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Alcohol Change UK Annual Report 2024-25

Alcohol Change UK's Annual Report 2024-25 (year ending 31 March 2025) covers the first year of its 2024-29 strategy to substantially and sustainably reduce alcohol harm. Almost 200k people signed up to the Dry January challenge globally, its second highest year on record, with more than 100k in the UK, and participants using the Try Dry app saved an average of 92 units of alcohol and £120. It launched Try Dry Anytime: 31 days, which over 1,500 people completed by March 2025, and delivered more than 230 training courses attended by more than 5,400 people.

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About

Alcohol Change UK (the operating name of Alcohol Research UK) is a national charity working to substantially and sustainably reduce alcohol harm. It runs the Dry January and Try Dry behaviour change programmes, funds and shares research, trains professionals, and campaigns for better national policies and regulation. Charity no. 1140287.

Key Metrics

200k people signed up to the Dry January challenge globally (almost)
5,400+ people attended its 230+ training courses
£120 average saved by Try Dry app users during Dry January

Key Outcomes

  • Try Dry app users saved an average of 92 units of alcohol during Dry January
  • 80% of people completing Try Dry Anytime stayed alcohol-free for between 28 and 31 days
  • 99.2% of training participants giving feedback said the training met their expectations

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022