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Leeds Rhinos Foundation Social Impact and Valuation Report

Social impact and SROI report for Leeds Rhinos Foundation (established 2005), the official charity of Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club. Covers 75 projects across six pillars delivering £14.78m total social value from £1.41m expenditure — a £1:10.49 return independently verified by Substance Research.

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Disability & inclusion (wheelchair RL, physical & learning disability RL, Aspire CBS); schools & community (curriculum time, after school clubs, lunch clubs); RL development (talent pathways, coach education, Rugbees); health & wellbeing (Offload mental health, dementia support, veterans café, Parkinson's, Run Club); education (Ahead of the Game, Safe Taskforce); netball academies Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £14,782,713 total social value generated; SROI ratio of £1:10.49 (vs Sport England average of £1:3.91)
Key Metric 2 £1.41m expenditure; Schools/Community pillar alone generated £8.34m social value at £1:18.61 return
Key Metric 3 75 projects delivered across disability & inclusion, schools/community, Rugby League development, health & wellbeing, education and netball

Key Outcomes

  • Schools/Community SROI £1:18.61; Education SROI £1:8.07; Rugby League Development SROI £1:7.04; Health & Wellbeing SROI £1:4.76; Disability & Inclusion SROI £1:3.02
  • 11,558 participants at Butlins Skegness weekends; 3,500 children in schools competitions; 3,404 young people in Ahead of the Game mental health programme; 3,145 (modelled) in after school clubs; 6,709 (modelled) in curriculum time sessions
  • Report period Nov 2023–Oct 2024; independently assessed by Substance Research; methodology independently validated using Sport England SROI framework

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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