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Impact Card 2025

Vineyard Compassion's 2025 impact card covers its holistic anti-poverty work from the Hope Centre in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. 3,580 clients were supported through 14,618 sessions by 148 volunteers and 12 partner agencies. Key services include a foodbank providing nearly 24,000 meals, RESET Social Supermarket saving households £383 on average, counselling, a clothing bank, supported housing, and work placements. The charity also supported 200 newcomers from 14 nationalities and engaged in national advocacy with Trussell and at Westminster.

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About

Foodbank; RESET Social Supermarket; counselling service (1,444 sessions to 580 individuals); clothing bank Open Door (185 appointments, 247 people clothed); housing support (24 total residents, 10 new residents); Link Work Placements (39 men supported through work placements, 186 supported volunteer sessions); CAP Money and debt counselling; Newcomer Drop-In (200 clients from 14 nationalities); Eat Well Spend Less courses; Christmas hamper campaign

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 3,580 total clients supported with 14,618 support sessions in 2025; 148 volunteers and 12 partner agencies
Key Metric 2 23,868 meals provided and 2,652 people fed through foodbank (21.1 tonnes of food distributed from 17.2 tonnes donated by local community)
Key Metric 3 £24,937 in food costs saved by RESET Social Supermarket members, with an average saving of £383.65 per household across 65 households supported

Key Outcomes

  • 89% of Extern counselling recipients showed significant mental health improvement (via funded partner); housing sustained through NI Housing Executive Sustaining Tenancies partnership
  • 200 newcomer backpacks and 200 welcome packs distributed; 200 clients at Newcomer Drop-In from 14 nationalities; attended Humanitarian Reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by King Charles, February 2025
  • Participated in 'Guarantee our Essentials' Lobby Day at Westminster with Trussell Trust (June 2025); hosted 'Talking about Hunger' community conversation at the Hope Centre (June 2025); 189 people supported through Christmas campaign

Geography

Northern Ireland

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved