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Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund Impact Report 2025/26

The first Impact Report of the Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund, launched 9 September 2026, tells the story of the Fund and the difference it makes for young people aged up to 18 in disadvantaged communities close to Samworth Brothers sites.

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About

The Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund is a charitable fund that awards grants to organisations creating opportunities for young people in disadvantaged communities close to Samworth Brothers sites.

Key Metrics

Record funding awarded A record £577,000 awarded during the 2025/26 financial year.
Organisations funded Around 60 organisations received funding to create opportunities for young people aged up to 18.
First report The Fund brought together the story of its work and community impact in its first ever Impact Report, featuring grants awarded, clubs supported, visits made and case studies.

Key Outcomes

  • Young people up to 18 in disadvantaged communities gained new opportunities through funded local organisations, clubs and projects.

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities