O’Brien are Sponsoring a Rugby Team at the Vets Fest Rugby Event for Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby, which is a grant-making charity, funding life changing projects across the UK & Ireland.
On Saturday the 08 October, over 700 players from across the UK will get together at Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club for the annual rugby Vet Fest. This massive rugby event will help the charity raise much needed money, to continue their great work to raise funds to support disabled, disadvantaged and vulnerable children & young people.
To support this great charity and event, O’Brien Contractors have chosen to sponsor the Leicester and Staffordshire rugby team, just one of 35 teams of Vets Rugby men and women representing Wooden Spoon’s regions across the UK.
In 2021, 450 players from 15 teams, across 13 regions played in 37 matches at an event organised in memory of 13-year-old rugby fan Olly Stephens, who was tragically killed near his home in Reading in January 2021, with over £64,000 raised for vulnerable children and young people across the UK.
The largest part of the charity’s income is raised by local volunteers, with the aim that every penny volunteers raise is spent in their local communities. In the last year, despite the difficult conditions, they supported 43 charitable projects helping over 100,000 vulnerable children and young people.
They need additional funds more than ever as there are more children that need their help. In the last year Wooden Spoon was only able to fund one in four of the grant applications received due to the increased demand for support.
This year the focus is on supporting mental health projects. Here’s why:
- It is estimated that 1.5 million children and young people will need mental health support as a result of the pandemic (Centre of Mental Health, 2020).
- 374,000 children under 18 are currently on a waiting list for NHS mental health services.
For more information on the Wooden Spoon Charity, click on the link: About Us: Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of rugby | Wooden Spoon.
Date: Saturday 8th October 2022
Time: 10am till late
Venue: Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club