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Impact Report 2025/26

Exeter Community Initiatives' Impact Report 2025/26 shares how the Exeter charity supported 18,884 people this year across its community, family and volunteering services, including 241 people taking part in workshops and 806 residents supported by Community Builders to move their ideas into action.

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About

Exeter Community Initiatives is a registered charity (No. 1026229) working alongside individuals and communities in Exeter and Devon, providing accessible support, learning and growth in safe spaces.

Key Metrics

People supported 18,884 people supported across Exeter Community Initiatives services in 2025-26
Workshop participants 241 people took part in workshops, with 141 hours of creative workshops delivered
Residents into action 806 residents supported by Community Builders to move their ideas into action, with 60 ideas turned into action
Volunteer hours Volunteers gave 3,050 hours, equating to £41,022 at the Real Living Wage
Families felt heard 100% of families supported felt heard

Key Outcomes

  • 18,884 people were supported through ECI's community, family and learning services in 2025-26.
  • 806 residents were supported by Community Builders to move their ideas into action, with 60 ideas turned into action.
  • 100% of families supported felt heard.

Geography

South West

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
8,033 children, adults and families affected by a disappearance helped in 2022/23
Key Metric 2
35,064 TextSafe® messages sent to missing children and adults; 2,960 Suicide Risk TextSafe® messages to high-risk individuals
Key Metric 3
40% of Lost Contact tracing cases successfully resolved; 1,000+ multi-agency professionals trained
30th anniversary year: over 10 years and £10 million raised by players of People's Postcode Lottery for Missing People's services
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
CHF 3 million+ total programme funding raised in 2025 — a record — with CHF 1.3 million redeployed directly to YMCA National Movements
Key Metric 2
2.5 million people reached through digital skilling initiatives via HP partnership across 30 YMCA partners since 2021
Key Metric 3
37,000 people directly reached per Community Wellbeing project (1.3 million indirectly); 85 new Change Agents enrolled from 44 countries
5,000 jobs to be created under Igniting Youth Futures (USD 5.2 million Accenture/Macquarie-funded); 750+ young people already reached at year-end
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
95 individual young people in under-16s groups; 85 in over-16s groups; 42 in Transformers (trans/non-binary); 114 young people supported through 385 one-to-one sessions
Key Metric 2
149 parents and carers supported across 44 online and in-person groups; 3,500+ participants in training and workshops across 97 sessions
Key Metric 3
96% of young people said Allsorts groups had been of help; 75% said coming to Allsorts improved their overall wellbeing
Won Investing in Children's Member of the Year Award for extensive youth voice integration; 100% of Summer Programme participants enjoyed activities
Impact Snapshot
Annual social value
GBP 2.3 million of annual social value created through football participation, volunteering and community programmes.
Grassroots football improved health and wellbeing, brought people together, developed volunteers and created opportunities for thousands of local people of all ages and abilities across Faversham and the surrounding area.