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Oldham Athletic Community Trust Impact Report 2025 and Beyond!

Official charity of Oldham Athletic AFC, working across the borough to address inequality through sport, education and health programmes. The 2025 report covers primary schools, Premier League Kicks, women & girls football, health & wellbeing, and community fundraising following the club's Wembley playoff promotion.

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About

Primary schools PE programme; Premier League Kicks; Soccer Schools & HAF; Holiday Activities and Food (40 free places/week); adult Just Play sessions (144 hours free); Silver Latics (55+ social sessions); women & girls football programme; walking football; matchday community experiences; home education pilot Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 5,000+ children engaged weekly through school-based PE delivery across 26 partner schools (1,330 hours of physical activity)
Key Metric 2 480 young people engaged through Premier League Kicks; 2,803 participants in Soccer Schools and HAF provision
Key Metric 3 2,792 community player engagements; 3,750 children inspired through Oldham Athletic national league promotion trophy tour

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of home education pilot children reported feeling more confident and part of a team; 1,000+ free match tickets distributed to local families, schools and community groups
  • Won Women In Football Promoting Inclusion Award 2025 at Northwest Football Awards; Silver Latics sessions featured on ITV
  • £10,000+ raised through matchdays supporting 15 local charities; Sleep Out raised £6,500; Golf Day raised £2,500; ~10% of annual income now from non-restricted fundraising

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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
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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
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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