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Bucks Mind Impact Report 2025-26

Bucks Mind's 2025-2026 Impact Report celebrates the difference made to people's lives across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire: 6,347 individuals reached through a wide range of mental health interventions, with 91% reporting an improvement in their overall wellbeing.

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About

Buckinghamshire Mind (Bucks Mind, Charity No. 1103063) is the local Mind charity for Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, providing mental health services, training and support to help people stay well.

Key Metrics

People reached 6,347 individuals reached through a wide range of mental health interventions across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire
Wellbeing improved 91% of people supported reported an improvement in their overall wellbeing
Less isolated 82% of people supported felt less isolated and more connected
Self-management 83% felt better equipped to manage their own mental health

Key Outcomes

  • 6,347 people supported to better mental health, with support described as life-changing - and for some, life-saving.
  • 91% reported improved wellbeing and 82% felt less isolated and more connected.
  • 83% felt better equipped to manage their own mental health after support.

Geography

South East

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
Impact Snapshot
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
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