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BWitC Impact Report 2024-25

Official charity of Bolton Wanderers FC, delivering intervention and prevention programmes across Bolton under Start Well, Live Well and Age Well pillars. The 2024-25 report covers education, health, community engagement, fundraising and social value totalling £4.37m across all programmes.

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About

Early Years Stay, Play & Learn; primary schools PE & PSHE delivery; anti-discrimination workshops (1,000+ children); girls-only football (8 cohorts, ~120 children); Sutton Families programme; carers support; EFL Kids Cup; PL U11 Girls Cup; Wellbeing Hub; holiday camps; community events; Wanderers Sport in the Community football development (2,130 attendees) Custom geography from upload: United Kingdom

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Total social value: £4,372,766 (EFL/Sport England model) — £3,537,610 mental health; £435,251 education & employability; £316,745 physical health; £83,158 social
Key Metric 2 1,455 free lunches provided to 221 individuals over summer (Bolton Lunches / Urban Outreach partnership)
Key Metric 3 900+ children engaged in Show Racism the Red Card workshops — biggest such event in England; BWitC inducted into Show Racism the Red Card Hall of Fame at Buckingham Palace

Key Outcomes

  • 92% of Early Years parents reported improvement in child's physical skills; 75% use session activities at home daily or weekly; 85% of children felt closer to family through Sutton Families programme
  • 10 regular school partners plus 40+ individual school engagements; 24 teachers received CPD support; 30 targeted PSHE/English/Maths interventions (~240 hours) to ~180 participants
  • Double nomination at NW Football Awards 2024 (Community Club and Community Initiative of the Season); £2,062 raised via matchday Pound to the Ground campaign

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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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 2
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 3
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided...
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713...
Key Metric 2
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 3
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of...
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
6,744 participants engaged across education, social inclusion, employability, heritage and health programmes in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
37,357 hours of positive activity delivered; £3.9 million in social value generated
Key Metric 3
4,805 pupils supported across 58 education settings; 300+ young people referred across six Engage hubs in Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes
89% of young people attending Engage programme made positive steps; 92% of employability learners moved to positive progression