LOCATION SPONSOR(S) £ DELIVERY PARTNERS & STATUS
PROJECT TYPE
24 RFU locations 50k legacy £50,000 RFU & Youth Offending Teams Project Approved: Jan 08.
across England delivering to 15 children per project, Project Dates: 13th Jan 09 - April 09
aged 14 – 18 years.
Targets: improve attitude and behaviour. 24 projects throughout England
Reduce offending rates. Encourage
50% into education and employment.
13 Premiership club 60k legacy £130,000 Premier clubs delivering to 23,000 Project Approved: Jan 08.
locations 60k PRL 10/11 year olds in schools in areas of Project Dates: September 09 - May 09
greatest deprivation.
Targets: increase activity in kids of all Matched funding of £130k from Sport
shapes and sizes. Reduce childhood England to double number of children
obesity levels. Improve attitude and reached.
behaviour.
Gloucester TNT £15,000 Gloucester Rugby Club and Prospect Project Approved: September 08.
Training delivering an academically Project Dates: 13 Jan 09 - 31 May 09.
accredited rugby and education project
to 40 children aged 16 who left school Mike Tindall as project Ambassador
with no qualifications.
Targets: 50% to education or Additional funding being sourced to
employment, 40% gain curriculum expand project
credits.
South Wales Oil and gas £35,000 £25k for Ospreys Rugby Club and Project Approved: September 08.
company Business Dynamics Enterprise charity to Project Dates: April 09 - June 09.
deliver project to thirty 15 year olds
excluded from school.
Targets: 50% to college or employment.
Manchester, Trafford Brixton 15k £15,000 Sale Sharks in partnership with suitable Project Approved September 08
Park Inspired by Sport 6k young people’s training agency. Project Project Dates: TBC
as per Gloucester but with young
people in Trafford Park where Brixton Region working with Brixton and Sale
plc have a depot. Sharks to deliver project
Hackney, London Inspired by Sport £6,000 Targets: new youth rugby club from Project proposal: TBC
BME community. Reduction in crime Project Approval: Awaiting
and anti-social behaviour. Reduction in Project Dates: TBC
numbers of young people joining street
gangs.
Worcester and Talbot £23,000 Spoon Worcester, Spoon West Project Proposal: TBC
Birmingham Midlands, Worcester Rugby Club and Project Approved: January 09
Pertemps partnership to improve the Project Dates: TBC
prospects for inner city children in Club and Regions keen to develop
Birmingham. project along Gloucester model.
Regents Park, Crown Estates £15,000 RFU, Crown Estates, Royal Parks Project Proposal: TBC
London Carter Jonas Commission and West Euston Project Approved: Awaiting
Osborne Partnership. Project proposal being Project Dates: February 09 for 1 year
confirmed for RFU to engage Crown Funding confirmed, proposal being
Estates and West Euston teenagers defined. Sustainable model not needing
whose youth centre is closing down. further funding after first year.
Targets: BME and girls’ engagement,
reduction in anti-social behaviour. New
users of park from local population
London Welsh area Anon TBC London Welsh In the Planning Stages
Leicester Local council £10,000 Leicester Tigers interested in applying In the Planning Stages
local government funding to a
‘Gloucester style’ project.
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