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Impact Report 2023-2024

Share Community provides specialist programmes for adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs across four sites in south London, including a new community cafe and sports site opened at Vauxhall in 2023-24. Note: this report covers the 2023-24 financial year (April 2023-March 2024); a more recent edition may since have been published. Source: Share Community Impact Report 2023-2024 PDF, retrieved Sept 2026.

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Specialist day programmes across four sites in south London for adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, covering catering and hospitality (Share Community Cafe and catering services), horticulture (Share Garden), independent living skills, digital finance, music, sport and physical activity, Out and About community courses, Steps into Employment, and a befriending and volunteering programme

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 172 students took part in programmes from March 2023 to April 2024
Key Metric 2 Provided 5,777 free healthy meals to around 200 Lambeth households during the height of the cost-of-living crisis
Key Metric 3 Student Star™ outcome scores increased on average by 10% this year, with improvement in eight of nine outcome areas

Key Outcomes

  • Social responsibility scores rose 23% and work readiness scores rose 16% year-on-year, driven by the new Vauxhall community meals and sports programmes
  • 100% of Steps into Employment students can now match their skills to specific jobs and understand workplace behaviour
  • Volunteers contributed over 4,000 hours, valued at over £51,000 at London Living Wage rates (GBP)

Geography

London

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
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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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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