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Annual Report 2024

ATD Fourth World is an international movement working to eradicate extreme poverty through participatory research, advocacy, and community action across more than 30 countries. In 2024, the movement focused on combating social and institutional maltreatment, co-hosting a conference with the World Bank and IMF on the hidden dimensions of poverty, and launching national campaigns in France, Canada, and Mauritius to transform how institutions engage with people living in poverty.

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16 causes of institutional maltreatment identified in national advocacy campaign in France

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Estimated 2 million children reached annually through Tapori children's network
Key Metric 2 Academics from 11 African nations attended the African Academics Network Seminar in Kigali, Rwanda
Key Metric 3 Conference on hidden dimensions of poverty co-hosted with World Bank and IMF in Washington DC, February 2024

Key Outcomes

  • Active teams in over 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved