Community Foundation Introduction
The charitable arm of London Wasps; Registered Charity No. 1120904
Community Foundation Main Sponsor
Our Community Team aim is a simple one - "To educate, motivate and inspire people through the power of sport". With a community that has been defined as being from our Training Ground in West London to Chipping Norton RFC (westwards), Brighton RFC (southwards) and Milton Keynes (northwards), the Community team engaged with 60,000 people last season outside of our match days at Adams Park and has big plans to expand and reach 100,000 people per season within two years.
Our commitment to our community is through long-term projects that contain a focused purpose and outcome. Our community benefit greatly from the activities and once the outcome has been achieved, the engagement vehicle of rugby allows us to further our aims of developing our brand and reputation while our Partners and Sponsors benefit from their investment.
We have become synonymous within our community schools for delivering Tag Rugby and Festivals under the projects sponsorships of Aviva, Mars In The Community, MBNA, and the NSPCC; while no half-term school holiday would be complete without the opportunity for young people aged 6 to 15 to take part in our CoacHclass coaching camps held at local community club venues.
All the players and staff at London Wasps are fully supportive of our Community Foundation and we are delighted that our projects are reaching so many people from all backgrounds. It is important that we show how professional sport can have a positive and long-lasting impact in dealing with social issues and that our business community takes a positive interest in what we are doing and get more involved.
Lawrence Dallaglio MBE, London Wasps, England and British & Irish Lions
Our community has joined us and shared in our recent successes; as our Community Team has displayed trophies such as the Heineken Cup, European Challenge Cup, Premiership Trophies and Powergen Cup during hundreds of visits to as many community venues and events as possible to display some of the finest silverware available in Northern Hemisphere Rugby.
Under our Community Rugby Manager Dave Larham, we have 5 full-time employees and 100 part-time coaches, and have identified that in order to grow we need to restructure and took the decision to form a charitable foundation. The London Wasps Community Foundation will create an educational and sporting trust as a vehicle for the programme; buffering the work against the boom or bust of our team while building a regional and national profile that attracts new investment and unlocks new resources.
Our Foundation will focus on creating effective partnerships, forging links with a wide range of local, regional and national partners; striving to implement innovative, effective and high quality programmes that provide real value to their beneficiaries and help meet the objectives of our partners.
The London Wasps Community Foundation Aims and Objectives are:
- To help build a more active, inclusive and healthier community
- To improve educational standards within our community
- To help create a safer and cohesive community
Foundation Roll of Honour
London Wasps are an inspiration to our grass roots rugby clubs and perfectly placed within our community to provide development opportunities within every area of the game; with the potential to make a significant impact on everyone involved in the future of our sport.
Peter Trunkfield, Past-President of the Rugby Football Union
- Bucks & Milton Keynes Sports Partnership Community Rugby Coach Funding Partner info
- Sportsmatch CoacHclass Programme Funding Partner
- Premier Rugby National Schools Rugby Programme Sponsor info
- Kleinwort Benson Foundation Business Partner info
- Citroen Slough & London West Community Team Vehicle Supplier info
- Bucks New University Community Team Education Partner info
- Mars in the Community Slough Schools Tag Rugby Programme Sponsor info
- Chiltern Railways Community Rugby Coach Funding Partner info
- Rugby Football Union Community Rugby Coach Funding Partner info
- Chesham Insurance Foundation Business Partner info
- Constant Air Systems info
- London Wasps Supporters Club Foundation Business Partner
- Squire Furneaux Foundation Business Partner info
- Thames Valley Police Foundation Business Partner info
- The Mandeville School Sports Partnership Foundation Business Partner
- The Sir William Borlase's School Sports Partnership Foundation Business Partner
- The Wye Valley School Sports Partnership Foundation Business Partner
- Wycombe Wanderers FC Wycombe As One Through Sport Partner info
- Rotary Club of Bourne End & Cookahm Individual Patron info
London Wasps Community Foundation
Adams Park Stadium
Hillbottom Road
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP12 4HJ
Telephone & Fax: 01494 531122
E: dave.larham@wasps.co.uk
