15 Years of Community Impact

The Premier League Foundation’s 15-year report captures the national infrastructure of football-led community work through club community organisations. It describes long-term investment into education, inclusion, youth development, community engagement, health and wellbeing programmes. Because the supplied PDF was not reliably text-accessible during extraction, this record focuses on the report’s confirmed national scope and should be final-checked before publication if exact report figures are required.

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📋About

National football-led community programmes, inclusion, education and wellbeing investment

📊Key Metrics

15-year community impact report covering national Premier League Foundation activity Key Metric 1
UK-wide delivery model through Premier League, EFL and club community organisations Key Metric 2
Long-term support for education, inclusion, health, wellbeing and youth engagement programmes Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Improved opportunities for young people through football-linked education and social action programmes
  • Enhanced inclusion and wellbeing through club community organisation delivery
  • Strengthened national sport-for-good infrastructure by sustaining football-led local delivery

📍Geography

UK-Wide

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