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Rangers Charity Foundation Annual Review 2024/25

The Rangers Charity Foundation's Annual Review for season 2024/25 reports a powerful year of impact across its seven pillars: Potential, Healthy Lives, Everyone and Anyone, A Better World, Our Local Community, Giving and Dreams. Highlights include 23 Football Memories sessions for people with dementia at Ibrox, Football Fans in Training participants losing a combined 401kg, 211 adults using the Recovery Drop In Service, 80 people enjoying a Dream Day, 388 letters of support sent, 257 young people from 20 schools on the SQA Programme of Wider Achievement, a record £118,000 raised at the Back To The 80's Charity Ball, £60,000 from Broxi's Challenge, 597 new True Blue Heroes supporters, £20,000 donated to national partner SAMH and £17,000 to homeless charities in Glasgow.

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About

The Rangers Charity Foundation is the official charity of Rangers Football Club, using the power of the club to support people of all ages in Glasgow and beyond through health, education, inclusion and community programmes.

Key Metrics

401kg combined weight lost by Football Fans in Training participants
211 adults using the Recovery Drop In Service
£118,000 raised at the Back To The 80's Charity Ball, a record

Key Outcomes

  • 257 young people from 20 schools completed the SQA Programme of Wider Achievement
  • 80 Dream Day experiences for people facing illness or hardship
  • £37,000 donated to SAMH and Glasgow homeless charities

Geography

Scotland

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