Impact Report 2025

West Sussex Mind supports adults, children and families across West Sussex. In 2024-25, 7,766 people were supported — a 22.8% increase — with 32,759 individual and group interventions. 9,429 people received training (up 54%), 524 people received crisis support through Staying Well, and 1,428 under-25s were supported. The charity raised £695,000 and spent £3.7m on services.

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📋About

Staying Well crisis service; adult and young people's mental health support; children's social prescribing in GP surgeries (8-17); parenting support; peer support groups; outreach to Polish, refugee and LGBTQIA+ communities; workplace wellbeing training; Mental Health First Aid; families support Custom geography from upload: West Sussex

📊Key Metrics

7,766 people supported in 2024-25 — a 22.8% increase on prior year; 32,759 individual and group interventions delivered Key Metric 1
9,429 people trained in mental health awareness and suicide prevention — up 54% from 6,111 in 2023-24 Key Metric 2
524 people supported through Staying Well crisis service; 1,489 adults supported in GP surgeries; 5,207 reached through Pan-Sussex Self-Harm Learning Network Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 1,428 under-25s supported across services; 512 children supported in GP surgeries with 2,413 one-to-one sessions; 261 parents and carers supported
  • 598 Polish people supported through outreach; 156 Ukrainian, Afghan and Syrian refugees supported; men accessing Families in Mind increased from 4% to 9% following Dad La Soul partnership
  • Awarded Mind Quality Mark with commendation; 9,547 calls answered by Help Point; total expenditure £3.7m (up 12.5%); new 2025-30 strategy co-produced with service users, staff and partners

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2026 Enhanced

Impact — Winter 2026

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 charitable activities including £1,079,000 on research, £1,366,000 on EB Community Support, £943,000 on public education, £270,000 on EB healthcare and £185,000 on respite breaks
Key Metric 1
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 fans and sheepskin liners; 2 new holiday homes purchased in 2025 with over 700 guests enjoying holiday homes; £34,000 raised through 2025 winter 'The Longest Night' appeal
Key Metric 2
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 Trust and King's College London; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed mapping global research priorities for all four main EB forms
Key Metric 3
£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
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 1
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 2
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
Key Metric 3
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
2025 Enhanced

Our Impact 2024-25

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 2
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to achieve this
Key Metric 3
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence