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Annual Report 2024-25

Holborn Community Association is a 35-year-old community charity based in Holborn, London, working with 1,820 unique users across 34,472 attendances in 2024/25. It delivers intergenerational programmes spanning day care for older adults with complex needs, play and movement activities for under-5s and children, creative arts for young people with additional needs, and outreach to isolated older people through its Doorstep Help and befriending service. 80% of its work with older adults is with those in the top 30% most affected by income deprivation nationally.

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About

Day care and outreach for older adults with complex needs including dementia and COPD; under-5s play programme; gymnastics, dance and movement classes for children; creative arts for young people with mental health and additional needs; weekly Memory Café; low-cost Lunch Club; Doorstep Help befriending project

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 1,820 unique users and 34,472 attendances in 2024/25, with a further 2,300 attendances at community clubs hosted by HCA
Key Metric 2 80% of interactions with older adults are with those in the top 30% most affected by income deprivation nationally
Key Metric 3 115 volunteers contributed nearly 2,000 hours in 2024/25, supporting befriending, classes and community events

Key Outcomes

  • Community Arts Exhibition on Kingsway drew 400+ visitors over 3 days, showcasing work by residents of all ages under the 'Roots/Routes' theme
  • Doorstep Help project relaunched in 2024, matching volunteers with isolated older adults for practical support and ongoing befriending relationships
  • 38% of interactions with children are in areas in the top 20% most deprived nationally, demonstrating targeted reach in an area of stark inequality

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
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