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Community Impact Report 2025–26

YMCA of Northern Rock County's 2025–26 community impact report covers its two branches — Janesville YMCA and Parker YMCA in Milton — serving 10,188 members with 244,258 annual check-ins. Key highlights include $42,447 in financial assistance to 635+ members, 771 children in childcare, 202 children in swim lessons, 27,000+ meals served to youth, and $67,000 in subsidised senior memberships. The Y serves 113 zip codes across Rock County and surrounding Wisconsin communities.

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Membership and fitness; swim lessons; childcare (Y-Care before and after school, Early Learning Centers at both branches, School's Out programmes); youth sports; personal training (500+ hours); senior subsidised membership ($67,000 in subsidised fees for members 56 and older); SafeSitter courses; over 27,000 meals served to youth in the community

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 10,188 members with 244,258 annual check-ins across 2 branches serving 113 zip codes
Key Metric 2 771 children in childcare programmes; 202 children gained water confidence through swim lessons
Key Metric 3 $42,447 in financial assistance awarded to over 635 members to ensure no one is turned away for inability to pay

Key Outcomes

  • 1,223 hours volunteered by youth sports coaches to support young athletes across the community
  • 74 children completed SafeSitter courses improving home safety; $67,000 in subsidised membership fees provided for seniors aged 56 and older
  • Over 27,000 meals served to youth in the community; membership base reaches across 113 different zip codes in Rock County and surrounding areas

Geography

International

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
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...
Key Metric 2
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...
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
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
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
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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Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
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