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ERFC’s efforts to tackle knife crime is rewarded

Changing LivesBy tom@mcfloor.co.uk October 20, 2019

Our rugby club has been rewarded for our ‘Changing Lives Through Rugby’ campaign, designed at keeping kids away from gang culture and ultimately knife crime, with the ‘golden ticket’ trip of a lifetime to Japan, the host country of the Rugby World Cup. Andy Trueman, our volunteer community officer, will fly out to the ‘Land…

Police funding for Club using sport to tackle knife crime

Changing LivesBy tom@mcfloor.co.uk July 10, 2019

Our ‘Changing Lives Through Rugby’ campaign, which uses sport to tackle the growing problem of knife crime in some of the UK’s most underprivileged communities, has been given police funding to support its vital work. We launched a pilot scheme in January to run coaching sessions for under 15s from four West Midlands schools, focusing…