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We Are Survivors Impact Report 2025-26

We Are Survivors supports male survivors of sexual harm. Its 2025-26 impact report, covering the year ending 31 March 2026, charts performance and achievements across counselling, ISVA support, group work, safeguarding, outreach and prevention, alongside client data and case studies.

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About

We Are Survivors is a charity based in Salford, Greater Manchester, supporting male survivors of sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation. It provides counselling, Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) support, group work, a 24/7 support line, and outreach, training and prevention work across the region and beyond.

Key Metrics

Clients supported 2,819 clients were supported in 2025-26.
Referrals received 1,747 referrals were made into We Are Survivors services in 2025-26.
Therapy hours 6,603 hours of one-to-one therapy were delivered.
ISVA support 2,422 hours of Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) activities were delivered.
Group work 998 hours of group work were delivered, within a total of 40,862 activities across all services.

Key Outcomes

  • Male survivors accessed counselling, ISVA support and group work that helped them process trauma and rebuild their lives.
  • Outreach, prevention and best-practice guidance improved how commissioners, practitioners and community partners support male survivors.

Geography

North West

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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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
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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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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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