minoritised people; £3.2m to Deaf and Disabled people's organisations
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428 Lloyds Banking Group colleagues shared skills with 110 charities; 420 charities supported with organisational development; £1.6m invested in 16 local collaborations with 70+ partners
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Refugee Council advocacy extended refugee 'move on' period from 28 to 56 days; Carers UK research helped raise Carers Allowance earnings limit by £45/week (reducing overpayment risk for 60,000+ carers); Renters Reform Coalition secured Government commitment to end section 21 'no fault' evictions (9.3m+ households protected)
Community & Social Justice Refugees
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2025
The Salvation Army Thrift Store — National Recycling Operations (Canada)

Impact Report 2024-2025

13.6 million guests and donors served; 80.5 million lbs of goods diverted from landfill; 95% of donated textiles make a tangible impact (less than 5% to landfill)
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816,635 tonnes of carbon emissions displaced; 135,192 kilolitres of water saved; equivalent to planting 37.5 million trees or removing 177,529 cars from the road
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Over $1 million raised through GoodWorks@Work campaigns including $573,308 Christmas Kettle, $167,787 Send a Kid to Camp, $96,021 Fight for Freedom (modern slavery), $102,464 Brighter Days; 110 donation drives collected 183,513 lbs of goods
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The Salvation Army in Canada: 3 million visits for assistance last year; 4.8 million community and shelter meals distributed; 345,000 Christmas assistance visits; 8,350 shelter/addictions/detox/mental health beds; 73 individuals removed from human trafficking situations; 2,900 children and teens attended summer camps
Environment & Climate Sustainability
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