Impact Report 2024/25

The Veterans' Foundation raises funds through the UK's largest single-cause Veterans' Lottery and awards grants to charities supporting serving personnel, veterans and their families.

Report snapshot
Major grants: £100,000–£200,000 for mental health projects Key Metric 1
Veterans' Lottery: largest single-cause lottery in UK Key Metric 2
Social media: record-breaking broadcasts in sector Key Metric 3
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📋About

Grant-making for veterans' charities, Veterans' Lottery, mental health & wellbeing funding, major grants programme

📊Key Metrics

Major grants: £100,000–£200,000 for mental health projects Key Metric 1
Veterans' Lottery: largest single-cause lottery in UK Key Metric 2
Social media: record-breaking broadcasts in sector Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Launched major grants programme providing £100k–£200k to mental health & wellbeing projects
  • Grew Veterans' Lottery into UK's largest single-cause lottery
  • Awarded scholarship to veteran to access higher education via Building Heroes partnership

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2023

Annual Report 2022

Annual report covers BrazilFoundation’s 2022 grantmaking and philanthropic activity across Brazil
Key Metric 1
Programmes and partnerships support grassroots civil society organisations working with underserved communities
Key Metric 2
Impact themes include education, poverty reduction, racial equity, gender equity, youth development and community empowerment
Key Metric 3
Strengthened grassroots organisations through funding, visibility and partnership support
2024

Impact Report 2023/24

15,377 people helped with 37,087 issues; average of 4.9 interrelated problems per person; £16.17 million in financial value to individuals; £29.33 million in wider economic and social benefits
Key Metric 1
£3.25 million saved by government and public services — £2.07 for every £1 invested; £289,138 saved by local government through reducing homelessness; £436,664 worth of volunteer hours contributed
Key Metric 2
397 people lifted out of food poverty via Financial Inclusion project; £300,000 distributed via Heating Bank; 97 Macmillan grants approved
Key Metric 3
7 in 10 people said their problem was solved following advice; 3 in 4 said they could not have resolved their problem without Citizens Advice; 60% felt less stressed, depressed or anxious after receiving help
2025

Your Impact in 2025

Nearly 2,000 children from slave-descent communities in Niger supported into schooling (majority girls)
Key Metric 1
New penal code in Niger updated to include heavy sentences for slavery practices following ASI advocacy
Key Metric 2
Income £3.69m in 2024/25; EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive influenced by ASI supply chain working group
Key Metric 3
Niger penal code amended to criminalise slavery practices; ASI advocacy directly cited in EU forced labour regulation and US Trafficking in Persons report