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Our Work, Our Impact: Imkaan's 2025 Year In Review

Imkaan is the UK's only national second-tier organisation dedicated to Black and minoritised women and girls affected by violence. Their 2025 year in review covers a year of sustained parliamentary influencing, evidence submissions to six select committees and inquiries, campaign wins on 'bad character' evidence reform, and frontline regranting to member organisations. Their work consistently centres the lived experience of Black and minoritised survivors and the chronic underfunding of specialist 'by and for' services.

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Parliamentary evidence submissions (VAWG funding, Mental Health Bill, asylum accommodation, community cohesion); policy briefings and campaigns; 'Why Should Our Rage Be Tidy?' mental health report and seminar; regranting to frontline 'by and for' member organisations; movement building and solidarity; member network convening; advocacy on asylum housing, housing justice and criminal justice reform Custom geography from upload: England & Wales

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Evidence cited by National Audit Office, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Health and Social Care Committee, and Home Affairs Select Committee in 2025
Key Metric 2 Home Affairs Select Committee recommended a national ring-fenced fund for 'by and for' services, directly informed by Imkaan evidence
Key Metric 3 Government announced reforms to limit use of 'bad character' evidence against rape victims following joint campaign led with Imkaan involvement

Key Outcomes

  • Joint Committee on Human Rights cited Imkaan's evidence on racial disparities under the Mental Health Act; Health and Social Care Committee quoted survivor testimonies from Imkaan's report to define high-quality, equity-focused mental health care
  • Home Affairs Select Committee acknowledged 'by and for' Black and minoritised VAWG services are the preferred choice of survivors yet remain severely underfunded — government published formal response acknowledging barriers
  • Asylum accommodation inquiry cited Imkaan and Rape Crisis joint evidence, concluding safeguarding is inconsistent and often inadequate — resulting in parliamentary questions from Kirsty Blackman MP

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 1
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
Key Metric 2
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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction