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RAF Benevolent Fund

Impact Report 2025

The RAF Benevolent Fund's 2025 Impact Report covers support for serving personnel, veterans, the bereaved and their families across the UK and 28 countries. The charity directly supported over 33,600 people through caseworking, financial grants, benefits advice, adapted housing and emotional wellbeing services, with a further 52,000+ reached through community activities. Fundraising income reached £19.6M, up £3.4M on 2024, sustaining continued expansion of welfare, housing and youth support programmes.

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Caseworking; financial grants; benefits advice & advocacy; adapted housing (Housing Trust); emotional wellbeing counselling & helpline; Airplay youth programme; community outreach & friendship groups; RAF station grants

Key Metrics

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%)

Key Outcomes

  • 97% of caseworking enquiries received tailored intervention; 95% beneficiary satisfaction
  • 100% of Housing Trust residents reported improved quality of life
  • 91% satisfied with emotional wellbeing support; 96% reported improved wellbeing via Headspace

Geography

London

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Key Metric 2
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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
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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
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Key Metric 1
More than 1,700 women supported at the Balsall Heath centre and across three secure locations in the last financial year
Key Metric 2
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Key Metric 3
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