Hands Together Ludlow supported and worked with 417 local people during 2025, 203 were new to HTL. They had 4,633 attendances across 1,388 sessions between them. On top of this, around 2,200 individuals used the community fridge. Our volunteers gave 8,536 hours of time in the year which has a social value worth nearly £140,000.
Our 2025 Annual Report is currently under development, until then you can read our 2024 report below.
Follow this link to read our Annual Report for 2024
In 2025 we worked hard to understand the spread of engagement across town and to see if there were any areas of town we were not reaching. The maps of this reach is available to view below:
Service Users by postcode 2025 (this map doesn't include those who live further out of town). Purple indicates new users, while blue indicates exisiting users.
Volunteers by postcode 2025 (this map doesn't include those who live further out of town). Yellow indicates new Volunteers, while blue indicates exisiting Volunteers.
One of the best things available to us is to ask those who benefit. Here are some of their words:
‘Coming here set me on track. It's nice to listen to conversation and engage with other people - not passive like just sitting at home and watching the telly. Helps me consider others and keeps me stimulated and interested in the world.’
‘My husband has dementia, so I am his carer. For me, this gives my week focus and a safe and welcoming place I can take him where everyone is understanding. In many ways it keeps me sane in a way, gives me people to have a conversation with.’
‘[HTL] are very good, they make people feel wanted. I don’t always feel wanted, I've never got married or anything so this is like a community to me.’
‘Traditional organisations (like the Red Cross) no longer have a visible presence or any local presence at all. HTL is a focus for people to help in the community and get involved and it fills a real need.’
‘It’s the only thing I've got to look forward to.’
‘I believe that they are doing a really worthwhile job and meeting a wide variety of needs in Ludlow.’