Our Impact 2024-25

Blind Veterans UK has been rebuilding veterans' lives after sight loss for 111 years. In 2024/25 the charity supported 3,600 blind veterans across the UK, completed 1,598 rehabilitation referrals, trained 313 veterans on assistive technology, and ran 980 local activities and events. Its befriending service — delivered by 997 volunteers who gave 26,824 hours — received the Quality in Befriending Excellence award. Total income was £27.8 million with total expenditure of £42 million, reflecting significant investment from charitable reserves.

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📋About

Sight loss rehabilitation and mobility training; assistive technology training and equipment recycling; National Creative Wellbeing Project; health and wellbeing programmes; social groups and military events; befriending and home visitor volunteering; centre-based and community outreach support

📊Key Metrics

3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25 Key Metric 1
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training Key Metric 2
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to achieve this Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
  • 85p of every £1 donated spent on charitable activities; 980 local activities and events run across communities in 2024/25
  • 111 years of supporting blind veterans since 1914; Quality in Befriending Excellence award achieved

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2024 Enhanced

Annual Report and Accounts 2024

349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 1
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 2
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Key Metric 3
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022
2024 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024

Work with over 650 schools reaching over 350,000 children and young people
Key Metric 1
78% of children aged 5-11 and 91% of children aged 11-18 showed improved mental health after one-to-one counselling
Key Metric 2
40,000+ pupils accessed Place2Talk self-referral service — the highest since 2020
Key Metric 3
9,355 participants completed the Mental Health Champions Foundation programme; nearly 90,000 people have taken part since launch
2025 Enhanced

Annual Report and Financial Statements 2024-25

Over 66,000 people reached through support services in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
Nearly 38,000 people received personalised support from local Stroke Support Coordinators
Key Metric 2
£31.4 million raised in fundraised income — the charity's best-ever fundraising year
Key Metric 3
434 active Stroke Support Groups helping around 13,000 stroke survivors and families