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Future Dreams Impact Report 2025-2026

Future Dreams' Impact Report 2025-2026 describes a landmark year for the breast cancer charity, five years after it opened Future Dreams House. In 2025 it recorded 10,928 visits to Future Dreams House and online (up 31% on 2024), 2,449 one-to-one sessions, 293 expert bra fittings and 185 one-to-one clinical specialist breast care nurse appointments, educated over 2,000 people through Breast Health Masterclasses and invested £135,000 in research. Its 2025 visitor survey found 92% found its services valuable.

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About

Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity was founded in 2008 by mother and daughter Sylvie Henry and Danielle Leslie. It improves the lives of people diagnosed with breast cancer through wrap-around support at Future Dreams House in London and online, funds pioneering research and promotes early diagnosis. It receives no government funding.

Key Metrics

10,928 visits to Future Dreams House and online in 2025, up 31% on 2024
2,449 one-to-one support sessions in 2025
£135,000 invested in breast cancer research

Key Outcomes

  • 92% of visitors surveyed found Future Dreams services valuable
  • Over 2,000 people educated through Breast Health Masterclasses
  • 185 one-to-one clinical specialist breast care nurse appointments and 293 expert bra fittings delivered

Geography

England and Wales

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022