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Impact Report 2025/26: Stronger Together for London

London Plus (charity name Greater London Volunteering) is a pan-London infrastructure charity connecting, supporting and advocating for London's charities, community groups and local voluntary sector infrastructure, working with 30,500+ organisations across all 32 boroughs. Included as an agreed exception to the standard sector-coordination-body exclusion. Source: London Plus Impact Report 2025/26 PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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About

Hosts London's voluntary sector networks (London CVS Network, London Volunteer Centre Network, London Volunteering Strategy Group, London Communities Emergencies Partnership); produces blogs, newsletters and research/evidence tools (Creative Health Impact Framework, Voluntary Sector Infrastructure Insights Hub, Volunteering Data and Research Library); advocacy and policy engagement; System Leadership Programme with NHS and local government

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Hosted 15 network meetings bringing together 400+ partners, plus 15 targeted events engaging 290+ partners; connected with 580+ people from 280+ organisations across all London boroughs
Key Metric 2 Distributed over £350,000 directly supporting local charities, community groups and voluntary sector infrastructure organisations
Key Metric 3 Represented the sector in 21 strategic forums, consultations, working groups and advisory groups; Research Roundup distributed to 800+ cross-sector professionals

Key Outcomes

  • 84% of local infrastructure leaders reported being prepared to take part in planning, co-design or delivery of Neighbourhood Health Services
  • Confidence in evaluating creative health projects rose from 25% to 94% after a Creative Health Impact Framework workshop in Lewisham
  • 100% of attendees felt the LCEP Ready Together 2026 event was accessible and inclusive; 4 in 5 attendees made a new connection they would follow up

Geography

London

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
More than 12,000 New Yorkers served in calendar 2025
Key Metric 2
More than 9,000 diverted from unnecessary jail stays with support and treatment
Key Metric 3
83% of new 32-week employment programme graduates completed an industry-standard credential
91% of young people had no new arrest after participating in alternatives to incarceration.