On a cold Monday evening, in a public park on the outskirts of East London, a small team from Wooden Spoon sat and watched something rather remarkable.

On Monday 16th January at Twickenham Stadium, Wooden Spoon and Rugby Football Union (RFU) launched the FairPlay project evaluation report. Supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports, this innovative two- year programme has been working with hard to reach children through rugby, helping them address a number of key issues around behaviour and social skills.

Two years ago Charlie Henry was stuck in a rut, but now he is a fully-qualified plumber.Without the Onside Project, the 20-year-old admits the turnaround would not have been possible. Wooden Spoon team up with Gloucester Rugby and Prospect Training Services to run the hugely successful Onside Project.

Wooden Spoon is delighted to present Dr. Rosie Meek (BA, MRes, PGCHE, PhD, FRSA)* who has kindly agreed to externally evaluate Game On! project outcomes.

The Wooden Spoon Wheelchair Sports Club was officially launched at the National Sports Centre on 26 October.

The fires have been put out, the detritus swept away and approximately 1,600 people have been arrested with the promise of more to come. Many of the streets that once resembled war zones soon reopened for business and one might have been forgiven for thinking everything is back to normal.

Children's charity Wooden Spoon is both privileged and proud to announce that Gabriella Roseje, a graduate of the pioneering Hitz project has been nominated as a bearer of the Olympic Torch. Gabriella was put forward by one of Britain's most decorated footballers of all time and Samsung's Global Olympic Games Ambassador, David Beckham, as part of Samsungs "Everyone's Olympic Games".

The finalists for the sixth annual Premiership Rugby Parliamentary Rugby Community Awards - which are dedicated to highlighting best practice in community rugby - have been announced.

Wooden Spoon and J P Morgan Asset Management have teamed up to provide disadvantaged youngsters with a once in a lifetime opportunity to take on the best rugby playing schools in the UK at the National Schools 7s tournament.

Re Engage with the Rhinos started in early November and, to date, has worked with 50 young people from the "Burley Park Pupil Referral Unit" and "Roundhay High School".