Urban Partnership Group Annual Report 2025

Urban Partnership Group (UPG) is a Hammersmith and Fulham charity operating four community sites — Masbro Centre, Flora Gardens Children's Centre, Brook Green Nursery and Edward Woods Community Centre — serving some of West London's most disadvantaged residents. In 2024/25 it welcomed 899 families to its children's centres, supported 3,000+ families through outreach, ran 57 parenting programmes for 346 parents (including at HMP Wormwood Scrubs), supported 246 young people with SEN through Fit 'N Fed, and hosted 500+ people weekly at Edward Woods. Total income was £1.41 million with a surplus of £139,154. The charity speaks over 20 languages across its teams and services.

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📋About

Masbro and Flora Gardens Children's Centres (923 sessions, 899 families, 20+ languages spoken); Brook Green Nursery (30-space provision for 2-year-olds, 30+ families/week at Play & Learn); Confident Parent Happy Child (CPHC) parenting programme (346 parents, 57 programmes, including HMP Wormwood Scrubs delivery); Outreach Team (food bank referrals, housing, benefits, school applications); Masbro Youth Club / Fit 'N Fed (246 young people with SEN aged 8–19, DofE, Jack Petchey, QPR and YoungMinds partnerships); Masbro Elders Project (trips, intergenerational arts with Royal College of Art, cultural outings); Edward Woods Community Centre (30+ organisations hosted, adult sports, health and wellbeing, faith groups); Adult Learning (Functional Skills English, ICT, ESOL, Employability; outstanding Edexcel Pearson accreditation) Custom geography from upload: Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, UK

📊Key Metrics

899 families welcomed to children's centres; 923 sessions delivered to under-5s; 3,000+ instances of low-level family support from outreach team; 246 young people supported through Fit 'N Fed programme Key Metric 1
346 parents supported through 57 evidence-based parenting programmes; 49 new adult learners enrolled; 500+ people welcomed weekly at Edward Woods Community Centre Key Metric 2
£1,406,939 total income (2024: £1,416,207); surplus of £139,154; 80+ elders at Christmas lunch; 169 children and adults taken to Kew Gardens; 155 DBS checks completed Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 100% of parents in CPHC reported positive impacts with an average rating of 4.75/5; parenting programme delivered at HMP Wormwood Scrubs — 10 fathers completed transformative fatherhood course
  • New sensory room opened at Brook Green Nursery for SEND children; partnership with Kew Gardens delivering nature-based sessions; weekly food support programme launched at Edward Woods in partnership with local Gurdwara
  • Six young people received Jack Petchey Awards; corporate volunteers from L'Oréal, ITV, LWT, Olympia and Good Gym transformed gardens and delivered elder events; Jacquie Boyce retired after 25 years of service to the community

📍Geography

London

2025 Enhanced

World YMCA Annual Report 2025

CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 1
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 2
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
Key Metric 3
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
2025 Enhanced

Allsorts Youth Project Annual Report 2023–24

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 1
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 2
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Key Metric 3
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
2025

Islington Giving Impact Report 2025

£1.38 million raised; £1.12 million awarded in grants; 13,200 people reached through funding (estimated); 76 organisations supported with grants between £2,000 and over £100,000
Key Metric 1
70 community ideas brought to life with £500 Make it Happen grants; 30 local people involved in resident-led grant making; 36 alumni engaged in further activities and opportunities
Key Metric 2
£12.5 million raised and invested since 2010; £490,000 committed to food-related projects since 2022 (Google.org funded); 5,100 households in Islington at extreme food insecurity; 43% of children in Islington living in poverty
Key Metric 3
135 residents have participated in grant-making since 2018, distributing £1.67 million to local projects; Islington resident Izzy (Young Grant Maker 2022) now sits on the Endowments Investing Challenge alongside major foundations — putting young people at the heart of investment decisions