Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation

🎭| oh no it isn’t |🎭 What a great day on Sunday for our first Christmas Panto, in partnership with Walls Ice Cream. We welcomed over 170 people to Gloucester Rugby’s Heritage Bar. Where we transformed the room into the Giants Castle for a Chaplins Pantos production of Jack and The Beanstalk. With free hot chocolate, soft drinks and snacks provided by our friends, Freemans Event Partners, and interval ice creams from Walls, it was a night to remember for our partner charities and families that we support through the Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation. Next up is the return of our amazing Santa’s Workshop 🎅 where the Heritage will be turned into a magical experience for those who would otherwise be unable to meet a another man who happens to wear Cherry and White 🍒 Christmas mode has been fully activated! Seddon Angela, Ian Renouf-Watkins, Alex Brown, Heyma Holmes, Carey Weeks,

Could you or someone close to you benefit from attending some of Gloucester Rugby Foundation Older People programmes? We want to help our supporters and wider community stay active and healthy, reduce isolation, loneliness and the onset of dementia. Please share and tag your friends and family and get in touch for more information at; foundation@gloucesterrugby.co.uk Gloucester Rugby, Gloucestershire Libraries, GRFU Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union

In September we re-launched our TRY Tag Rugby programme for Primary Schools across Gloucestershire. Looking back at Term 1 we are really pleased with the impact and feedback. Its amazing to see children moving more, learning new skills and developing teamwork and strategies together. Big thanks to all the supportive school staff at: Blakeney Primary School, Andoversford Primary School, Stow on the Wold Primary School, Walmore Hill Primary School and Hester's Way Primary Schools. Fantastic to hear some students have started to play at their local clubs too. 🏉 Bring on Term 2. Want to get the programme into your primary school? Shoot Simon Weaver or I a DM.

I’m finally able to share just one of our many exciting projects for next year! And yes… we will be doing another physical challenge leading up to the big game. Maybe not 100 miles this time… but who knows…? There will undoubtedly be various ridiculous curveballs that will come our way, and that we will together overcome (canals that burst their banks, routes that aren’t routes etc) The friendship, the care, the support and the reminder of our “why” at The Matt Ratana Rugby Foundation will always be front and centre of absolutely everything we do. Always a joy to be with treasured people striving with determined hope towards a shared goal. Already excited … watch this space 💙🏉 #Whānau #Rugby #MND Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation Gloucester Rugby The Atlas Foundation star* scheme Old Whitgiftian Rugby Club TackleLondon

🧸| Its #PudseyDay today and we are thrilled to announce that we have received a grant from BBC Children in Need to fund our new initiative; Raise your Game. Raise Your Game aims to create three key transformations in participants’ lives: 😁 | Improved Mental and Emotional Wellbeing: Through workshops co-led with trusted local organisations, participants will gain a better understanding of mental health, develop positive coping mechanisms, and adopt stress management techniques. 🫂 | Formation of Positive Friendships: Weekly trauma-informed sessions will provide a safe space for young people to bond with peers, encouraging lasting friendships and social connections that extend beyond the programme. 🎓 | Increased Confidence and Educational Engagement: By participating in Raise Your Game, young people will reconnect with the value of education, understanding its role in securing future opportunities and building a pathway to success. Read all about the new partnership here 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2ZwxjDC

🏉 Another successful week of our Half Term Rugby camps, sponsored by Prima Dental Group, in the bag! 🎒 With 2️⃣ 6️⃣ 5️⃣ participants and £1,325 donated back to Community Rugby Clubs via our Club Kick-Back scheme, we love offering opportunities for youngsters to play the sport they love. 💓 We are in the process of finalising our New Years programme, so keep an eye out for when they are released. Gloucester Hartpury Rugby, Gloucester Rugby

We are proud to share that our sports stadium has been renamed the ‘4ED Hartpury Stadium, with Vodafone’, to support the #4ED Foundation, a charity set up by Gloucester Rugby Charitable Foundation in honour of former Gloucester Rugby player Ed Slater, who was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in July 2022. For the next three seasons, 50p of every stadium ticket sold will be donated to the 4ED Foundation, which provides financial support to individuals living with MND and their families. The renaming of the stadium is part of a wider multi-year partnership with Vodafone, who have thrown their support behind reigning Women’s Rugby Champions, Gloucester-Hartpury RFC and defending Women’s BUCS Super Rugby Champions, Hartpury University and Hartpury College WRFC. 🏉 Read more on our stadium renaming and partnerships: https://lnkd.in/eTkKEgaz #4Edcharirty #MND

✨ Make a difference today! Sign up by November 1 for a chance to win a Gold Match Day Experience and up to £5,000 in our monthly lottery. 🎟️ Every ticket supports families living with MND through 4Ed. Don’t miss out—join us now! Join now! ➡️ bit.ly/4EdLottery

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𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗿 🍒 Earlier this month, we hosted a jobs fair at The Heritage at Kingsholm, giving people in our community the chance to explore new career opportunities. 🙌 The 22 employers in attendance met with 121 candidates and 58 job offers were awarded! 🎉