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Deliver more courses to more children
Working with Schools and Colleges in Rotherham
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Aim
We provide extracurricular coaching and nutritional education to schools and colleges in Rotherham and surrounding areas.
Who Are We?
The Titans Community Foundation was started in 2005 with the aim of delivering high quality coaching to the local schools and colleges in the Rotherham region. We have delivered numerous different activities to schools, colleges and community groups in and around Rotherham through our Foundation.
Community Impact
Rotherham has a large BAME community and is an area which has historically suffered with childhood obesity even more so since the pandemic. The projects we run are aimed at helping both these groups by using professional and semi professional rugby players, who become role models to the children they interact with. Our Health and Fitness app directs these people to choose better food options and the activity sessions help to get the participants physically active.
In the last year these activities have focused on expanding the range of our after school and holiday fun Sports and Activity sessions available for young people across the town. We run after-school tag rugby sessions, and a range of holiday camps at the Club, to introduce children to the sport. We offer fitness sessions across the community through our links to the Leisure Centres across Rotherham.
We have designed a Health and Fitness app which is being shared with schools to back up the messages on healthy lifestyles that our player-coaches share with young people at every session.
We have designed a Mental Health programme called ‘Mind-Fit’, to prepare primary students for the transition to secondary school and have run after school sessions with teachers and parents to share ways of helping their children at this time.
We support the Work-wise Foundation to deliver careers sessions at events at Magna, exploring opportunities in sports infrastructure.
We have designed fun and activity sessions for children with disabilities and run weekly walking rugby sessions for older adults with health issues.
Why Are We Crowdfunding
Last season the TCF coaches provided over 2,000 hours of coaching, mentoring and support to over 2,500 children in Rotherham. If we hit our Crowdfunding target it will allow us to provide 1,200 hours of coaching this year.
How We Will Spend The Money
We want to continue this work for at least another year and reach out to even more children.
How You Can Play Your Part
The Titans are inviting supporters and friends of the Club to offer contributions to help the Titans Community Foundation in their work with young people and the wider community. We also want to be able to offer players the chance to work for the TCF, alongside playing in National 2.
There are a range of rewards and offers available to people who donate, from match day tickets and merchandise all the way up to coaching and match day opportunities with the players and staff. You can even try your luck in one or more of our prize draw where we have some great pieces of memorabilia for you to win for as little as £5 per entry.
This project successfully funded on 9th July 2023