Millwall Community Trust have released the Annual Report for the year 2023.

The report covers the work and the impact the trust has had on the local community in the past year. 

Click here for this year's annual report: https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/64b07c90fcd4fba78f23dbc4044f8497bd5b7021202402.pdf.html#page/1

Alternatively, you can also see the annual report here: 2023 AR X4 4.pdf

A word from our Chairman Keith Soper: 

“In 2023 we continued to see sustained growth of the trust in line with our board approved business plan. Our work remains focused on the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Southwark, but with the granting of a planning consent for the club’s proposed new training ground in West Kingsdown in Kent we have now agreed a community development plan with Sevenoaks District Council. 

“This year saw us start to deliver programmes for them despite the fact we are not formally required to do so until building work commences.

“The ongoing cost of living crisis means that our community focused programmes are needed more than ever to help some of the most vulnerable people in the areas in which we operate. The growth in the use of our food banks throughout 2023 reflects the hardship so many families face, even those like nurses who are in full time employment. We are extremely grateful to all the Millwall supporters who continue to donate items to help those less fortunate.

“Once again, we provided 8,000 free meals for children out of school term time through our holiday activity programmes in Lewisham, Southwark and Kent. Without our intervention many children would simply go hungry and increasingly we found ourselves providing meals for parents as well. Our support for NHS workers continued during 2023.

“Our programmes continue to tackle some of the most challenging social issues of our time.

“In this annual report we set out the much-valued work we undertake in relation to: -

· Community Engagement

· Education and Life Skills

· Employment and Training

· Health and Wellbeing including tackling obesity · Sport and Physical Activity

· Youth Interventions including tackling anti-social behaviour, street violence and knife crime

“Every programme delivers positive and measurable outcomes. Overall, the trust now works with 12,000 individuals across 25 strands of activity and participants are aged from 5 to 75 years.

“Our work in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion was enhanced still further in 2023 with the appointment of Jason Vincent as Head of EDI and I must pay tribute to all of those on the EDI Committee who give up their time so generously. 75% of those who attended our programmes in 2023 are from BAME backgrounds.”