Turn2us annual impact 2025-2026

Postcode Lottery Support Trust

This year, we remain thankful for the continued support from players of the Postcode Lottery, our largest unrestricted funder.

This funding enables us to maintain and develop vital services, allows us to respond to emerging need, and ensures we can invest in service improvement and plan with greater confidence. Its impact is reflected powerfully in the words of people who use our services: 

We extend our sincere thanks to Postcode Lottery players for their continued commitment to Turn2us and our shared ambition of a future where everyone has enough money to live with dignity and security.

Pears Foundation

We are grateful for the continued support we have received from the Pears Foundation for our National Programme.

Through this partnership, more people can access practical guidance, charitable grants and trusted information at moments when the right support can change the course of a family's future. As one person told us:

The foundation's support is helping Turn2us reach people earlier, respond with compassion and deliver meaningful, practical person-centred impact for individuals and families experiencing financial hardship.

We are thankful for the Pears Foundation's trust and partnership in helping us challenge financial insecurity across the UK.

The Aviva Foundation

This year, the Aviva Foundation's generous support helped Turn2us strengthen and extend our National Programme.

Their funding contributed directly to our ability to reach communities across the UK, improve access to trusted information, and support people to take the next step towards greater financial stability and confidence. Our grantees shared: 

Our partnership with the Aviva Foundation has enabled Turn2us to continue developing nationally relevant support rooted in dignity, trust and lived experience.

Together, we are helping more people move from crisis towards security and ensuring that support reaches those who need it most.

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2. Corporate partners

Our corporate partners are a vital part of helping Turn2us create change.

Through funding, shared expertise, and close collaboration, we're helping people access financial support, improving experiences for those who look for help, and challenging the stigma that can prevent people from seeking support.

We believe there's even greater potential to work alongside businesses to challenge financial insecurity. By combining our expertise with our partners' reach and influence, we can help more people get the support they need. 

But our ambition is to go beyond extending the reach of our services. Working alongside our partners, we can: 

• identify and address the barriers that keep people in financial insecurity
• influence the systems that shape people's financial security
• create lasting change for individuals, families and communities.

Royal London

As a strategic corporate partner, Royal London shares our ambition to normalise conversations about social security and, crucially, encourage uptake.

Their funding has underpinned much of the development of our Stop the stigma. Fix the system campaign, and we are grateful for the ongoing support. 

Cadent and Northern Gas Networks

We'd also like to thank Cadent and Northern Gas Networks for our continued partnership on the Warm Homes Network.

Their resources, time, and investment mean we've been able to create a genuinely collaborative partnership that helps people easily access the right support for them, without needing to repeat themselves to multiple different organisations.

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3. The Change Collective

As demand for the Benefits Calculator grows, so does its potential impact.

To help realise that potential, we launched the Turn2us Change Collective in March 2024, bringing together philanthropists, business leaders, entrepreneurs and senior professionals committed to tackling financial insecurity in the UK.

Members contribute a minimum of £5,000 a year for three years to strengthen and develop the Benefits Calculator.

Beyond their financial commitment, supporters:

• become advocates for our work, helping raise awareness of Turn2us
• open doors to new partnerships 
• inspire additional support from individuals, businesses and charitable foundations
• contribute their networks, expertise and influence. 

In turn, they gain deeper insight into financial insecurity and the impact of the Benefits Calculator through exclusive events, impact updates and engaging with colleagues across Turn2us. 

If you would like to explore what we could achieve together, whether through funding, partnership or sharing your expertise, we would love to hear from you.

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4. Public fundraising 

In 2025/2026 we raised £364,537 through individual donations, legacies and events. Thank you to everyone involved!

One highlight was taking part in the 2025 Big Give Christmas Challenge. We reached our £8,000 target and secured the full match, doubling every donation made during the campaign.

Our thanks go to the Julia Rausing Trust, whose funding made the match possible, to the major donor who chose to give anonymously, and to everyone who donated. We will be taking part again in 2026.

Royal London fundraising

In June 2025, 12 Royal London colleagues took part in a 100km hike from Edinburgh to Glasgow along with Turn2us Chief Executive, Tom Lawson.

After generous match funding from Royal London, the team raised over £17,000 for Turn2us. This money helps us support someone struggling today and power change, so fewer people struggle tomorrow. 

We're also hugely grateful to all the colleagues who organised and took part in various fundraisers throughout the year. We know it takes a lot of work to coordinate these events, and effort to participate, so a very big thank you!

Elizabeth Finn Homes

Thank you to all staff, residents and supporters from Elizabeth Finn Homes (our wholly owned care home subsidiary). This year, Elizabeth Finn Homes colleagues completed sponsored walks, organised bake sales and turned orange to help tackle financial insecurity.

Plus, thrill-seeking colleagues took fundraising to new heights - literally - by skydiving and braving mud-filled obstacles for Turn2us. We can't wait to do even more together next year!

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