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Impact Report September 2023 – August 2024

Leyton Orient Trust is the official charity of Leyton Orient Football Club, based at Brisbane Road in Leyton, East London. The 2023-24 Impact Report covers September 2023 to August 2024, documenting £1.3 million invested across programmes in four London boroughs, engaging 10,000 individuals through education, health and wellbeing, employability, and sport provision including 129 partner schools and a range of funded community programmes.

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Premier League Primary Stars in 129 partner schools; Joy of Moving (3,620 pupils, 27 schools); Premier League Kicks youth outreach; Girls Emerging Talent Centre; Talking Tactics youth mental health mentoring (NELFT partnership); Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) in Waltham Forest and Redbridge; Chances mentoring (Sport England social investment bond); PL Inspires; BTEC further education (16–18, with Waltham Forest College); Community Health Champions; Coping Through Football mental health programme; Training Ground NEET employability; Game Changer employability programme; club liaison and fan engagement

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £1.3 million invested in the community; 10,000 individuals engaged across Waltham Forest, Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Redbridge
Key Metric 2 Total income £1,340,000 and total expenditure £1,280,000 for the year ended 31 August 2024
Key Metric 3 129 partner schools engaged; 6,175 pupils engaged through Premier League Primary Stars; 1,237 participants in Premier League Kicks with 43 volunteers

Key Outcomes

  • 90 students enrolled on BTEC programmes; 87 achieved a qualification across all BTEC levels; retention and progression rates maintained
  • Chances programme delivered over 500 hours of 1:1 mentoring across 5 schools; 73 of 85 referrals achieved improved school attendance and 5 gained a qualification
  • Coping Through Football engaged 161 adults and 61 young people with mental health support; 25 young people supported through Talking Tactics early intervention mental health mentoring

Geography

London

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