2024 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024

Place2Be is a leading children's mental health charity, providing in-school counselling and mental health support in over 650 schools across England, Scotland and Wales. In 2023/24 the charity reached over 350,000 children and young people through its Whole School Approach, with 78% of primary-age children and 91% of secondary-age children showing improved mental health after one-to-one counselling. Total income was £24.9 million with total expenditure of £27.6 million, reflecting investment in expanded school-based services and workforce development.

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About

One-to-one and group counselling in schools; family practitioner and parenting support; Mental Health Champions training for school staff; counsellor training and qualifications; Children's Mental Health Week; policy and public affairs advocacy

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Work with over 650 schools reaching over 350,000 children and young people
Key Metric 2 78% of children aged 5-11 and 91% of children aged 11-18 showed improved mental health after one-to-one counselling
Key Metric 3 40,000+ pupils accessed Place2Talk self-referral service — the highest since 2020

Key Outcomes

  • 9,355 participants completed the Mental Health Champions Foundation programme; nearly 90,000 people have taken part since launch
  • 63% of children showed classroom learning improved after counselling; every £1 spent generates £8 in societal benefits (Pro Bono Economics, 2022)
  • 340,000 students joined Children's Mental Health Week 2024; evidence submitted to over 20 reports, consultations and inquiries across the UK

Geography

UK-Wide

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
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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
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3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022