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Our 2023-24 Impact Report is now live

Here's how Foothold supported the engineering community, and also how that community supported our work, in 2023-24

We’re delighted to introduce our 2023-24 impact report, outlining the social impact that Foothold have delivered for the engineering community, and also how the engineering community have support Foothold’s work too.

Foothold remains committed to ensuring that no engineer or their family needs to face life’s challenges alone. We continued providing vital financial support to those in need and helping our community build their resilience to life’s challenges. Our community also shared their stories in new ways to encourage others to seek support.

We received incredible support from our community throughout 2023-24. We rely on donations and gifts in wills, as well as the support of volunteers, to deliver all our life-changing work. Our achievements simply wouldn’t be possible without amazing supporters like you!

In the impact report you’ll find:

  • The level of financial support Foothold have provided in grants to people in need
  • How ‘My Money Checker’ is helping people that apply for financial support to find other forms of financial support they may not realise they were entitled to
  • Engagement with Foothold’s digital health and wellbeing programmes (including monthly webinars, wellbeing hub, differently wired hub etc)
  • The donations and volunteering contributions that have helped make our support for the engineering community possible

You can find links to both our impact report and annual report from this page, and we look forward to publishing our next reports (covering 2024-25) in due course!

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Simons story support in coronavirus pandemic image
This money will cover all our everyday expenses until the government funding kicks in or we can start working again. I think it’s just brilliant that there is somebody giving this kind of support. Simon Gaze View story Read quote by Simon Gaze
Alan overcoming illness
The financial support has alleviated so many problems for us. I can’t express how much it helped - it’s enabled us to live a life. Alan Monelle View story Read quote by Alan Monelle
molly counselling support
I feel like I have a safety net which reassures me massively. We still have stressful days, but I can manage them so much better than before. View story Read Molly’s story of getting counselling support
sharon becoming a carer
The way we have dealt with the last 12 months is with a positive attitude, laughter and not being afraid to ask for help. Sharon Monelle View story Read quote by Sharon Monelle