Choice Annual Report 2025 flipbook - Flipbook - Page 12
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Choice Annual Report
£9,162,818
additional
social
value
generated
2024/25
Community Investment
As a social purpose organisation, Choice
has a key role to play not only in providing
homes, but also in supporting communities
to thrive through investment.
Choice is using the UK Social Value Bank
(‘UKSVB’) Model, developed by HACT and
Simetrica, to measure the impact of our
Community Investment activity.
Delivery is focused on Economic Resilience
and Health and Well-being and, in the
year 2024/25, Choice partnered with
six organisations to deliver £101,500 of
investment across a range of initiatives,
including:
•
The Rio Ferdinand Foundation (RFF)
Community Programme - our partnership
with RFF has gone from strength to
strength with Choice investing £77,000
to expand the programme, working
on a cross-community basis, in DerryLondonderry, Belfast, and more recently
Ballymena. The programme provides a
range of positive community activities
using shared youth culture including
sport, music, and the creative arts,
providing tailored personal development
programmes and progression pathways
for marginalised young people within
these communities and on a crossborder basis.
•
Choice also continues to collaborate with
Queen’s University and Ulster University
to provide financial support to students
facing financial, social, or logistical
barriers to furthering their education
through our scholarship programme.
•
Street Soccer NI (SSNI) – Choice has
supported Street Soccer NI (SSNI) on
a number of occasions to attend the
Homeless World Cup. SSNI provide
programmes that tackle homelessness,
unemployment, addiction, and mental
health issues. This year, SSNI took a
men’s and women’s team away to the
Homeless World Cup in Seoul, Korea.
