Rushden & Higham Rugby Club facilities improvement

Aim

To increase the facilities footprint so that more varied activities can be offered to our members and the wider community

Who are we?

Rushden & Higham Rugby Club is a family based club formed in 1950 by a group of individuals that wanted to promote the playing of Rugby Union in and around the area. Originally starting at the Green Dragon in Higham, then moving to John Whites on Bedford Road before finding a permanent home at Manor Park on Bedford Road in Rushden. We offer a full mini and junior section along with a girls and women’s sections. We also have a colts team (u18s) and 3 senior sides, with the 1st xv competing in level 8 of the RFU National Pyramid. We are proud to be an officially affiliated club of the Northampton Saints with training camps occasionally held at Manor Park or training at Northampton Saints for the allotted age grade sides. We also offer other community activities such as wellness clubs, non contact sports plus age appropriate sports.

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Why are we crowdfunding?

We are crowdfunding as we need to raise money to increase the size of our facilities that are struggling to keep up with demand. As we use them for our wellness clubs in the week and also the growth of our rugby operation has made them struggle to give the amount of space that is needed to be an inclusive organisation. The addition of more space will make for more comfortable use of the club by our members and will mean we able to offer more opportunities that we would not need to use an outdoor marquee and large portacabin to facilitate,  such groups as the walking rugby and girls rugby sections . This would encourage more people to join in and get active with all these groups as many find it uncomfortable and need the extra space to thrive.

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The extra money raised will help in the building of an extension to the clubhouse to allow for more space for these sections to use. Also, the improvements of our facilities will make the experience of being active at the club much more appealing with the extra space being used for such groups as Pilates and many wellness groups that we currently have to turn down use to due to space constraints.

 Toilet upgrades will be possible making it a much more inclusive experience also along with better disabled access, that a modern establishment really requires to operate in the wider community. On top of this we will be able to upgrade some of our changing facilities that we currently use making them a lot more accessible to our different groups.

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Community impact

The impact to the community would be huge as it would give a lot better, warmer space, for the wellness groups to operate and also allow the club to really become a true hub in the community, with the ability to hold Blood Clinics for all, along with the addition of pilates groups and other fitness groups or even dance classes; with the aim of increasing the clubs footprint in the community.

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How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. Fundraise for us. If you want to run your own fundraiser – maybe a sponsored activity or similar – use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made