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Beyond Diagnosis: Impact Report 2024-2025

Community Housing & Therapy's 30th-anniversary Impact Report 2024-2025 shows how its seven residential therapeutic communities support people experiencing mental distress: 73 people supported who would otherwise have been in hospital, an estimated £9 million+ saved for UK health services, an 81% reduction in mental health hospital admissions and 64% of move-ons to lower support or independent living.

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About

Community Housing & Therapy is a registered charity (No. 1040713) that supports people experiencing mental distress through seven residential therapeutic communities across London and the South East, combining a home, a supportive community and structured psychotherapeutic support.

Key Metrics

People supported 73 people supported who would otherwise have been in hospital
NHS savings £9 million+ estimated savings to UK health services, working with over 30 NHS trusts and local authorities
Fewer hospital admissions 81% reduction in mental health hospital admissions, and a 62% average reduction in incidents within the first 18 months of placement
Positive move-ons 64% of residents who moved on went to lower support or independent living; 42% were in education, employment or volunteering
Therapy delivered Over 1,000 on-site therapy hours delivered, with 70% of residents saying they would recommend CHT

Key Outcomes

  • 73 people experiencing mental distress were supported in residential therapeutic communities who would otherwise have been in hospital, saving UK health services an estimated £9 million+.
  • Residents saw an 81% reduction in mental health hospital admissions and a 62% average reduction in incidents within the first 18 months of placement.
  • 64% of those who moved on went to lower support or independent living, and 42% of residents were in education, employment, volunteering or other activities.

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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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
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
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