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Impact Report 2021/22

Ipswich Town Foundation is the official charity of Ipswich Town Football Club, based at Portman Road in Ipswich, Suffolk. The 2021/22 Impact Report showcases the Foundation's rapid growth from launch in 2019 to a staff of 36 contracted and 75 casual employees, delivering football pathways, community open access, disability sport, education in 42 schools, and funded projects including refugee football and prison programmes across Suffolk.

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About

Football pathway programmes including Town Tots, Player Development Centres, Girls and Boys EPDC and ATC, Bluey's Ballers and Wildcats; community open access sessions; disability sport; walking football; education provision in 42 schools; Post-16 Football and Education programme; NCS workshops; refugee football; prison programmes at HMP Hollesley Bay and HMP Warren Hill; Sport England Euro 2020 legacy project; Twinning Project

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £976,320 and total expenditure £982,470 for the year ended 30 June 2022
Key Metric 2 Football pathway provision spanning 22 Town Tots to 903 boys EPDC participants across Suffolk and surrounding areas
Key Metric 3 Organisation grew from 3 contracted staff and 5 casual staff at launch (October 2019) to 36 contracted staff and 75 casual staff by June 2022

Key Outcomes

  • 42 schools engaged with 460 children per week and 210 delivery hours per week across education programmes
  • Prison football programmes delivered at HMP Hollesley Bay (16 participants) and HMP Warren Hill (14 participants) through the Twinning Project (£15,000 funded)
  • Refugee football programme delivered across four venues (Portman Road, Murrayside, Copdock, Gainsborough) with Sport England Euro 2020 legacy funding of £10,000

Geography

East of England

Impact Snapshot
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)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
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