Community Rugby Projects News
09 May 13
On the 19th April, members of Wooden Spoon's TRYHARD Warrington programme performed at the Cheshire & Warrington Sports Awards.
Tom Conway
02 May 13
One of the UK's leading corporate hospitality providers, Eventmasters, staged a series of Silent Auctions at Twickenham during the 2013 RBS 6 Nations Championship, raising funds on behalf of Wooden Spoon, the children's charity of rugby.
Tom Conway
26 Apr 13
Wooden Spoon has committed £360,000 through its Game On community projects programme to kick youth unemployment in Scotland into touch.
Tom Conway
16 Apr 13
Worcester Warriors' James Percival joined Wooden Spoon this week to experience firsthand the inspiring work of HITZ and Game On at the Worcester Warriors HITZ launch.
Tom Conway
05 Apr 13
Last month Northcott School were victorious in the annual Spoon Stars tournament held at Hull FC's Bonus Youth Performance and Community Centre.
Tom Conway
25 Feb 13
The end of 2012 brought with it the end of the first year of Spoon's commitment to the Shropshire Rebels Tag Rugby Club based at the Telford Hornets RFC. Shropshire Rebels, was formed some 5 years ago and provides Tag Rugby coaching for children with special needs and learning difficulties from across Shropshire.
Phillie James
01 Feb 13
The Newcastle Falcons Community Foundation launched the Wooden Spoon Tag Rugby Programme that will engage with over 400 primary school children with moderate or severe learning difficulties from 30 schools across the region.
Jai Purewal
08 Jan 13
Young people aged 16-19 years old across the Bath area who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are being given a helping hand thanks to the Hitz Bath project, supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports.
Ross Matthews
18 Dec 12
The Dynamite Club, run by the Leicester Tigers Community Department and supported by Wooden Spoon, Connexions and TNT has just completed its third and final year of delivery and has exceeded all the expectations of the coaches & staff who have taught the programme at the Aviva Premiership club.
Ross Matthews
14 Dec 12
Wooden Spoon, the children's charity of rugby, is working in partnership with Warrington Wolves Foundation, YMCA Training and Goodman (www.goodman.com) to significantly improve the lives of young people aged 16- 19 who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET) through the TRY HARD Warrington project.
Ross Matthews