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Lord's Taverners Impact Report 2024/25

Lord's Taverners is a UK youth cricket and disability sports charity empowering young people facing inequality to fulfil their potential. Its 2024/25 Impact Report reports 33,323 young lives transformed through its Wicketz, Super 1s and SEND schools cricket programmes, with strong gains in confidence, inclusion and independence, and a growing Youth Ambassador programme shaping the charity's future direction.

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Wicketz community cricket for young people aged 8-19 in deprived areas; Super 1s disability cricket for ages 8-25 with a three-phase employability model; Cricket in SEND Settings using softball and table cricket; Youth Ambassador programme giving young people a role in governance Custom geography from upload: England

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 33,323 young lives transformed in 2024/25 through Wicketz, Super 1s and Cricket in SEND Settings programmes
Key Metric 2 984 SEND settings delivered cricket this year, reaching over 28,000 young people with a disability
Key Metric 3 29% of all programme participants are now female, including 13 girls-only Wicketz hubs

Key Outcomes

  • 97% of Wicketz participants felt more included and 97% felt more confident
  • 97% of Super 1s participants felt more included and 87% felt more independent
  • 59 employability workshops delivered in 2024/25 (up from 52 the previous year), engaging 197 participants across 17 counties

Geography

UK-Wide

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