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Annual Impact Report 2021/22

Rotherham United Community Sports Trust (RUCT) is the charitable arm of Rotherham United Football Club, based at the New York Stadium in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The 2021/22 Annual Impact Report covers delivery across youth and inclusion, NCS, health and wellbeing, sports participation and education, reaching 16,780 individual participants across 89 projects through 72 staff and 26 volunteers across 66 community facilities.

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Youth and Inclusion: Premier League Kicks, Universal Youth Work, Ability Counts disability provision, refugee support, Proud Millers LGBT+ group, Ramadan Football Tournament, Show Racism the Red Card events; NCS summer and autumn programmes with residentials and social action projects; NCS Changemakers scheme; Health and Wellbeing: Fit Millers 13-week weight management, mental health support; Sports Participation: Future Stars, Mini Millers, holiday camps, girls and boys football sessions; Education: Rotherham United Sports College (BTEC, Foundation Degree with University of South Wales and EFL Trust), employability partnership with DWP Custom geography from upload: Yorkshire & The Humber

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total income £2,140,000 and total expenditure £1,930,000 (year ended 31 August 2022); 16,780 individual participants engaged across 89 projects
Key Metric 2 72 members of staff and 26 volunteers; 66 community facilities used for delivery; 6,250 match tickets distributed to key workers
Key Metric 3 917 young people engaged in Premier League Kicks; 301 young people graduated NCS in Summer 2022; 68 graduated NCS in Autumn including 40 with SEND

Key Outcomes

  • NCS delivered to 40 young people with SEND in Autumn programme; 46 young people engaged in Changemakers social action scheme throughout 2021/22; over 40 local refugees attended matchday experience at New York Stadium funded by RMBC
  • Fit Millers programme supported over 200 adults through a 13-week healthy lifestyle course; DWP employability partnership introduced to support adults back into work or training
  • 80+ young people attended Youth Engagement sessions at New York Stadium and Parkgate Astro; 70+ young people attended Smiles for Miles football sessions; 90+ individuals took part in Ramadan Football Tournament

Geography

Yorkshire and the Humber

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