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Impact Report 2025-2026

REMAP is a UK charity that designs and builds free, bespoke assistive equipment for disabled people where no suitable commercial solution exists, delivered by volunteer engineers and makers through 64 branches across England, Wales and Scotland. Source: REMAP Impact Report 2025-2026 PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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About

Bespoke, person-centred assistive equipment designed and built free of charge for disabled people (average cost £125 per solution), delivered through 64 volunteer-run branches; referrals via occupational therapists, physiotherapists and other clinicians; partnerships with universities (Southampton, Leeds Beckett, Leeds) for occupational therapy and engineering student placements; partnerships with other disability charities and community organisations

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 3,244 referrals made during the year; custom solutions created for over 3,000 disabled people
Key Metric 2 774 dedicated volunteers contributed 49,585 hours to projects across 64 branches in England, Wales and Scotland
Key Metric 3 87.6% of clients experienced greater mobility, 88% reported being more active in daily life, 84.6% felt more confident and 81.5% experienced lower anxiety as a result of their REMAP solution (based on a survey of 180 clients)

Key Outcomes

  • 87.6% of clients experienced greater mobility as a result of their personalised REMAP solution
  • 88% of clients reported being more active in daily life following support
  • Over 145,000 lives transformed since REMAP began in 1964

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
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
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Key Metric 1
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