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Dementia UK Impact Report 2024–25

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity. Their 2024–25 impact report covers a record 41,757 helpline contacts, 476 Admiral Nurses nationwide, 4,600+ virtual clinic appointments, the launch of dementia clinics in 200 Nationwide branches, and £31.4m raised — £8.9m more than the previous year.

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Admiral Nurse Helpline, virtual clinics (4,600+ appointments), Nationwide in-branch dementia clinics (200 branches), 'Dementia: what next?' online sessions, Consultant Admiral Nurses for complex needs, Young Dementia Network, Dementia at Work guides, General Election campaign

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 41,757 calls and emails answered by Admiral Nurses on the Helpline — more than ever before — and £31.4m raised, up £8.9m on the previous year
Key Metric 2 476 Admiral Nurses across the UK — growing the workforce to reach more families with expert specialist dementia support
Key Metric 3 Dementia clinics launched in 200 Nationwide branches across the UK, with aim of supporting 100,000 people through specialist dementia advice

Key Outcomes

  • More families accessed specialist dementia nursing advice through helpline and virtual clinic support
  • Admiral Nurse provision expanded across the UK to reach more people affected by dementia
  • 13,000 supporters signed open letter to party leaders; 400 General Election candidates agreed to meet Dementia UK if elected; 44,546 people took part in virtual fundraising events

Geography

UK-Wide

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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Key Metric 1
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