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Living Better Impact Report 2025/26

Living Better's Impact Report 2025/26 shows how the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough health and wellbeing charity gets people active: 49,781 people directly reached, 11,858 directly engaged, 650 workforce members trained, Learn-2-Live Well healthy lifestyle programmes in 98 primary schools and a Smokefree Sidelines campaign reaching nearly 5,000 people.

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About

Living Better is a health and wellbeing charity (Registered Charity No. 1124122) dedicated to helping communities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough get active and live healthier lives.

Key Metrics

People directly reached 49,781 people directly reached and 11,858 directly engaged in 2025-26
Workforce trained 650 workforce members trained and supported
Schools programme Learn-2-Live Well healthy lifestyle programmes established in 98 primary schools, with 98% of children reporting improved wellbeing
Falls prevention 89% of falls prevention participants built mobility-related confidence
Behaviour change 77% of behaviour change programme participants improved their readiness to make positive lifestyle changes by over 30%

Key Outcomes

  • 49,781 people were directly reached and 11,858 directly engaged in physical activity and healthy lifestyle programmes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
  • 98 primary schools established Learn-2-Live Well healthy lifestyle programmes, with 98% of children reporting that their wellbeing improved.
  • The Smokefree Sidelines campaign reached nearly 5,000 people, increasing awareness and encouraging healthier choices.

Geography

East of England

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...
Key Metric 2
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...
Key Metric 3
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
Impact Snapshot
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22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
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
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
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