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Impact Report 2025-2026

Penhaligon's Friends' Impact Report 2025-2026 marks the Cornish charity's 30th anniversary of supporting bereaved children, young people and their families. In 2025/26 it supported 1304 children and young people and over 800 families across Cornwall, through family visits, memory days, support groups, activity days, one-to-one work, school support and telephone advice. Most referrals were families self-referring, followed by schools and other professionals, and over 30 years the charity has supported 13,291 children and young people.

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About

Penhaligon's Friends is a Cornish charity supporting bereaved children, young people and their families, and the professionals who work with them, through family visits, support groups, memory days, one-to-one support, school support, training and resources.

Key Metrics

1304 children and young people supported in 2025/26
800+ families supported across Cornwall
452 bespoke postal grief packs sent to children and young people

Key Outcomes

  • 13,291 children and young people supported over the charity's 30 years
  • Almost 40 families referred following a bereavement by suspected suicide received support
  • Donations increased by 14% to £166,058, helping keep the service flexible and responsive

Geography

South West

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