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Impact Report 2024-25

Swansea Bay Health Charity's 2024-25 Impact Report covers the official NHS charity for Swansea Bay University Health Board. Over £1.2 million was raised and invested across pioneering research, medical equipment, hospital environments, patient and family wellbeing, and staff wellbeing and training, supporting more than 250 wards and departments and 14,000 NHS staff. Highlights include refurbishing NICU family accommodation, a new children's sensory room, and continued growth in legacy giving.

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Funding for pioneering medical research, cutting-edge equipment, hospital building/space improvements, patient and family wellbeing initiatives, staff wellbeing and training, and a Small Grants Scheme for community groups

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 £1.2M+ raised through donations and fundraising in 2024-25
Key Metric 2 250+ wards and departments supported; 14,000 NHS staff supported through wellbeing initiatives
Key Metric 3 £500,000 received in legacy giving; £160,000+ raised for the Cwtsh Clos NICU family accommodation appeal

Key Outcomes

  • Research investment rose from £107,000 (2023-24) to £203,000 (2024-25), including pancreatic cancer diagnostics and radiotherapy quality research
  • Five NICU family homes (Cwtsh Clos) refurbished; new sensory therapy room opened at Neath Port Talbot Children's Centre
  • 177 staff took part in 46 Sharing HOPE wellbeing arts sessions; 15 young burns survivors supported through a confidence-building trip

Geography

Wales

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
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Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service
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Key Metric 1
3,600 blind veterans received support across the UK; 447 new blind veterans started receiving support in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
1,598 referrals to rehabilitation services completed; 313 veterans received assistive technology training
Key Metric 3
997 volunteers donated 26,824 hours of support; befriending service awarded Quality in Befriending Excellence — one of only 11 organisations in the UK to...
1,831 National Creative Wellbeing Project packs issued to help veterans reconnect with creativity and independence
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Key Metric 1
349,000+ people completed the Know Your Risk tool to assess their risk of type 2 diabetes in 2024
Key Metric 2
£4 million invested in 17 new research projects; total active grants portfolio worth over £45 million
Key Metric 3
32% of people completing NHS England's Path to Remission programme — which Diabetes UK campaigned for — put their type 2 diabetes into remission
Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge invested over £23 million in 19 projects across 161 experts from 47 institutions in 8 countries since 2022