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BWitC Impact Report 2024-25

Official charity of Bolton Wanderers FC, delivering intervention and prevention programmes across Bolton under Start Well, Live Well and Age Well pillars. The 2024-25 report covers education, health, community engagement, fundraising and social value totalling £4.37m across all programmes.

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About

Early Years Stay, Play & Learn; primary schools PE & PSHE delivery; anti-discrimination workshops (1,000+ children); girls-only football (8 cohorts, ~120 children); Sutton Families programme; carers support; EFL Kids Cup; PL U11 Girls Cup; Wellbeing Hub; holiday camps; community events; Wanderers Sport in the Community football development (2,130 attendees) Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total social value: £4,372,766 (EFL/Sport England model) — £3,537,610 mental health; £435,251 education & employability; £316,745 physical health; £83,158 social
Key Metric 2 1,455 free lunches provided to 221 individuals over summer (Bolton Lunches / Urban Outreach partnership)
Key Metric 3 900+ children engaged in Show Racism the Red Card workshops — biggest such event in England; BWitC inducted into Show Racism the Red Card Hall of Fame at Buckingham Palace

Key Outcomes

  • 92% of Early Years parents reported improvement in child's physical skills; 75% use session activities at home daily or weekly; 85% of children felt closer to family through Sutton Families programme
  • 10 regular school partners plus 40+ individual school engagements; 24 teachers received CPD support; 30 targeted PSHE/English/Maths interventions (~240 hours) to ~180 participants
  • Double nomination at NW Football Awards 2024 (Community Club and Community Initiative of the Season); £2,062 raised via matchday Pound to the Ground campaign

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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