Community Impact 2024/25

Wrexham AFC Foundation is the official charity of Wrexham AFC, based at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, North Wales. The 2024/25 Community Impact Report documents work across local programmes including Street Dragons, Premier League Primary Stars, Ability Dragons and girls' football, alongside international outreach in Lesotho, Australia and New York, and a UN commitment to Football for the Goals.

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📋About

Street Dragons youth outreach (580+ young people across Caia Park, Queensway, Venture, Cefn Mawr and Rhosllanerchrugog); Premier League Primary Stars (600+ children aged 5–11); Premier League Kicks; Premier League Inspires; PowerWise energy safety education (473 children, SP Energy Networks); Captains of the Future leadership programme; girls' football in 12 primary schools (251 girls, 904 attendances); Ability Dragons disability football; Powerchair Football; Twinning Partnership with Kick4Life FC (Lesotho); soccer camps in Australia (322 players) and New York (39 children); Racecourse Live community ticket programme

📊Key Metrics

Total income £209,396 and total expenditure £129,605 (year ended 31 August 2024); £180,000 raised for Charity of the Year Wrexham Miners Project in 2024/25 Key Metric 1
8,435 participants across programmes; 20,989 visits across delivery programmes; 1,418 sessions and events delivered; 84% free sessions and events Key Metric 2
36% female participation across all projects; 3,100 match tickets given away to schools and community groups; international delivery in Lesotho, Australia and New York Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 83% of girls engaged in girls' football sessions were playing formal football for the first time; 240+ young people with disabilities and additional learning needs engaged across programmes; 104 Street Dragons participants connected with 547 young people in Lesotho through the Curriculum for Good
  • 180+ young people aged 14+ accessed targeted sessions on anti-social behaviour, knife crime and discrimination in partnership with North Wales Police; 220+ Street Dragons participants attended five or more sessions demonstrating sustained engagement
  • Wrexham AFC co-chairman Ryan Reynolds led a Club delegation to the United Nations pledging support for Football for the Goals (UN Sustainable Development Goals); Kick4Life FC delegation visited Wrexham in October 2024; Foundation coaches travelled to Lesotho in February 2025 engaging 425 young people

📍Geography

Wales

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