Sport & Physical Activity Education & Young People 2025
Foundation of Light

Yearbook 2024-25

Foundation of Light is the official charity of Sunderland AFC, based at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland. The 2024-25 Yearbook showcases the charity's work across sport and play, education and employment, and health and wellbeing, delivered through wide-ranging programmes across Sunderland, South Tyneside and County Durham, using the power of football to empower people to improve their lives.

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📋About

Sport and play programmes including football development, disability sport and neurological walking football; health and wellbeing provision including mental health support (Game of II Halves); education and employment pathways; Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme; family learning; STEM and esports courses; Wear One community campaign addressing child poverty

📊Key Metrics

Total income £4,910,000 and total expenditure £5,220,000 (year ending 31 August 2024) Key Metric 1
Over 500,000 people reached across Sunderland, South Tyneside and County Durham since the Foundation's inception Key Metric 2
Over 33,000 course registrants annually, with more than 100 partner schools and nearly 1,500 people gaining qualifications and employment each year Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Over 750 sessions delivered in 2023-24, with almost 1,500 young people and adults upskilled and nearly 100 jobs secured through the charity's programmes
  • £5 million raised in donor income in 2023-24, enabling sustained delivery of life-enhancing programmes across the North East
  • Partnerships with over 100 local schools, supporting more than 1,400 families through flagship learning programmes and tackling the stark reality that one in three children in Sunderland lives in poverty

📍Geography

North East

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