Charity
Bristol Rugby Community Foundation (BRCF) work with some of the most disaffected and 'at risk' young people in our Community today. BRCF use the engagement power of sport, and the unique qualities of rugby union in particular, to build rapport with nominated young people from designated schools in order to effectively deliver vocational and educational rugby courses. We achieve this engagement by combining the values and ethics that rugby union hold dear such as honesty and integrity, with a requirement for positive and co-operative teamwork to achieve successful outcomes, with the inclusive requirement for all body shapes and sizes for each position and a the use of aggression and aggressive behaviour, but in a controlled environment. Our programmes provide real and tangible examples of how poor life choices can, and will affect the short, middle and long term futures of the young people we work with. To this end, BRCF are proud to have won 5 national and regional awards for Innovation, Social Inclusion, Best Practice and Partnership working in the past 3 years.
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Roper Reinvents Run 2012miles....
31st December
21012miles complete!! whooooooo
Hi, thanks for visiting my page.
UPDATE May 24th 2012
Since the start of the year and deciding to run 2012miles for my 2 chosen charities I sustained a knee injury which from the end of March to the beginning of May which has meant little to no running BUT lots of rehab and training in the gym plus swimming!
The knee injury means powering 2012miles running now would mean over 8 miles per day until 31st Dec 2012. I do not think my knee can sustain this impact. This has meant I have had to rethink my goal and reinvent my run 2012miles.
So after much rehab and strength training I have decided to power 2012miles from now until the end of the year by cycling!
I will then use the power of running, swimming, rowing and any other ideas to power through the other run2012miles!
I will take part in various run events from now until December and I will be doing various fundraising events such as sponsored spinathons etc to help raise vital funds for the Community Foundaion, so any support is appreciated as this has become not only a physical challenge but a mental one too.
January 2012 - I have decided to take on the challenge of running 2012 miles in 2012. I decided as it was an Olympic year I should aim to achieve a goal fitness related and when a friend of mine John Garner contacted me about 'Running 2012miles' in 2012 I had to say yes!
I am raising funds for the bristol Rugby Charitable Foundation becuase I have seen first hand the amazing work the team deliver.
Bristol Rugby Community Foundation has designed and delivered the highest quality community programmes over the past 4 years using the sport of rugby union as a vehicle for engagement and education.
The real passion and focus of the Foundation is education, and primarily how the values and ethics of the rugby union can be used to engage and then subsequently effectively educate some of the most disaffected young people in our Communities today.
If you would like more information on Bristol Rugby Community Foundation, or any of its programmes, please check out the Community Section of the Bristol Rugby website at www.bristolrugby.co.uk/community.
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Recent donors
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Anonymous £75.00 (+ £18.75 giftaid) 31.12.12 |
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Mike Wolfe £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 19.11.12 Keep it up Suzanne! |
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Coliolli £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 03.08.12 Keep up the good work Suze, if you need spinning buddies, let me know! |
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Chris Hollister £5.00 (+ £1.25 giftaid) 03.08.12 Great causes Good luck |
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BristolBungle (Geoff) £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 29.07.12 A great ambition and goal Suzanne - good luck with it. We should start a campaign to get every Bris' fan to donate £20.12 for your worthy causes!. Geoff |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 15.06.12 |
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Coliolli £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 09.03.12 Suzanne, keep on running, you are amazing and an inspiration to all. |
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Brizzley Bear £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 08.03.12 Keep at it Suzanne - I'll give you a big Brizzley bear hug when you do the last mile |
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Elliott Bunker Ltd £50.00 05.03.12 Good luck suzanne, we wish you all the very best. |
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Donald C. £60.36 (+ £15.09 giftaid) 03.03.12 Hope the knee holds out. Good luck. |
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Anonymous £50.00 02.03.12 |
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Tina Wessel-Hansen £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 19.02.12 As promised, you do the running, and I do the donating! A very worthy cause - I hope they're cheering you on too! :-) |
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Tina Wessel-Hansen £20.00 18.02.12 This donation is from Helen & Phil Ridge, friends of Tina Wessel-Hansen, one of your ardent supporters!! :-) |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 13.02.12 |
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Energised Kim Ingleby £30.00 (+ £7.50 giftaid) 09.02.12 Suzanne you are Super Star, Very Proud of YOU! Big Well Done & LOTS Of Energised Support to you for the Whole Year xxxx |
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Ben Hazeldine £50.00 (+ £12.50 giftaid) 07.02.12 Great effort suze, thanks for the continued support it means a lot to all of us at Future Stars Coaching as well as BRCF. |
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Dan Lawton £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 07.02.12 I was talking to Titmouse about this, and it's actually bloody amazing. We couldn't think of anything we could do 40 of a week!? Thats over 5 of something a day! I couldn't even eat 5 sausages a day for a year! So fair play on running 5 miles a day! x |
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Phil King £20.00 (+ £5.00 giftaid) 23.01.12 |
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Katy Tingley £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 17.01.12 Suzanne, following you on twitter. Very impressed with your efforts so far especially in this cold weather. Good luck for the rest of the year. |
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@brianbrn63 £10.00 (+ £2.50 giftaid) 17.01.12 Good luck, completely mad challenge. |
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Slick £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 12.01.12 Go Suze, rather you than me! x |
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Paul McLeary £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 10.01.12 Well, i couldnt exactly say no to you could i.......... Good luck xx |
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Tom Tainton £20.12 (+ £5.03 giftaid) 10.01.12 Good luck Miss Roper, do the office proud! |
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Mark Smith £12.00 (+ £3.00 giftaid) 10.01.12 Good luck Suzanne, I will donate the odd £12.00 |
