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Impact Summary and Strategic Plan 2022-25

Club Doncaster Foundation (formerly Doncaster Rovers Foundation) is a registered charity based at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster. The Impact Summary and Strategic Plan 2022-25 sets out the Foundation's vision for Doncaster as a healthier, better connected, inclusive city, delivered through health and wellbeing, schools and participation, post-16 education via Club Doncaster Sports College, and youth engagement programmes, utilising the reach of Doncaster Rovers FC and Doncaster Rugby League.

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About

Health and wellbeing programmes including Fit Rovers (weight management), Walking Football, Foundation Fitness, Fit Rovers Ladies, and Football Welcomes (refugees and asylum seekers); Premier League Kicks youth outreach; Premier League Inspires; schools programme supported by Premier League Charitable Fund and Rugby Football League; Club Doncaster Sports College (post-16 sport education); volunteering and employability pathways; Kellogg's Football Camps; Fit Forces veterans provision Custom geography from upload: Yorkshire & The Humber

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £2,003,600 and total expenditure £2,001,398 (year ended 31 August 2025); over 1,000 health and wellbeing participants engaged across 8 organisations in Doncaster
Key Metric 2 More than 30 years of delivery inspiring positive change in sport, physical activity and education across Doncaster Borough
Key Metric 3 49 employees; self-funding charity operating across health and wellbeing, schools and participation, education, and youth engagement

Key Outcomes

  • Club Doncaster Sports College Men's Academy celebrated historic season at Wembley Stadium (2025); Ridgewood School represented Doncaster Rovers at EFL Kids Cup regional finals
  • Foundation works alongside Doncaster Rovers FC and Doncaster Rugby League to utilise the social reach of professional sports clubs and the Eco-Power Stadium community stadium
  • Over 1,000 participants engaged through health and wellbeing programmes across 8 partner organisations; Football Welcomes programme supports refugees and asylum seekers to engage through football

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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
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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
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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