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Acacia Family Support Impact Report 2025-26

Acacia Family Support's Impact Report 2025-26 shows specialist perinatal mental health support reaching 618 families across Birmingham and Solihull, with 79% of parents recording reduced depression, 98% feeling better able to cope and 100% saying they would recommend the service.

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About

Acacia Family Support is a Birmingham charity providing specialist perinatal mental health services - befriending, CBT-based group sessions, peer support and outreach - to mums and families across Birmingham and Solihull.

Key Metrics

Families supported 618 families accessed Acacia's perinatal mental health support in 2025-26.
Reduced depression 79% of parents had reduced depression after support, measured with clinical outcome tools.
Better able to cope 98% of parents felt better able to cope after using the service.
More optimistic 99% of parents felt more optimistic and hopeful, and 100% felt more supported.
Would recommend 100% of parents rated Acacia's services as good, very good or excellent and would recommend them to friends and family.

Key Outcomes

  • Parents recover and build stronger relationships with their children.
  • 35% of parents entered the service with severe or moderately severe depression and saw measurable improvement.

Geography

West Midlands

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service