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Impact Report 2024-25

SafeLives celebrated its 21st year in 2024-25 with a landmark impact report and new 2025-28 strategy. Nearly 130,000 MARAC cases were heard across the UK, 15,000+ professionals trained, and the Drive Project expanded nationally with renewed Home Office investment. Survivor leadership through Authentic Voice and a Whole Picture approach to systems change remain central to the charity's work.

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MARAC national data platform, Drive Project perpetrator programme, CADA children's programme, Authentic Voice survivor leadership, Whole Picture local systems work, workforce training across policing, health, housing and justice

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Nearly 130,000 MARAC cases heard with 150,000+ children linked (year to March 2025)
Key Metric 2 15,000+ learners trained across 700+ sessions; 70,000+ police officers trained since inception
Key Metric 3 Total income £10.629m — 7.3% increase on previous year

Key Outcomes

  • Drive Project expanded with new Home Office investment; 1,100 referrals in 2024-25, 7,000+ total to date
  • 600+ children supported through CADA programme; funding secured to March 2026
  • First survivor-led Authentic Voice conference held in Scotland; new Hampshire survivor panel launched

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved