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We Are With You · London, UK (services across England and Scotland)

We Are With You Annual Report and Accounts 2024/25

We Are With You's Annual Report and Accounts for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 shows how the drug, alcohol and mental health charity supported more than 100,000 people across its services in England and Scotland. It worked with 72,618 adults to overcome challenges with drugs and alcohol, supported 6,362 young people aged 11 to 24, and 24,751 people received help from a trained adviser on its webchat. As Scotland's largest third-sector provider of drug and alcohol services, it supported over 14,000 people across 14 services there. 12,458 people began treatment in its mental health programme.

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About

We Are With You is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity with over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free, confidential support without judgement to more than 100,000 people a year. It is working towards a future free from harm caused by alcohol, drug and mental health challenges, and offers face-to-face services alongside a live webchat and digital support.

Key Metrics

72,618 adults supported in England and Scotland to overcome challenges with drugs and alcohol
6,362 young people aged 11-24 supported with drug, alcohol and mental health challenges
24,751 people helped by a trained adviser on the webchat service

Key Outcomes

  • Supported over 14,000 people across 14 services in Scotland as the country's largest third-sector provider of drug and alcohol services.
  • 12,458 people began treatment in its mental health programme.
  • 203 volunteers gave 20,002 hours to support its work and role model recovery.

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
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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...
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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...
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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
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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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