Welcome

Welcome to the 2023 Impact Report reflecting on our activities and impact over the year. Amid the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, we were delighted to have supported 896 UK and overseas charities, with grants totalling £7.63million given out in the year and a further £6.85million pledged over the next three years to support ongoing service delivery and development.

We were pleased that through our external evaluation we have evidenced increases in both 'reach' and 'depth' of impact on previous years. This is creating positive and lasting change on people’s lives over the long term.

As always, we aimed to provide support that went beyond funding with added value provided by the SJP community volunteering their time and skills. In 2023 teams have delivered financial education with a football slant, provided manual labour at several of the Jamie’s Farms and helped facilitate sporting events for young people with a disability, through the Panathlon Challenge charity. 

We are honoured to work with so many incredible charities and are committed to facilitating real and impactful change to those in need.

 

Andrew Humphries, Chair of Trustees

Catherine Ind, Head of Foundation

Our year in numbers

79 %

of beneficiaries reported substantive or transformative change.

£ 14.5 m

granted/pledged to charities

896

charities supported.

£ 9.52 m

of funds raised

4.82 m

people directly supported since 1992

8 m+

people indirectly supported since 1992

What we aim to achieve

Our theory of change below outlines our focus and how we bring together both funding and a broader holistic support offering to our grantees to help strengthen and build capacity for the charity and support long term positive change for those they support. 

That broader support is facilitated through the SJP community who volunteer their time and skills, and through gift in kind support from SJP which helps to deliver an even bigger impact.

What we achieved

In 2023 we delivered both increased reach and depth of impact in our grant-making, exceeding our targets. We are committed to delivering year on year improvements  in what we do so that we can have a bigger impact in society.

 

 

Who we supported

Our grant-making continued to be focussed on four key themes, which are experiencing both increased demand for support services and increased running costs, through the cost of living challenges. We aim to be responsive to local community needs helping to support long term solutions that will ease the challenges faced. 

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Children & Young People

As the largest of our giving themes, a total of 65% of our 2023 funding was spread across charities that supported both disadvantaged children (42%) and those with special needs (23%).

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The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust

Ormiston Families

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Mental Health

It is now estimated that one in four people will experience a mental health disorder in the UK each year. We are seeing a year-on-year increase of funding to this area and in 2023, 9% of our funds were allocated to mental health projects, building both national capacity and local delivery.

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Mental Health Innovations

Mind - West Kent

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Cancer Support

In 2023, 6% of our funding went to cancer support charities, focussed on supporting people, living with cancer. Half of our 2023 funding covered the costs of specialist nursing or family support provision.

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Lymphoma Action

The Mulberry Centre

 

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Hospices

In 2023, 11% of our funding went to hospices across the UK and to our long-standing partnership with Hospice UK. Hospice UK have recently highlighted the significant funding deficit that the hospice sector is facing currently (in the region of -£77m), making the support of Charitable Foundations even more crucial.

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Hospice UK

Zoe's Place

 

Adding Value

We aim to go further than simply providing financial support, with a holistic package including volunteering and skills-sharing by members of the SJP community. The added value of this combined offering means an even bigger impact. 2023 saw the following examples of added value.

Looking to the future

2024 represents the final year of our current strategy and we have achieved many of the aims that we set out 4 years ago, despite the unprecedented events across the world over the period (pandemic, conflict and natural disasters). We will continue to complete on the current strategy and look forward to reflecting on our achievements, understanding the opportunities for us and developing our next 3-year strategy for 2025+, with the aim of continuing to deliver impact.