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Our Impact

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Introduction

Our grant funding is proactive and collaborative

We analyse local needs and look at the issues tackled by organisations, the people they help, and their activities, alongside the latest local needs data. This helps inform our understanding of local need and informs where we direct our investment.

In 2024, we have achieved a combined direct and indirect impact investment of £3.7 million. We provided £2.5 million in grants, supporting individuals and 72 funded partners. We were also able to offer £1.1 million in rent subsidies for residential charitable properties and £105k for commercial properties.

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What we fund

Our priorities shape the award of our grants

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Accessing support
and advice

with guidance from trained support workers to access benefits, grants and other support services for issues such as debt, homelessness, bereavement,

food security, and special

educational needs.

 
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Reducing inequalities
in education

for better outcomes for disadvantaged children and young people, and for low-income adults

 
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Improving
health
outcomes

to reduce inequalities and encourage good mental and physical health

for everyone.

 
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Enhancing community
cohesion

to reduce isolation and loneliness by providing inclusive community spaces and activities.

 
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Accessing support
and advice

with guidance from trained support workers to access benefits, grants and other support services for issues such as debt, homelessness, bereavement,

food security, and special

educational needs.

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Reducing inequalities
in education

for better outcomes for disadvantaged children and young people, and for low-income adults

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Improving
health
outcomes

to reduce inequalities and encourage good mental and physical health

for everyone.

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Enhancing community
cohesion

to reduce isolation and loneliness by providing inclusive community spaces and activities.

Strengthening the local voluntary and community sector is integral to what we do
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ACCESSING SUPPORT AND ADVICE

Funding specialist support and direct grants for residents in need

In 2024, the demand for advice and support has remained high. Thanks to our referral partners – including Citizens Advice Richmond, Richmond AID, Achieving for Children, and Age UK Richmond – we were able to distribute Crisis grants to those who needed them most.

We invested £781k of funding to ensure local people had access to vital support and advice. £540k was granted to our funded partners and £241k was distributed in Crisis and Catalyst grants to individuals.

  • “Our Core grant has enabled us to have more strategic oversight as it provides stability for us, which creates space for us to look at gaps in provision, particularly around vulnerable and isolated residents. The grant also helps us to attract other sources of funding as we can demonstrate that we have some diversity in our funding base.”

    Citizen's Advice Richmond

    received a Core grant of £56,100 in 2023/24

  • For those families with specific needs, 94% were better able to access services and their community; 87% showed improvements in daily family life and home environment; 81% did better with parenting strategies and basic care; 91% showed improved emotional health.

    “When feeling lonely and stressful I felt my volunteer was there to share my thought and it felt better to get the stress out of my chest.”

    Home-Start Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow

    received a Core grant of £39,270 in 2023/24

  • “The number of people accessing our benefits advice has increased from around 230 per quarter in 2019 to over 400 per quarter in 2024. Use of our Information Navigation Service has increased from around 200 per quarter in 2019, and has been over 550 people per quarter for the last two years.”

    Richmond Aid

    received a Core grant of £56,100 in 2023/24

    REDUCING INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION

    Supporting every child's right to learn and thrive

    Our core and project funding is used to help reduce inequalities in education, and we provide child support grants to schools in our benefit area, and education grants to individuals.

    Last year, we provided £420k in funding to support individuals, schools, and organisations. This included £149k in Child Support grants to 22 schools, helping to support children from low-income households by subsidising school outings, trips, swimming lessons, uniform costs and other extra-curricular activities.

    Education Stats

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      14.6%

      of LB Richmond secondary pupils have Free School Meal status. This has increased each year over the past four years from 9.9% in 2019.

       

      Department for Education 2024

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      52.4%

      of children with Free School Meal status in LB Richmond achieved a good level of development at the end of reception compared to 79.1% of those without FSM status.

       

      Department for Education 2022/23

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      55%

      of children with Free School Meal status in LB Richmond achieved level 2 with English and Maths by aged 19 compared to 85% of their peers.

       

      Department for Education 2022/23

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      3.3%

      of LB Richmond secondary school pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) compared to the 2.7% London average.

       

      Department for Education 2023

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      11.6%

      of secondary pupils in LB Richmond have Special Education Needs (SEN) support, higher than the London average of 11.1%

       

      Department for Education 2023

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      IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES

      Creating a healthier and more equitable society

      Through our core and project funding, we empower our partners to offer a range of services designed to reduce health inequalities and promote good mental and physical health.

      In 2024, we invested £610k in organisations that provided support to improve health outcomes.

      • “The core grant has enabled the organisation to reflect, adapt to changes in the external environment and identify gaps in local services.”

        Addiction Support and Care Agency

        received a Core grant of £14,586 in 2023/24

      • “My Life TV subscriptions reached an estimated 3,520 people living with dementia and 550 care staff in total. In their inspection report for Cecil Court Care Home in Kew, the Care Quality Commission specifically mentioned the positive impact of My Life TV on residents.”

        My Life Films

        received a Core grant of £22,440 in 2023/24

      • “Jasmine regularly attended all sessions and had no prior gardening experience. She enjoyed looking after plants and working in a group helped grow her confidence. Her anxiety levels visibly dropped when gardening and working alongside other patients on a given activity.”

        We match funded The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust with a three-year Project grant of £7,353

        to support their therapeutic gardening activity for patients with a diagnosis of personality disorder and complex trauma

        ENHANCING COMMUNITY COHESION

        Creating inclusive spaces to boost community wellbeing

        With our funding, our partners are able to create and sustain a variety of initiatives aimed at reducing isolation and loneliness. By establishing inclusive community spaces and engaging activities, our funding is able to help partners build strong community ties and contribute to the overall well-being among Richmond residents.

        We provided support to enhance community cohesion with £558k of funding in 2023/24.

        Community Stats

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          LB Richmond ranks fifth highest in London by sponsor locations for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

           

          Home Office April 2023

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          5,233

          food parcels were distributed by Richmond Food Bank over the 12 months to March 2024

           

          Trussell Trust 

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          3,500

          people in Richmond are economically inactive as they are long term sick or disabled

           

          2021 Census

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          25%

          LB Richmond’s population of over 65s increased by 25% from the previous census, with that cohort now making up 1 in 6 local residents. This is one of the highest populations of over 65s in London.

           

          2021 census

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          Richmond households have welcomed Ukrainians into their homes and provided accommodation. This has resulted in over 1,000 Ukrainians arriving in the borough since March 2022. This is the eighth highest population in London, and sixteenth highest nationally. 

           

          Richmond Council 2024 

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          STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR

          Strength through partnership and core funding

          This priority is integral to all our work. We’ve moved 12 organisations from annual funding to three-year grants and our cohort of core funded organisations has increased to 40 Richmond based charities.

          We also provided £84k in Partnership grants to help strengthen the local voluntary and community sector. To find out more, visit our Partnerships.

          • “Richmond Foundation are a thoughtful and collaborative funder, and it is great working with them to support a strong voluntary sector in Richmond upon Thames. Their Future Leaders programme is an exciting initiative to support, develop and encourage potential within the local voluntary sector enabling many key voluntary sector organisations to have a stronger succession plan.”

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            Annual report

            Want to learn more about our impact?

            For reflections on our funded projects, our collective achievements with our partners, and our vision for the future, download our 2024 Annual Report.

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