Sport & Physical Activity Education & Young People 2025
Wrexham AFC Foundation

Community Impact 2024/25

Wrexham AFC Foundation is the official charity of Wrexham AFC, based at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, North Wales. The 2024/25 Community Impact Report documents work across local programmes including Street Dragons, Premier League Primary Stars, Ability Dragons and girls' football, alongside international outreach in Lesotho, Australia and New York, and a UN commitment to Football for the Goals.

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📋About

Street Dragons youth outreach (580+ young people across Caia Park, Queensway, Venture, Cefn Mawr and Rhosllanerchrugog); Premier League Primary Stars (600+ children aged 5–11); Premier League Kicks; Premier League Inspires; PowerWise energy safety education (473 children, SP Energy Networks); Captains of the Future leadership programme; girls' football in 12 primary schools (251 girls, 904 attendances); Ability Dragons disability football; Powerchair Football; Twinning Partnership with Kick4Life FC (Lesotho); soccer camps in Australia (322 players) and New York (39 children); Racecourse Live community ticket programme

📊Key Metrics

Total income £209,396 and total expenditure £129,605 (year ended 31 August 2024); £180,000 raised for Charity of the Year Wrexham Miners Project in 2024/25 Key Metric 1
8,435 participants across programmes; 20,989 visits across delivery programmes; 1,418 sessions and events delivered; 84% free sessions and events Key Metric 2
36% female participation across all projects; 3,100 match tickets given away to schools and community groups; international delivery in Lesotho, Australia and New York Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 83% of girls engaged in girls' football sessions were playing formal football for the first time; 240+ young people with disabilities and additional learning needs engaged across programmes; 104 Street Dragons participants connected with 547 young people in Lesotho through the Curriculum for Good
  • 180+ young people aged 14+ accessed targeted sessions on anti-social behaviour, knife crime and discrimination in partnership with North Wales Police; 220+ Street Dragons participants attended five or more sessions demonstrating sustained engagement
  • Wrexham AFC co-chairman Ryan Reynolds led a Club delegation to the United Nations pledging support for Football for the Goals (UN Sustainable Development Goals); Kick4Life FC delegation visited Wrexham in October 2024; Foundation coaches travelled to Lesotho in February 2025 engaging 425 young people

📍Geography

Wales

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