Louise Poole on Rugby
It’s ‘awards season’ for Premier Rugby, both for the guys on the field (GP Final May 31!) and for our club community officers, who have submitted their community work to be reviewed for this year’s Parliamentary Citizenship Awards. The judges decided the ‘Club of the Year’ programme earlier this morning (but I’m not allowed to reveal the winner just yet!). Until then, here’s a video of Louise Poole, the Head of Sponsorship at EDF Energy and one of the judges for club of the year, talking about EDF Energy’s commitment to Premier Rugby clubs and programmes.
Cystic Fibrosis Trust vs. Lords & MPs at Twickenham
Had the chance to watch a cracking charity match at Twickenham last week between a team representing the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the Commons and Lords RFC. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust team beat the Lords and MPs 17-7. The CF Trust team included Joshua Jones, a singer with Cystic Fibrosis (right in the photo below), and RFU Elite Rugby Director Rob Andrew was honorary captain of the MPs and Lords (left in photo).
Learn more about the Cystic Fibrosis Trust here; there’s also more about the match on the RFU site here.
Hard Knocks from the Sale Sharks
The Rugby Club programme on Sky Sports recently concluded a six part series that showed how rugby skills from the pitch helped a group of men in Liverpool become more employable. Sale Sharks ran the ‘School of Hard Knocks’ scheme in conjunction with Creative Training; at the end of the intensive 16 week programme, ten of the participants had found jobs (and the remaining five are still actively seeking employment). Participating in sport helped these men become more confident, motivated and enthusiastic. While many Premier Rugby programmes focus on schoolchildren, this programme is a great example of the good sport can do for adults as well. You can watch all six parts of the series on the Sky Sports website by clicking here.
Matthew Tait visits London School
Last fall Matthew Tait visited London’s Hounslow Heath Junior School as part of the EDF Energy National Schools Rugby Programme. Check out the video above!
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About Professional Rugby in the Community
I'm Wayne Morris, Community Manager for Premier Rugby. This blog is a place for me and the Community Development Officers from around the Guinness Premiership to share the community work our clubs are doing and talk about some of the issues we're trying to solve through sport.
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