2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024/25

Fleetwood Town Community Trust is the official charity of Fleetwood Town FC, delivering sport, health, education and social inclusion programmes across the Fylde Coast. Their 2024/25 impact report — the first year of a new three-year strategy — covers 20,204 engagements, 5,457 free meals, and standout programmes including Cancer Prehab, a new Youth Hub, and a Veterans Community Garden, earning them EFL League Two Community Club Organisation of the Year.

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About

Premier League Kicks (292 sessions); Premier League Primary Stars (560 sessions); Cancer Prehab; Strong Start (weight management); Football4All (disability); Dementia Dance; GoBeyond; Champions (anti-social behaviour); Youth Hub; Veterans Community Garden; Joy of Moving; Active Travel; Sports College (BTEC + Foundation Degree); PE & School Sport; Try Sport; Transport to Matches scheme Custom geography from upload: Fleetwood / Fylde Coast

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 20,204 total engagements; 1,621 hours of free sporting activity; 5,457 free meals provided; 468 young people engaged through Youth Hub with 1,222 hours of free youth provision
Key Metric 2 100% of Cancer Prehab participants reported improved resilience and ability to cope with treatment; 100% of Strong Start participants achieved weight reduction targets and adopted sustainable exercise routines; 90% of Cancer Prehab participants reported better mental wellbeing
Key Metric 3 Named EFL League Two Community Club Organisation of the Year 2025; won Community & Charity Organisation of the Year at Wyre Business Awards 2024; Sports College CEFA side crowned CEFA North West Champions at Wembley 2025; Veterans Community Garden awarded Level 4 Thriving certificate at North West in Bloom

Key Outcomes

  • 80% of Football4All participants reported stronger friendships and reduced loneliness; 61% of Champions referrals have better understanding of anti-social behaviour; 90% of Early Years participants improved social interaction; 92% of teachers reported greater confidence through supported PE delivery
  • 85% of PE and School Sport participants increased physical activity levels; 1,200 unique participants across Sports Camps; 2,557 Joy of Moving and Healthy Heads unique participants; 4,000 PE and School Sport sessions delivered; 228 Active Travel sessions delivered
  • Corporate partnerships generated £47,777 in volunteering social value and £360,052 in fundraising/donation social value via Friends of the Trust scheme (launched 2023); new 2025-2028 strategy launched January 2025; 24-mile charity walk from Fleetwood to Morecambe raised funds for veterans

Geography

North West

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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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