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WI Annual Review 2024–25

The NFWI is the largest voluntary women's organisation in the UK, with around 180,000 members across 5,600 WIs in England, Wales and the Islands. The 2024–25 Annual Review covers member activity from October 2023 to September 2024, including national campaigns on CPR training, violence against women and neurodiversity, as well as the breadth of local projects and events delivered by members and federations.

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Local WI unit meetings; national campaigning and resolutions; skills and education programmes; craftivism; Conversation Cafes; Annual Meeting at Royal Albert Hall; Thinking Differently (autism and ADHD) campaign; No More Violence Against Women campaign; Bystanders Can Be Lifesavers CPR campaign Custom geography from upload: England, Wales and Islands

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Approximately 180,000 members across 5,600 WIs
Key Metric 2 69 county and island federations
Key Metric 3 Over 5,000 members gathered at Royal Albert Hall AGM in June 2024; CPR campaign resolution passed with 95%+ support

Key Outcomes

  • 2024 resolution on CPR training adopted with over 95% of WI support — NFWI now working across network to deliver CPR and defibrillator training to members
  • Thinking Differently campaign raised awareness of the experiences of autistic and ADHD women, resulting in published campaign report
  • WI members continue to achieve community impact across 5,600 local groups, from environmental projects to violence against women advocacy

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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
Key Metric 1
33,600+ people directly supported; 52,000+ indirectly supported (2025)
Key Metric 2
£19.6M raised in fundraising income, up £3.4M on 2024
Key Metric 3
352 socially isolated people supported by community outreach (up 11%)
97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction