Impact Report 2025

The Royal Anglian Regiment Charity supports serving soldiers, veterans, cadets, family members and supporters of the Royal Anglian Regiment — one of the British Army's largest infantry regiments. In 2025 the charity hosted 26 Big Breakfasts globally, attracting nearly 1,000 Royal Anglians, and held its annual Regimental Gathering and a battlefield study to Gallipoli with 30 members of the Family. 2,384 active users engaged on the CONNECT App, with 53,000+ social media followers and 650,000 website visits. Individual grants were awarded for home adaptations, mobility, debt, housing and mental health support. The Leafyard mental fitness app provides free access to all serving and veteran members. The charity also delivered the Silver Project recording 1,262 items of Regimental silver, completed conservation of the Gandamak Colour, and supported the IWM Duxford Regimental Memorial. A peer-led veteran welfare telephone network launches in 2026.

Report snapshot
2,384 active users on the Royal Anglian CONNECT App in 12 months; 53,000+ active followers across social media; 650,000 hits on the Regimental website; 350+ news articles posted on CONNECT Key Metric 1
26 National Big Breakfasts hosted across locations including Grimsby, Dubai and Sydney — nearly 1,000 Royal Anglians gathering to renew connections and support mental health and wellbeing Key Metric 2
Grants awarded across a wide range of needs including home adaptations, mobility aids, debt support, housing support, mental health and wellbeing, training and work tools, and travel assistance; 1,262 items of Regimental silver recorded through the Silver Project Key Metric 3
12 Views

📋About

Individual financial grants (crisis, illness, family emergencies, housing, mobility, home adaptations); Leafyard digital mental fitness app (free for all serving personnel and veterans); Royal Anglian CONNECT App; Big Breakfasts across UK and internationally; Regimental Gathering (annual open-air reunion); battlefield study (Gallipoli 2025); sporting events (boxing, cricket, skiing, cycling, golf, rugby, football); heritage and museum operations; Combat2Coffee peer support partnership; Hospital Liaison Volunteers Custom geography from upload: UK-wide & International

📊Key Metrics

2,384 active users on the Royal Anglian CONNECT App in 12 months; 53,000+ active followers across social media; 650,000 hits on the Regimental website; 350+ news articles posted on CONNECT Key Metric 1
26 National Big Breakfasts hosted across locations including Grimsby, Dubai and Sydney — nearly 1,000 Royal Anglians gathering to renew connections and support mental health and wellbeing Key Metric 2
Grants awarded across a wide range of needs including home adaptations, mobility aids, debt support, housing support, mental health and wellbeing, training and work tools, and travel assistance; 1,262 items of Regimental silver recorded through the Silver Project Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Battlefield study to Gallipoli in 2025 brought together 30 members of the Royal Anglian Family including serving soldiers from all three battalions and veterans — delivering professional military education, honouring the fallen and strengthening serving-veteran connections
  • Dedicated telephone welfare network for Royal Anglian veterans — peer-led, delivered by trained volunteers providing listening support and signposting — planned for launch in 2026 following first year of strategy implementation
  • Conservation of the Gandamak Colour (1800s, Badajoz battle honour) completed following mould damage; Regimental Museum relocated to temporary display at IWM Duxford during construction of new permanent home; annual Remembrance Day service at Duxford memorial attracted up to 400 attendees

📍Geography

East of England

2023

Annual Report 2022

Annual report covers BrazilFoundation’s 2022 grantmaking and philanthropic activity across Brazil
Key Metric 1
Programmes and partnerships support grassroots civil society organisations working with underserved communities
Key Metric 2
Impact themes include education, poverty reduction, racial equity, gender equity, youth development and community empowerment
Key Metric 3
Strengthened grassroots organisations through funding, visibility and partnership support
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

15,377 people helped with 37,087 issues; average of 4.9 interrelated problems per person; £16.17 million in financial value to individuals; £29.33 million in wider economic and social benefits
Key Metric 1
£3.25 million saved by government and public services — £2.07 for every £1 invested; £289,138 saved by local government through reducing homelessness; £436,664 worth of volunteer hours contributed
Key Metric 2
397 people lifted out of food poverty via Financial Inclusion project; £300,000 distributed via Heating Bank; 97 Macmillan grants approved
Key Metric 3
7 in 10 people said their problem was solved following advice; 3 in 4 said they could not have resolved their problem without Citizens Advice; 60% felt less stressed, depressed or anxious after receiving help
2025

Your Impact in 2025

Nearly 2,000 children from slave-descent communities in Niger supported into schooling (majority girls)
Key Metric 1
New penal code in Niger updated to include heavy sentences for slavery practices following ASI advocacy
Key Metric 2
Income £3.69m in 2024/25; EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive influenced by ASI supply chain working group
Key Metric 3
Niger penal code amended to criminalise slavery practices; ASI advocacy directly cited in EU forced labour regulation and US Trafficking in Persons report