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Faversham Strike Force FC Impact Report 2025/26

Faversham Strike Force FC's Impact Report 2025/26, published in August 2026, measures the social value the volunteer-led Kent football charity creates beyond the pitch - through football participation, volunteering and community programmes including inclusive football, girls' development, Mini Boltz, This Mum Can, holiday activities and coach education.

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About

Faversham Strike Force FC is a volunteer-led registered charity and England Accredited football club in Faversham, Kent, founded in 1999, offering inclusive football for all ages and abilities from Mini Boltz to walking football.

Key Metrics

Annual social value GBP 2.3 million of annual social value created through football participation, volunteering and community programmes.

Key Outcomes

  • Grassroots football improved health and wellbeing, brought people together, developed volunteers and created opportunities for thousands of local people of all ages and abilities across Faversham and the surrounding area.

Geography

South East

Impact Snapshot
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8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
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40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
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CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
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2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
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37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
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95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
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149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities