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Our Impact 2024-2025

Buckinghamshire Mind delivers mental health services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire. In 2024-25, the charity supported 6,869 people, delivered 1,213 counselling sessions, formed 136 new befriending partnerships and trained 1,087 adults in workplace wellbeing. Volunteers gave 6,287 hours. 92% of people supported felt less isolated, 84% reported improved wellbeing and 87% felt better equipped to manage their mental health.

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Counselling for adults and young people; peer support groups; befriending; community connectors; Safe Haven crisis service; workplace wellbeing training; peer support in schools; mental health education in schools; Gateway Navigators; outreach services; perinatal support Custom geography from upload: Buckinghamshire / East Berkshire

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 6,869 people supported in 2024-25, including 2,587 through direct services and 1,427 young people
Key Metric 2 92% felt less isolated and more connected; 87% better able to manage their mental health; 84% reported improved wellbeing
Key Metric 3 6,287 volunteer hours given; 136 new befriending partnerships formed; 264 Safe Haven visits chosen as alternative to A&E

Key Outcomes

  • 1,213 counselling sessions delivered; 572 students engaged as peer mentors through Peer Support in Schools; 3,705 attendances at wellbeing groups
  • 1,277 individuals signposted through Gateway Navigators; 407 people supported by Community Connectors; 5,650 people attended Champion the Change events
  • 146,851 people reached through website and social media; 1,087 adults trained in workplace wellbeing; 206 people accessed two or more services

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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...
Key Metric 2
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...
Key Metric 3
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
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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
Key Metric 3
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