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Impact Report 2024 (covering 2022/23)

Hackney CVS is the voluntary and community sector infrastructure body for City and Hackney, supporting 2,627 registered charities. In 2022-23, 540 organisations received infrastructure support; 93 grants worth £881,138 were distributed through Hackney Giving including 43 cost-of-living grants supporting 4,467 households; 37 training events reached 472 attendees; and £1,492,887 was invested across the local VCS. 97% of forum attendees rated content as high quality.

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Organisational development (training, advice, governance); Hackney Giving grants programme; VCS Neighbourhoods Programme; health transformation / VCS Enabler Programme; Lunch Club Network (12 clubs, residents 55+); youth leadership programmes; VCS Assemblies; anti-racist commissioning; neighbourhood forums Custom geography from upload: London Borough of Hackney / City of London

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 540 organisations provided with infrastructure support; £1,492,887 invested across City & Hackney VCS
Key Metric 2 93 grants made to 71 VCS organisations totalling £881,138; 43 cost-of-living grants supporting 4,467 households
Key Metric 3 37 training events with 472 attendees; 34 network meetings with 297 attendees; 24 neighbourhood forums with 286 attendees

Key Outcomes

  • 97% of forum attendees rated them as high quality; 94% rated information and advice as high quality; 92% would recommend Hackney CVS
  • Anti-racist commissioning principles co-produced through VCS Enabler Programme; Tree of Life mental health programme delivered in schools through Youth Leadership Model
  • VCS Neighbourhoods Programme expanded to all 8 Hackney neighbourhoods; 88.7% of local VCS organisations reported increase in demand for services (60% said drastic increase); 25,326 individuals visited hcvs.org.uk

Geography

London

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
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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
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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
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction