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Impact Report 2024/2025

LifeCare Edinburgh reports on care, companionship and advice for older people and unpaid carers across Edinburgh in 2024/2025.

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LifeCare Edinburgh provides care, companionship and advice to older people and unpaid carers across Edinburgh.

Key Metrics

Clients and carers supported Over 860 clients and unpaid carers supported, with over 25,700 hours of essential care and support provided in people's own homes.

Key Outcomes

  • 94% of clients and unpaid carers said they would recommend LifeCare.

Geography

Scotland

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service