Strathmore Community Rugby Trust are delighted to have been selected as recipients of a £2500 donation towards the running cost of our Autism-Friendly Rugby sessions by a new charity set up to support grass roots rugby in Scotland.
Much like the Trust, Grass-roots Rugby for Everyone Awards Trust (“GREAT”) is a Charity who believe that everyone should have the opportunity to play and enjoy rugby . Their mission is to grow the number of children and adults throughout Scotland who play and support rugby at grass-roots level. They do this through awarding grants to individuals, rugby clubs, schools and charities.
By providing new opportunities for children and adults to become involved in rugby, GREAT is hoping to grow the game, bring communities back together and improve the pool of talent in schools, clubs and the professional and national teams.
More information about GREAT, including how to make a donation, can be obtained on their website, www.greatrugby.scot.
Founding Trustee Stuart Gray was presented with the cheque by GREAT Patron, Gregor Townsend, on Friday ahead of Scotland’s clash with Wales on the 8th March.
We are extremely grateful to GREAT for their support. The funding will be put towards the facility hire costs for our Autism-Friendly Rugby sessions.
January 2025: Late last year, Mia White visited long term sponsor Stracathro Estates to find out more about what they do and how they support the local community. Stracathro Estates have sponsored our Rugby Academy project for many years, a project which has supported many young people like Mia with their future careers.
Agriculture and construction equipment and services group Agricar has joined our team of sponsors.
The trust was founded in 2017 to increase public participation in sport, particularly rugby union and rugby league, in the Forfar, Kirriemuir and Brechin areas to benefit community health and wellbeing as well as develop young people into healthy, positive members of the community through the positive ethos and values of rugby.
It’s since developed to run projects for people of all ages and abilities, including rugby for primary children with or undergoing diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their siblings, Walking Rugby for adults, Unified Rugby for adults and youths with disabilities and a Rugby Academy for senior school pupils to learn life as well as rugby skills. It also works with partners on projects to benefit older and isolated people through regular events to chat and enjoy group activities.
Award
The trust, which works in partnership with Strathmore RFC, Brechin RFC, sportscotland, Scottish Rugby, Scotland Rugby League and Sporting Memories, has had its activities recognised at the Scottish Charity Awards with the Pioneering Project Award in 2020 for the ASD rugby project, a Royal visit in July 2019 by TRH The Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh and the Duke becoming its Royal Patron in August 2020.
The trust funds its work from a range of sources including grants, donations and events as well as sponsorship by companies including Stracathro Estates and Shepherd Chartered Surveyors. It has a range of opportunities for others looking to show their commitment to supporting community wellbeing.
Family values
Multi-award-winning Forfar-based Agricar Group has now joined the team of sponsors as part of its support for the Angus communities it’s based in. “As a family business strong on family values, we’re proud to support The Strathmore Community Rugby Trust and all it’s involved in because it makes a very positive impact on the lives of many individuals in the local area as well as the wider community,” said Agricar Director, Wendy Smith.
Trust Vice-Chair, Gordon Cairns, said: “It’s a pleasure to welcome Agricar to our team of vital sponsors as it’s a local company with a long history of being invested socially and economically in Angus and shares our ethos of developing the community through its people.
“There are a range of ways companies and other organisations can support the trust’s work. For more information, or for an informal chat, email”
For more information about the Trust and how you can support us, go here.
All of our projects rely on the support of the people in our community. Ian is one of our volunteer enablers for our Unified Rugby Team – the Strathie Clan. The Strathie Clan is a team for adults with additional support needs, and we also have a youth version for young people in S1-S6 called our youth unified rugby team.
Ian’s role as an enabler is to get the players playing rugby. It’s about getting the players involved in the game, getting the ball into their hands and getting them running round the park and scoring tries. Both teams train weekly on a Wednesday and we also arrange matches with other Clan’s throughout Scotland.
We are looking for more enablers to help support both programmes. Ideally you would have a little knowledge of rugby but it’s not essential. The players are supported by their peers so for the Strathie Clan we are looking for adults, for the youth unified rugby team we are looking for players in S1-S6. For more information about each programme click the links below.
If you think this is something you would like to help with we would love to hear from you. Drop us an email to info@strathmoretrust.co.uk or contact us through our social media pages. We look forward to hearing from you!
We have a number of fabulous prizes up for grabs in our Christmas raffle! For just £5 you’ll get 10 ticket entries and be in with a chance of winning prizes such as a 1 night stay in an Eco Pod, a pair of return train tickets to London, a rugby ball signed by the Scotland Team, fitness equipment from Always, Trust merchandise, Maasai Mass gymwear voucher and much more!
So don’t miss out, get your tickets here https://go.rallyup.com/scrtchritmasraffle
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2021
When: Saturday, 18th December 2021
Where: Strathmore Rugby Club, Inchmacoble, Forfar, DD8 1RL
Time: 10am (registration opens 9.15am)
Cost: Adults £10, children £5 with all proceeds going to Strathmore Community Rugby Trust
Earn that Christmas dinner! Join us for a morning of fun all whilst raising money for a great cause. Strathmore Community Rugby Trust will be holding a fun run around the Forfar Loch. Join us on the 18th December where you can run, jog or walk around our loop of the Loch and raise funds to help the Trust continue it’s great work and justify yourself Christmas meal.
The route can be viewed here: Strathie Jingle Jog. Mapometer.com running route #5321170
To enter visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strathie-jingle-jog-tickets-211067708197
What your money will help us with:
We currently deliver 7 projects, all at no costs to our participants. This includes Autism-Friendly Rugby for primary school children, Visually Impaired Rugby, Youth Unified Rugby, Walking rugby, Unified Rugby and our Rugby Academy. Your support will help us continue to deliver these projects at no cost and therefore allow more people to get involved.
All participants will receive a santa hat to run in, a finishers medal and entry into our fantastic raffle! Prizes include:
Overnight stay in the Eco Pods Kilry, 2 return tickets to London courtesy of LNER, fitness equipment courtesy of Always and goodies courtesy of Scotmid.
