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JCWI Annual Report 2024-25

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2025 covers its legal, campaigning and community work. Its team advised and represented 211 clients, many facing deportation, and advised 751 people through its Irregular Migrants Helpline. It secured bail for every person it acted for at Yarl's Wood, secured legal wins for people held in Diego Garcia, and won a policy change to the Home Office bail accommodation process. It trained 500 people, grew its membership to 700, and its campaign contributed to a rise in legal aid rates announced in November 2024.

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About

The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) is an independent national charity working for a society in which people can live safely and are treated with equal dignity and respect, regardless of where they are from or how they came to the UK. It provides legal advice and representation, challenges racist and discriminatory immigration policies, and supports communities to act for themselves. Charity number 1117513.

Key Metrics

211 clients advised and represented
751 people advised through the Irregular Migrants Helpline
500 people trained through training and webinars

Key Outcomes

  • Secured bail for every person it acted for at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
  • Won a Home Office policy change so people applying for bail accommodation can request it, ending people being detained or left homeless on release
  • Membership grew to 700 members

Geography

UK-Wide

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.