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Creating Space for Change — Impact Report 2024/25

Argyle Community Trust is the official charity of Plymouth Argyle FC, delivering community programmes across Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall. Their 2024/25 impact report documents 12,693 people supported, £70.4m in social value, and a landmark year including the opening of The Hub at Foulston Park community health hub in Devonport and a national EFL award win for their Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment programme.

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Youth mentoring and diversion (Premier League Kicks, Premier League Inspires); ACTing with Children (supporting young people with a parent in prison); Argyle FIT (weight management); Talk & Tackle (men's mental health); cancer walking football; Holiday Activities and Food; disability sport (Argyle4Autism, Ability Counts); post-16 BTEC Sport; apprenticeships; Project 35 food poverty initiative; The Hub at Foulston Park community health hub Custom geography from upload: Plymouth / Devon / Cornwall

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 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 2 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%)
Key Metric 3 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

Key Outcomes

  • 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
  • The Hub at Foulston Park opened March 2025: state-of-the-art community hub in Devonport (one of Plymouth's most deprived areas); 7 in 10 users from most deprived postcodes; 576 gym members; 229,950 visits to community provisions across facilities
  • ACTing with Children: 114 vulnerable young people supported, 86% reduction in absenteeism, 75% improved resilience and confidence, 38 not previously known to any other service; Argyle FIT secured 5-year Cornwall Council contract; Sherford Sports Hub launched

Geography

South West

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport