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Transforming Mental Health Grants Impact Report 2025-26

Forum Central's impact report on the Transforming Mental Health Grants Programme in Leeds, covering Year 3 delivery by ten grassroots organisations between April 2025 and March 2026, with 588 people supported.

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Forum Central supports the voluntary and community sector in Leeds. Report page published on the organisation's website on 14 Oct 2026 (page datePublished).

Key Metrics

People supported Across the ten funded organisations, 588 beneficiaries were supported.
Hours of support 5,023 hours of support were provided between April 2025 and March 2026.
One-to-one sessions 2,604 one-to-one sessions were delivered, forming the core of delivery.
Group sessions 714 group sessions were delivered by the funded organisations.
Other sessions 35 miscellaneous sessions were delivered, including advocacy, outreach, training and mental health events.
Funded organisations Ten grassroots organisations in Leeds delivered community-based mental health support.

Key Outcomes

  • Most organisations delivered, and in many cases exceeded, their original bids.
  • Funded organisations moved into three-year contracts within a Third Sector mental health partnership led by Leeds Mind, Touchstone, Barca and Northpoint.

Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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...
Key Metric 2
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...
Key Metric 3
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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
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