Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2025
Cambridgeshire ACRE

Impact Report 2024-2025

Cambridgeshire ACRE (charity no. 1074032) is the rural community body for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, founded in 1924 and based in Littleport, Ely. The 2024-25 Impact Report marks its centenary year, highlighting 29 new affordable homes built, 37,771 Community Hub visits, 17,022 volunteer hours and £936,415 income, alongside a celebrated centenary event attended by HRH The Duke of Gloucester.

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Village Halls: 148 halls in membership, 269 advice cases resolved, 7 Hallmark accreditations awarded (6 at Level 1, 1 at Level 2), 5 training events attended by 145 trustees. Community-Led Housing and Planning: 29 new affordable homes on rural exception sites, 16 new parish councils engaged, 6 stalled schemes given intensive support, 12 neighbourhood planning groups supported including 4 new in 2024/25. Environment: 33 volunteer lock wardens (888 hours) on River Great Ouse, 55 litter-picking volunteers in Ramsey, 15 organisations in Water Care Partnership (Old Bedford and Middle Level Catchment), 8 farms and 9 parish councils advised on habitat management (New Life on the Old West). Health and Wellbeing: 40 Community Hubs/Living Rooms, 37,771 visits (estimated 5,666 unique visitors), 60 households with fuel debt cleared (£25,740 total), Macmillan Village Agents supported 27 cancer patients and carers. Rural Economy: 9 community businesses and social enterprises supported, 2 social enterprise events attended by 69 individuals. Centenary: 120 guests including HRH The Duke of Gloucester at Ely celebration; travelling exhibition now permanent online resource

📊Key Metrics

Total income £936,415 in 2024-25 with 88% from grants; 29 new affordable homes built on rural exception sites; 37,771 visits to Community Hubs and Living Rooms across East Cambridgeshire, Fenland and South Cambridgeshire Key Metric 1
17,022 volunteer hours contributed, valued at over £300,000 at median pay rates; 148 village halls supported with 269 cases of advice and guidance resolved; 40 Community Hubs and Community Living Rooms operating weekly across three districts Key Metric 2
60 households supported through the Cambridgeshire Home Energy Support Service, clearing £25,740 of fuel debt; 33 volunteer lock wardens gave 888 hours of support to the Environment Agency; 55 volunteers cleared 36 bags of litter reducing flood risk Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Centenary year celebrated with HRH The Duke of Gloucester attending Ely celebration event; 120 staff, trustees, ex-staff, partners and funders attended; permanent online centenary exhibition created capturing 100 years of rural Cambridgeshire history
  • Three-year strategy 2025-28 launched covering rural leadership, community resilience, affordable homes, climate and environment, rural economy and enterprise; new mixed funding model drawing on statutory, corporate and philanthropic sources including Cadent Gas, Anglian Water and National Lottery
  • Minister of State Daniel Zeichner visited Cambridgeshire to support ACRE's rural housing enabling work; Hallmark quality standard awarded to 7 village halls; Water Care Partnership brought together 15 organisations to improve the Old Bedford and Middle Level Catchment water environment

📍Geography

East of England

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