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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
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
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Key Metric 1
£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 2
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided...
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713...
Key Metric 2
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 3
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of...
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life
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Key Metric 1
6,744 participants engaged across education, social inclusion, employability, heritage and health programmes in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
37,357 hours of positive activity delivered; £3.9 million in social value generated
Key Metric 3
4,805 pupils supported across 58 education settings; 300+ young people referred across six Engage hubs in Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes
89% of young people attending Engage programme made positive steps; 92% of employability learners moved to positive progression