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Our Impact 2024-25

Health in Mind delivers mental health support across Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. In 2024-25, 2,053 people were supported through 49 service teams; counselling clients saw a 30% average improvement in wellbeing; 241,871 users accessed digital mental health portals; and 135 volunteers contributed. Social value generated was £3.39 for every £1 spent.

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Early intervention and peer support; counselling and talking therapies (including for D/deaf people); trauma support; in care survivor support (Future Pathways); guided self help; arts psychotherapy; nature and physical activity wellbeing; digital mental health information portals; trauma training programme Custom geography from upload: Scotland (Edinburgh / Lothians / Scottish Borders)

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 2,053 people supported through 49 service teams across 5 local authority areas
Key Metric 2 241,871 users accessed 4 digital mental health portals; counselling clients averaged 30% improvement in mental health and wellbeing
Key Metric 3 £3.39 social value generated for every £1 spent; 135 volunteers involved; 98% of people felt treated with respect and their views were heard

Key Outcomes

  • 96% of people agreed they were supported with compassion and care; 99% agreed they had better understanding of their mental health as a result of support
  • Support provided for 800+ adults who experienced childhood abuse in Scottish care system through In Care Survivors Alliance Future Pathways project
  • 177 staff employed across 5 offices; 114 people completed trauma training programme; first ever Darkness into Light event co-hosted in Scotland raising £5,300; carbon neutral organisation

Geography

Scotland

Impact Snapshot
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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