2026 Enhanced

2025 Impact Report: Us & Our People

Ipswich Town Foundation uses the reach of Ipswich Town Football Club to deliver health, youth, social inclusion, education and football development programmes across Ipswich and wider Suffolk. This report covers the 2025 calendar year. Source: Ipswich Town Foundation 2025 Impact Report PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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Health & Wellbeing (Senior Blues, Golden Days Cafe for people living with dementia, Walking Football, the SHINE oral health programme, Veterans, Talk Club); Youth Engagement (DIVERT, Premier League Kicks, Talking Tactics mentoring); Social Inclusion (EMPOWER Hub, Disability Football, Refugee Football, LGBTQ+ Football, SEND Schools, Dream Days); Education (PE & School Sports, Premier League Primary Stars, Premier League Inspires, Post-16 Football & Education); and Football Development (Girls' and Boys' Football Development, Open Access Football, Soccer Schools and Holiday Camps)

Key Metrics

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)

Key Outcomes

  • Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
  • The SHINE oral health programme engaged 411 participants across 27 sessions in high-need Ipswich schools, tackling oral health inequality
  • Women's team player engagement more than doubled, growing from 24 visits in 2024 to 55 in 2025

Geography

East of England

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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 2
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided...
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten