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Annual Impact Report 2025-26

Your Trust's Annual Impact Report 2025-26 tells the story of a year in which the Rochdale leisure and culture charity welcomed 1,623,465 visits, supported over 52,000 people through targeted projects, provided 40,500 nutritious meals to children and families and helped 88% of Falls Prevention participants improve their strength and balance.

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About

Your Trust is the trading name of Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust, a registered charity (No. 1118610) empowering people across the Rochdale borough to live active, creative, happy and healthy lives through leisure, sport, arts, culture and learning services.

Key Metrics

Visits welcomed 1,623,465 visits to Your Trust leisure and cultural venues across Rochdale in 2025-26
People supported Over 52,000 people supported through targeted projects in 2025-26
Young visitors 31% of visits to Your Trust came from those aged 16 and under
Falls Prevention 88% improved their strength and balance through Falls Prevention, and 95% reduced their resting heart rate through Cardiac Rehab
Nutritious meals 40,500 nutritious meals provided to children and families in 2025-26
Concessions accessed 7,779 local residents benefitted from concessions through the Your Extra card

Key Outcomes

  • 88% of participants improved their strength and balance through Falls Prevention, 95% reduced their resting heart rate through Cardiac Rehab and 100% boosted their wellbeing through Functional Fitness.
  • 40,500 nutritious meals were provided to children and families, working with 81 partner organisations.
  • 127 young people received personalised support and 150 young people were supported every week through youth programmes.

Geography

North West

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