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WheelPower's Impact 2024/25

WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport, based at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, supporting disabled people of all ages to lead active lives. In 2024/25 it supported disabled people on over 77,500 occasions across a wide range of wheelchair and adaptive sports. Sourced from WheelPower's published impact page rather than a standalone PDF, as no separate annual impact report document was found.

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About

Wheelchair sport sessions and events (basketball, rugby, tennis, racing and more); training courses; exercise-at-home resources; equipment/wheelchair funding advice; National Junior Sport Festival Custom geography from upload: England (national reach, HQ Buckinghamshire)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Supported disabled people on 77,546 occasions in 2024/25
Key Metric 2 National charity for wheelchair sport, based at Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Key Metric 3 Delivers 25+ wheelchair and adaptive sport disciplines nationally, from grassroots to Paralympic pathway

Key Outcomes

  • Increasing numbers of disabled people playing sport year-on-year
  • Improved confidence, fitness and social connection reported through sport participation
  • Expanded access to sport for disabled people across local communities nationwide

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport