In the 2025/26 financial year, the People Street team focused on leveraging our Community Research methodology to tackle complex national topics. Over 290 community research conversations took place in more than 18 languages across the UK. Our work created safe and trusted spaces where people could share their views, learn about important health and social issues, and take part in research that may shape better services. We reached 2,366 people across the UK. This includes awareness session attendance, research conversations, workshops, roundtables and people reached through outreach. Across the year, People Street delivered: 1,090 people reached through participant recruitment and outreach 118 research interviews 5,377 outreach hours 291 Community Research Conversations 47 awareness sessions, reaching 917 people 3 Roundtables, with 88 participants Our work covered a wide range of themes that matter to people’s daily lives. These included cancer awareness, bowel screening, welfare and benefits, climate and health, adult social care, assistive technology, AI, child development reviews, asylum support, irregular migration, digital inclusion and genomics in healthcare. People Street’s work benefited the community by taking information and opportunities to places people already trust. Sessions took place in mosques, community centres, women’s spaces and local community venues. This helped people take part in a way that felt safe, familiar and respectful. A key part of the year was our Community Research Conversations. We recorded 291 conversations across 4 projects: 45 Genomics in healthcare 100 Bowel Screening conversations 106 Welfare Research conversations 40 Climate and Health Research conversations These conversations helped people speak about their real lives, not just answer a survey. People shared views about health, money, benefits, disability, digital access, screening, climate, caring roles, housing, work and trust in services. This gave commissioners and partners richer insight into what people need, what gets in the way, and what would help. Our reach shows that People Street worked with a very wide mix of people. Participants included young adults, working age adults and older people, with ages ranging from around 14 to 85+ across different activities. We engaged people from many ethnic backgrounds, including White British, Bangladeshi, Somali, Pakistani, Nigerian, Ugandan, Sierra Leone, Caribbean, Indian, Syrian, Lebanese, and mixed heritage communities. Many people took part in languages other than English. Languages recorded included Hindi, Bangla, Sylheti, Somali, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Gujarati, Arabic, Yoruba, Igbo, French, Hindi, Malayalam, Chinese, Runyakitara and Pidgin English, as well as English. This shows the value of culturally aware outreach and community-led methods. People Street’s contribution this year was not only about numbers. It was about trust, access and dignity. We helped people understand health messages, take part in research, share lived experience, and feel that their views matter. We also helped partners hear from people who are often missed, including people with long-term conditions, carers, migrants, people seeking asylum, people with low digital confidence, people on low incomes, and people living in temporary or rented housing. Overall, People Street’s activities in 2025/26 helped communities to be more informed, more connected and more visible in decisions that affect their lives.

The stakeholders are local communities engaging and taking part in our work. The stakeholders share their views through a myriad of ways including participating in surveys, feedback sessions, and focus groups. They tell us how they want to be engaged, how often, the kind of activities they want to participate, and they all self-select onto available programmes.

The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £63,125.65. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

No transfer of assets other than for full consideration