Impact Report 2024

Norwich City Community Sports Foundation is the official charity partner of Norwich City FC and delivers football and sport-led social impact across Norfolk. Its 2024 impact report presents a large-scale community model built around inclusion, disability sport, mental health and wellbeing, school engagement, employability, veterans’ support and community participation. Delivery is anchored by The Nest and supported by a broad programme mix including education interventions, Run Norwich, girls’ football, disability football, social prescribing-style work and

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📋About

Education, disability sport, employability, Run Norwich, mental health, women and girls football, veterans support

📊Key Metrics

45,828 unique participants engaged in the 2023/24 season Key Metric 1
800,000+ hours of activity delivered across Foundation programmes Key Metric 2
£63 million estimated social value generated through Foundation activity Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Improved health, wellbeing and confidence through sustained sport and community participation
  • Expanded inclusion for disabled participants, veterans, women and girls, and disadvantaged communities
  • Strengthened regional community infrastructure through The Nest and club-linked delivery

📍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