Impact Report 2024–25

SafeLives is a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse for everyone, for good. Their 2024/25 impact report covers their 21st year and the launch of a new three-year strategy. Key highlights include expansion of the Drive Project (1,100 referrals this year; 7,000+ to date), the Victims and Prisoners Act becoming law, new survivor leadership panels, and specialist perpetrator programmes co-designed with by-and-for organisations.

Report snapshot
1,100 service users referred to the Drive Project in 2024/25; over 7,000 total since launch Key Metric 1
New 2025–2028 strategy launched, co-created with survivors and professionals Key Metric 2
Victims and Prisoners Act became law; SafeLives secured renewed Home Office investment to expand Drive Project across England and Wales Key Metric 3
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📋About

Drive Project (high-risk perpetrator intervention); Restart (earlier intervention pilot); MARAC development and national data platform; Authentic Voice survivor panels; Whole Picture Framework; workforce development and training (Domestic Abuse Matters; Leading Lights accreditation); Safe Young Lives / CADA programme; IDVA/ISVA specialist training; armed forces programme; Echo survivor leadership programme Custom geography from upload: UK

📊Key Metrics

1,100 service users referred to the Drive Project in 2024/25; over 7,000 total since launch Key Metric 1
New 2025–2028 strategy launched, co-created with survivors and professionals Key Metric 2
Victims and Prisoners Act became law; SafeLives secured renewed Home Office investment to expand Drive Project across England and Wales Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • Independent evaluations of Drive Project show significant reductions in abusive behaviours, reduced risk to victim-survivors, and reduced repeat perpetrator cases at MARAC
  • Three co-designed specialist domestic abuse responses launched for Black African/Caribbean, South Asian and LGBT+ communities as part of Drive Partnership National Systems Change programme
  • Secured two-year licence renewal to deliver Domestic Abuse Matters culture change programme across policing; DfE and NHS England regularly use SafeLives data

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2024

Impact Report 2023/24

15,377 people helped with 37,087 issues; average of 4.9 interrelated problems per person; £16.17 million in financial value to individuals; £29.33 million in wider economic and social benefits
Key Metric 1
£3.25 million saved by government and public services — £2.07 for every £1 invested; £289,138 saved by local government through reducing homelessness; £436,664 worth of volunteer hours contributed
Key Metric 2
397 people lifted out of food poverty via Financial Inclusion project; £300,000 distributed via Heating Bank; 97 Macmillan grants approved
Key Metric 3
7 in 10 people said their problem was solved following advice; 3 in 4 said they could not have resolved their problem without Citizens Advice; 60% felt less stressed, depressed or anxious after receiving help
2025

Your Impact in 2025

Nearly 2,000 children from slave-descent communities in Niger supported into schooling (majority girls)
Key Metric 1
New penal code in Niger updated to include heavy sentences for slavery practices following ASI advocacy
Key Metric 2
Income £3.69m in 2024/25; EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive influenced by ASI supply chain working group
Key Metric 3
Niger penal code amended to criminalise slavery practices; ASI advocacy directly cited in EU forced labour regulation and US Trafficking in Persons report
2025

Impact Report 2025

2,384 active users on the Royal Anglian CONNECT App in 12 months; 53,000+ active followers across social media; 650,000 hits on the Regimental website; 350+ news articles posted on CONNECT
Key Metric 1
26 National Big Breakfasts hosted across locations including Grimsby, Dubai and Sydney — nearly 1,000 Royal Anglians gathering to renew connections and support mental health and wellbeing
Key Metric 2
Grants awarded across a wide range of needs including home adaptations, mobility aids, debt support, housing support, mental health and wellbeing, training and work tools, and travel assistance; 1,262 items of Regimental silver recorded through the Silver Project
Key Metric 3
Battlefield study to Gallipoli in 2025 brought together 30 members of the Royal Anglian Family including serving soldiers from all three battalions and veterans — delivering professional military education, honouring the fallen and strengthening serving-veteran connections