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Impact Report 2024

Preston North End Community and Education Trust’s 2024 impact report sets out a club charity model focused on community engagement, education and employment, and health and wellbeing. The Trust launched its 2024–2027 #NorthEndTogether strategy and reported record investment into the Preston community. Its programme portfolio includes youth mental health, Healthy Weight support, heritage engagement, education and employability pathways, Invest In Youth, Multi-Skills qualifications, community events and school-based activity.

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About

Education and employment pathways, youth mental health, Healthy Weight support, community events

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 17,000 individuals benefitted from the charity’s work in 2024, supported by 52 full-time staff
Key Metric 2 Over £1.7 million invested into the Preston community in 2024
Key Metric 3 Education and employment strand worked with 5,370 individuals; 53 participants gained a qualification; 21 NEET young people were supported; 13 young people progressed into education or training

Key Outcomes

  • Enhanced lives through health and wellbeing support, including new youth mental health and Healthy Weight activity
  • Improved employability and education pathways through qualifications, Invest In Youth and progression support
  • Connected communities through heritage, engagement and positive community events linked to Preston North End FC

Geography

North West

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