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Impact Report 2023-24

Wycombe Wanderers Foundation’s 2023/24 impact report presents a detailed snapshot of work across education and employability, health and inclusion, and sports participation. The Foundation positions football as a catalyst for physical activity, learning, confidence and social cohesion in High Wycombe and Buckinghamshire. It delivers school support, anti-discrimination workshops, SEND holiday camps, PL Kicks, Street Soccer, walking football, grassroots cups, player pathways and inclusive after-school provision for underprivileged children.

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School sport, SEND holiday camps, PL Kicks, walking football, anti-discrimination workshops

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 28 programmes and projects engaged over 9,250 participants, with more than 21,000 community project delivery hours
Key Metric 2 Sports Participation reached 10,783 participants; Health & Inclusion reached 5,730; Education & Employability reached 4,600
Key Metric 3 3,000+ participants engaged through in-school and after-school provision; 1,563+ through the development pathway; 630 holiday camp participants

Key Outcomes

  • Increased confidence and aspiration, including 99% confidence uplift and 75% inspiration uplift from education activations
  • Improved inclusion and understanding, including 98% of Show Racism the Red Card participants leaving with stronger understanding of stereotyping
  • Expanded sport participation and pathways, including 220 development fixtures, 600+ Grassroots Cup players and 17 players signed to professional academies

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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