Annual Impact Report 2024/25

Community Action Derby (CA Derby) is the VCSE infrastructure body for Derby City, supporting charities and community groups to thrive. In 2024/25, £1.73m was distributed through 275 grants to 138 organisations. The Holiday Activities and Food Programme supported 16,459 children in summer with healthy meals. Social prescribing received 2,100 referrals. Warm Welcome Hub grants helped 69,768 people through the cost of living crisis. DHIP vaccination awareness reached 13,000+ people across priority communities. CA Derby won the 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion. The Derby Volunteer Awards recognised 18 winners from 244 nominations.

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📋About

Volunteering support (147 volunteer opportunities promoted for 57 groups); Derby Volunteer Awards; Voluntary Sector Forums (4 forums, 179 people); training sessions (11 sessions, 144 learners); grant management; Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF); Derby Health Inequalities Partnership (DHIP — vaccination awareness, 14 groups, £35k, 13,000+ people); Derby Diverse Carers Alliance (21 providers, £41,147); Derby Youth Alliance and CYPN; New Arrivals Alliance (asylum seekers and refugees); cost of living support hub (39,371 views); Warm Welcome Hubs; DE23 Active; social prescribing; Maths Multiply (Derby Adult Learning Services, 794 taught courses, 1,606 activities); Family Hub Derby (15 organisations, 1,232 sessions, 4,199 participants) Custom geography from upload: Derby City

📊Key Metrics

£1,731,376 distributed through 275 grants to 138 groups and organisations; 244 nominations, 18 awards, 150 guests at Derby Volunteer Awards Night Key Metric 1
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme: 16,459 children in summer, 4,468 in Easter, 2,459 in winter — across 36 summer, 32 Easter and 22 winter providers; £1,031,657 in HAF grants allocated/facilitated Key Metric 2
Derby Social Prescribing: average 175 referrals per month (2,100 per year); 10,901 attendances across 585 DE23 Active sessions (11 trained volunteers); Warm Welcome Hub grants: 84 providers, £233k, 69,768 people supported through cost of living Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities through DHIP; 130 families supported via Youth Alliance referrals from schools, further education, housing providers, youth offending service and Derbyshire Constabulary
  • Maths Multiply programme exceeded targets: 794 taught courses (vs 615 target) and 1,606 activities (vs 1,500 target) delivered over 3 years; Cost of Living hub viewed 39,371 times by 20,414 users; New Arrivals Alliance established new manager, steering group and online resource hub for asylum seekers and resettled refugees
  • Derby's umbrella VCSE infrastructure body; 174k website page views by 53k users; 3,153 Facebook followers; 1,414 e-bulletin subscribers; 44 e-bulletins sent; 32 other events with 824 attendees; charity based in Derby city

📍Geography

East Midlands

2025

Impact Report 2025

£1,061,931.34 awarded to 249 projects supporting 169 organisations in 2024/25; 120,000 people supported
Key Metric 1
Four consecutive years of £1m+ granting — fourth most successful granting year ever; 120,894 total beneficiaries across Berkshire; top beneficiary groups: children and young people, victims of crime/violence/abuse, older people
Key Metric 2
Last Resort Fund supported 27 charities and community groups; Together for Women and Children Fund awarded £1.29m to 224 projects reaching 35,000+ vulnerable women and children since 2019; IDVA hospital-based domestic abuse advocates funded
Key Metric 3
Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities; Former PM Baroness May of Maidenhead spoke at Together for Women and Children event; Amanda Stephens (Olly's Work) addressed supporters on children's online safety
2024

Impact Report 2022-2024

£81,592,894 disbursed between November 2022 and March 2024; Youth Investment Fund (YIF) — largest fund SIB has ever managed — expanding youth provision in England's most underserved communities
Key Metric 1
Reach Fund supported 170 organisations with £1,922,475 in readiness grants (Dec 2022 – Mar 2024); 33 social investors working with Reach Fund; Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) has supported 330+ organisations with £8m+ in grants since 2018
Key Metric 2
Diversity dashboard covers 11 funds; 46% of successful BAME-led and environmental EDP round organisations in most deprived 20% of areas; team doubled in size with YIF addition
Key Metric 3
YIF expanded youth service provision in communities with highest levels of disadvantage; EDP organisations in Round 4 include women's centre in West Midlands and community energy organisation in London; CEO changes and board renewal with thanks to Chair Hazel Blears (8-year term ending)
2026

Impact Report 2026

400+ freelance journalists supported across all programmes
Key Metric 1
112 journalists received assistance grants from Crisis Fund or Therapy Fund
Key Metric 2
223 journalists completed training workshops (hostile environment, first aid, digital security, psychological resilience)
Key Metric 3
81 journalists received specialist safety advice via Safety Clinics in Amman and Johannesburg and online Risk & Safety Helpdesk