About
Premier League Kicks (161 engaged participants across Abbey, North Cambridge, Trumpington and Queen Edith, running daily for minimum 42 weeks per year); Premier League Primary Stars (7,500+ young people engaged, exceeding targets); Parability pan-disability football league (three tiers, monthly tournaments); Forever United older adults programme (Community Café, Wellbeing Walks, Walking Football, Walking Cricket, Seniors Lunches, Memory Café, Strength and Balance, Bright Horizon Café); Pledge United (PSHE-PE hybrid tackling VAWG and misogyny in schools, 142 boys in 2024/25); Oxford Phoenix-style refugee integration; Holiday Activities and Food programme; Run Club; Foundation Matchday; KidsZone; Active Science Day (AstraZeneca partnership, 200 school children); Men's Health Event; EFL Girls Cup; Sleep Out fundraiser (76 participants, £20,000 raised); Gala Dinner; London to Brighton Cycle Ride (£8,600); Cambridge Half Marathon (£4,000)
Key Metrics
Key Outcomes
- 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
- Active Science Day welcomed almost 200 school children to Cledara Abbey Stadium; Sleep Out raised over £20,000 in partnership with Wintercomfort; Bright Horizon mental health drop-in café launched February 2025 with Cambridge legends Luke Chadwick and John Taylor; 60% of participants have been with CUF for over one year; 16% for over five years
- Cambridge identified as most unequal city in the UK (Centre for Cities); Abbey and Kings Hedges wards (on Cambridge United's doorstep) are among the 20% most deprived areas in the UK; average life expectancy gap of 11.6 years between most deprived and most affluent areas; 'United for Cambridge' business partnership network launching January 2026
Geography
East of England
