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Impact Report 2025-26

EMMS International's Impact Report 2025-26, published 24 September 2026, reports over 104,000 people helped in the last year, including 102,522 patients and family members receiving care, 1,174 staff trained in specialist palliative care and 192 people supported to advance in healthcare careers.

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About

International health charity established in 1841, working with partners in India, Malawi, Nepal, Zambia, Rwanda and the UK on sustainable healthcare, non-communicable diseases, the global healthcare workforce and health emergency response

Key Metrics

People helped Over 104,000 people helped in 2025-26, including patients, their families and healthcare workers, across India, Malawi, Nepal, Zambia, Rwanda and the UK
Patients and families cared for 102,522 patients and family members received care through non-communicable disease and palliative care programmes in 2025-26
Staff trained in palliative care 1,174 staff supported with training in specialist palliative care; 192 people advanced in healthcare careers and 86 helped in times of crisis

Key Outcomes

  • Life-changing palliative care reached thousands of patients in Nepal, Malawi and Rwanda, with impacts extending to families, communities and the local health workforce
  • Vulnerable women advanced into healthcare careers through the Healthcare Career Pathways programme, breaking cycles of financial hardship
  • Healthcare systems strengthened through workforce training and emergency health response

Geography

International

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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...
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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...
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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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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
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22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
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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
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1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
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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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349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
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£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
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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