THE popular and colourful rugby charity ‘Wooden Spoon’ has pledged nearly £400,000 to help the SRU use rugby to tackle youth unemployment across Scotland.
Wooden Spoon was launched in 1983 by a group of English rugby players and supporters in the wake of their ‘Wooden Spoon’ end to the Five Nations Championship.
The idea was to hold events where money was raised and targeted at helping disadvantaged children and young people, but it has grown across Britain and Ireland, taken on by leading internationalists from all home nations and myriad volunteers, who are easily identifiable by their striped ties and jackets that include the colours of all four nations.
Gavin Hastings is the president of Wooden Spoon in Scotland and, working closely with Scottish chairman Charlie Bryden, has agreed with the SRU and the Brian Maguire Trust a new three-year partnership that will invest £360,000 into the ‘Game On’ programme.
With youth unemployment in Scotland a significant problem, currently standing at 17 percent, ‘Game on’ has been working well in England to engage 16 to 19-year-olds not in employment, education or training in rugby, by providing a focus for their energies and instilling the rugby values of discipline, teamwork and respect...READ MORE
The idea was to hold events where money was raised and targeted at helping disadvantaged children and young people, but it has grown across Britain and Ireland, taken on by leading internationalists from all home nations and myriad volunteers, who are easily identifiable by their striped ties and jackets that include the colours of all four nations.
Gavin Hastings is the president of Wooden Spoon in Scotland and, working closely with Scottish chairman Charlie Bryden, has agreed with the SRU and the Brian Maguire Trust a new three-year partnership that will invest £360,000 into the ‘Game On’ programme.
With youth unemployment in Scotland a significant problem, currently standing at 17 percent, ‘Game on’ has been working well in England to engage 16 to 19-year-olds not in employment, education or training in rugby, by providing a focus for their energies and instilling the rugby values of discipline, teamwork and respect...READ MORE
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