Housing & Homelessness Health & Wellbeing Free 2024

Impact Report 2023/24

St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity's 2023/24 impact report covers its work preventing and resolving homelessness across the UK. 4,508 emergency grants totalling £1.78m helped 7,512 people. Six Frontline Fund organisations provided specialist support, and the Mental Health Fund backed three organisations tackling homelessness and mental health together. 937 frontline workers accessed training. A cash transfer randomised trial ran across Swansea, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford. Income was £5.19m. Closely partnered with BBC Radio 4 and The Connection at St Martin's.

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📋About

Emergency Vicar's Relief Fund (VRF) grants to individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness; Frontline Fund grants to six organisations across the UK providing specialist support (legal, health, counselling, youth services); Mental Health Fund grants to three organisations; frontline worker training and Frontline Network events; research and learning-led pilots including cash transfer trials and homelessness practice incubator; advocacy and policy influencing

📊Key Metrics

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24 Key Metric 1
937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent Key Metric 2
71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application
  • Frontline Fund supported Extern delivering 702 counselling sessions to 113 people experiencing homelessness and criminal justice involvement, with 78% showing significant mental health improvements and 35% achieving improved housing outcomes
  • The Connection at St Martin's supported with 1,230 health appointments for rough sleepers, intensive support for 146 people and 80 people directly accessing new accommodation; income £5.19m and charitable expenditure £5.13m for FY2023-24

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A Year in Review: Impact Report 2024–2025

23,371 visits to the centre from April 2024 to March 2025
Key Metric 1
45 people helped to secure their own permanent home
Key Metric 2
40 people supported into employment; 44 gained nationally recognised qualifications
Key Metric 3
150 people actively supported to maintain their accommodation; average income maximised by £601.03 per month per person
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Impact Report 2025

Total income £10,019,755 and total expenditure £9,525,116 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1086320); 5,880 individuals supported to belong, contribute and thrive across 24 YMCA locations in the Black Country; 570 individuals called YMCA home
Key Metric 1
131,185 bed nights provided to young people who would otherwise be homeless; 200,500 hours of funded early years education provided; 1,222 young people moved from receiving benefits into work or training; 523 children developing in nurseries across the Black Country
Key Metric 2
114 teenagers offered a safe home in YMCA Host families' spare rooms; 322 young people engaged with YMCA mentors to overcome barriers to employment; 737 people prioritising health and wellbeing at YGym West Bromwich; 261 hot meals provided to vulnerable people in Walsall
Key Metric 3
60% of Sandwell Youth Hub young people secured work placements or employment through partner organisations; 94% of early years places funded through government support; 12 Early Years apprentices from 2024 cohort secured permanent employment; 9 families supported to flee domestic abuse since April 2025 merger with Living Springs
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Impact Report 2024-25

226 residents supported on their journey away from homelessness in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
77 residents moved on into new homes; 100% maintained their new tenancies for at least 9 months
Key Metric 2
57 residents secured or sustained employment; 80 new residents found a safe space at Your Place
Key Metric 3
100% of residents supported to access external health services; 61% improved at least 3 areas on their Home Star