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Active Suffolk Impact Report 2025-26

Active Suffolk's Impact Report 2025-26 covers its work as the Active Partnership for Suffolk. Its Active Wellbeing Service saw 108 clients for an initial consultation; after three months 66% reported improved mental wellbeing and 90% were achieving at least 30 minutes of physical activity a week, up from 57% at baseline. The partnership invested £55,000 in community voice organisations and helped clubs in East Suffolk access more than £30,000 of additional funding.

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About

Active Suffolk is the Active Partnership for Suffolk, working with Suffolk County Council, Sport England, Integrated Care Boards, schools, clubs and community organisations to help people across the county move more. Its Impact Report 2025-26 covers children and young people, adults and older adults, workforce and place-based work. Highlights include 108 Active Wellbeing Service clients, of whom 66% reported improved mental wellbeing after three months, 90% achieving at least 30 minutes of weekly activity (from 57% at baseline) and 21% achieving 150 minutes (from 9%); 12 schools now engaged in its schools project; £55,000 invested in community voice organisations across six focus areas; more than £30,000 of additional funding secured for East Suffolk clubs; and 95% of participants rating programme content good or excellent.

Key Metrics

66% of Active Wellbeing Service clients reported improved mental wellbeing after 3 months
90% of clients achieving at least 30 minutes of physical activity a week at 3-month follow up, compared to 57% at baseline
£55,000 invested in community voice organisations across 6 focus areas

Key Outcomes

  • 21% of clients achieving at least 150 minutes of physical activity each week at 3-month follow up, compared to 9% at baseline
  • Clubs in East Suffolk supported to access more than £30,000 of additional funding
  • 95% of participants rated programme content good or excellent

Geography

East of England

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