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Exeter Community Initiatives

Exeter Community Initiatives Impact Report 2024/2025

Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI) is an Exeter charity founded in 1993 that has launched 47 projects and supported 60,041 people since inception. In 2024/25 it worked with 7,298 people across five projects: Community Builders (2,552 residents, 391 ideas turned into action), Family Resource (188 families and children), Magic Carpet (92 adults with learning disabilities, now merged into ECI), Jelly charity shop (42 volunteers, 13 tonnes of donations), and Transitions (relaunched August 2024, 103 workshop participants). Staff retention averaged 93.4%. Jelly won the Exeter Impact Awards Place Award 2024 and National Lottery funding secured a 3-year Transitions programme.

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📋About

Community Builders (neighbourhood empowerment — 577 new ideas sparked, 391 turned into action, 1,036 connections created, 3,490 hours delivered); Family Resource (tailored family support across Devon and Cornwall — parenting tools, counselling, Domestic Abuse pilot, Family Minds partnership, 'Hear my Voice' school programme); Magic Carpet (creative arts for adults with learning disabilities or mental health challenges — 345 sessions, 138 artworks in Creative Space Exhibition, 14 events/trips); Jelly children's charity shop (42 volunteers, pre-loved goods, sustainability, community events); Transitions (relaunch August 2024 — workshops on anxiety, budgeting, decluttering, 27 community meet-ups, 1:1 coaching, 3,218 hours of support); Devon Connect hosting; Volunteer Fair at Exeter Cathedral (800 visitors, 60 organisations) Custom geography from upload: Exeter and Devon, UK

📊Key Metrics

7,298 people helped in 2024/25; 60,041 people helped since 1993; 34 staff (15.75 FTE average); 23 volunteers; 93.4% average staff retention (peaking at 97%+) Key Metric 1
188 parents and children directly supported through Family Resource (738.5 hours, 96% satisfied, 100% found advice helpful); 2,552 residents supported by Community Builders; 92 adults with learning disabilities through Magic Carpet (2,681 attendances, 95% felt safe and supported) Key Metric 2
103 Transitions workshop participants across 34 workshops; 42 Jelly volunteers contributing 1,699 hours; 13 tonnes of pre-loved items received (26,000 kg CO2e avoided); Jelly won Exeter Impact Awards 'Place' Award 2024 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Community Builders: 84 funding applications supported, 391 ideas turned into action — estimated £645,800 public sector savings if just 5% of residents avoided worsening mental health or loneliness; Magic Carpet: 95% of participants felt safe and supported; preventing 1 in 10 from deteriorating into severe mental ill-health could save NHS £22,000 annually
  • Merger with Magic Carpet creative arts charity completed in 2024/25; National Lottery funding secured for 3-year Transitions relaunch; Wellbeing Exeter renewed for 3 years enabling 11,000 neighbourhood connections; 47 projects launched since 1993
  • Over 16 years Jelly has reused 208 tonnes of pre-loved items avoiding 416 tonnes of CO2 equivalent to taking 90 cars off the road for a year; 8,206 volunteers contributed 61,244 hours since ECI's founding in 1993; Living Wage, Disability Confident and Mindful Employer

📍Geography

South West

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