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A group of people on a yard with some adaptable trikes and cartoon characters in the background

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A community dream comes true – adaptable trikes for Foxfield School

Dreams Come True awards £20,200 from our £75,000 donation to a school in Wirral. We went to the school to see for ourselves the trikes in action!

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Funding FoodCycle generated over 170,000 three course meals!

Over the last twelve months, volunteers across England and Wales ran 4,416 community meal sessions. At those sessions they cooked and served 172,377 three course meals, with a further 5,272 given out as takeaway at the end of each session.

A man plays table tennis in a blue Sport in Mind t-shirt

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Partnering with the NHS to aid recovery – Sport in Mind

Expanding provision across Hampshire in Adult, Children, Mum and Baby and Education Programmes to promote health and wellbeing.

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Gwyn’s story – the life changing impact of FoodCycle

Before FoodCycle Gwyn rarely went out and did not have friends. Gwyn, who lives with schizophrenia managed through medication, shares his experience of community meals.

A group of people on a Phab adventure stand in a field

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The huge impact of a fantastic Phab experience

Thank you to Phab for offering so many experience with the funding given, including 8 residential adventures, with 4 taking place at Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Centre and 4 at Bendrigg Lodge Outdoor Centre.

A group of children in blue overalls get a pig onto a truck.

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Supporting farm residentials for children and young people

£20,000 was donated in April 2025 to Farms for City Children to help deliver immersive, five-day, fully catered farm residentials to children and young people (CYP).

A support dog and a lady with a walking stick outside

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26 people trained to use a life-changing support dog

The impact of the £15,000 donated in April 2025 towards the funding of an instructor for a disability assistance programme.

Four people stand in front of a brick wall. They are smiling.

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A visit to Crisis in Tower Hamlets, London

A tour of the London Skylight Centre to learn more about the impact of the £75K grant we awarded last year. Thanks to players of The Health Lottery this money has been used to strengthen Crisis’ frontline services in London.

4 women stand in a warehouse with a banner that shows Beauty Banks

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Visiting Beauty Banks in Croydon

Last week, Deborah Roil, our Director of Compliance, spent time at Beauty Banks’ Croydon warehouse, helping pack boxes of essential hygiene products to be sent to local charities and seeing first-hand the vital work Beauty Banks does.

4 girls in football kit sit on the floor at Bloomsbury Football Foundation

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Visiting Bloomsbury Football Foundation

Bloomsbury Football Foundation currently supports over 2,200 girls per week – making the organisation the largest provider of girls’ football in the UK, and by far the largest with a charitable mission that also offers financial support to players.