Impact Report 2021/22

Ipswich Town Foundation is the official charity of Ipswich Town Football Club, based at Portman Road in Ipswich, Suffolk. The 2021/22 Impact Report showcases the Foundation's rapid growth from launch in 2019 to a staff of 36 contracted and 75 casual employees, delivering football pathways, community open access, disability sport, education in 42 schools, and funded projects including refugee football and prison programmes across Suffolk.

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📋About

Football pathway programmes including Town Tots, Player Development Centres, Girls and Boys EPDC and ATC, Bluey's Ballers and Wildcats; community open access sessions; disability sport; walking football; education provision in 42 schools; Post-16 Football and Education programme; NCS workshops; refugee football; prison programmes at HMP Hollesley Bay and HMP Warren Hill; Sport England Euro 2020 legacy project; Twinning Project

📊Key Metrics

Total income £976,320 and total expenditure £982,470 for the year ended 30 June 2022 Key Metric 1
Football pathway provision spanning 22 Town Tots to 903 boys EPDC participants across Suffolk and surrounding areas Key Metric 2
Organisation grew from 3 contracted staff and 5 casual staff at launch (October 2019) to 36 contracted staff and 75 casual staff by June 2022 Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 42 schools engaged with 460 children per week and 210 delivery hours per week across education programmes
  • Prison football programmes delivered at HMP Hollesley Bay (16 participants) and HMP Warren Hill (14 participants) through the Twinning Project (£15,000 funded)
  • Refugee football programme delivered across four venues (Portman Road, Murrayside, Copdock, Gainsborough) with Sport England Euro 2020 legacy funding of £10,000

📍Geography

East of England

2025 Enhanced

Impact Review 2024/25

£3,112,419 raised to deliver projects in 2024/25; total income £2,920,000 and total expenditure £2,850,000 (year ended 31 August 2024)
Key Metric 1
28,692 people took part in activities; 307,544 visits to sessions; 17,793 sessions delivered
Key Metric 2
More than 16,000 young people engaged across early years and primary programmes; 34 Premier League Primary Stars partner schools; over 7,000 healthy meals provided on HAF camps
Key Metric 3
Blackpool FC Sports College A Team won the CEFA league title 2024/25; BFC School received 'Good' Ofsted rating in November 2024; Norbreck Primary Academy reached EFL Utilita Kids Cup National Final at Wembley, winning Regional Finals unbeaten
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2025

Total income £659,217 and total expenditure £674,216 (year ended 30 June 2025, charity no. 1137275); 10,252 individuals engaged across the 2024/25 season, with 9,713 being young people in schools
Key Metric 1
82% of participants reported positive impact on mental wellbeing; 84% on physical wellbeing; 82% on sense of community; 86% made new friends since joining
Key Metric 2
70% agreed they made positive changes to their life as a result of CUF activity; 63% of adult participants felt a strong sense of community/belonging, 2% above the national average; 78% agreed they feel more motivated to be physically active (Forever United older adults programme)
Key Metric 3
56.7% of young people hardly ever or never feel lonely vs national average; 94% of participants feel welcome, safe and included; CUF participants ranked higher than Cambridge and UK averages for happiness, life satisfaction and worthwhile life
2025 Enhanced

Impact Report 2024-25

6,744 participants engaged across education, social inclusion, employability, heritage and health programmes in 2024/25
Key Metric 1
37,357 hours of positive activity delivered; £3.9 million in social value generated
Key Metric 2
4,805 pupils supported across 58 education settings; 300+ young people referred across six Engage hubs in Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes
Key Metric 3
89% of young people attending Engage programme made positive steps; 92% of employability learners moved to positive progression