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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£5.1K
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Spending
£0.9K
Public benefits
IRFU Charitable Trust (Northern Ireland) – Public Benefit Statement The IRFU Charitable Trust was formed in 1978 to assist severely injured rugby players in their everyday lives, and to help restore their confidence and independence. The charity’s beneficiaries are the people of Northern Ireland who are involved in the sport of rugby. In
particular the charity benefits those that have been severely injured while playing rugby and their carers, as the burden of medical and maintenance costs resulting from such injuries may result in undue hardships in their everyday lives. The IRFU Charitable Trust (Northern Ireland) operates in Northern Ireland to help achieve these objectives. It does this in conjunction with its equivalent south of the border. The first purpose of the charity is to provide financial and other assistance to persons severely injured while playing the sport of rugby. The direct benefits which flow from this includes alleviating the needs and concerns of those injured persons and their carers, both financially and emotionally. Often there is a great cost for the everyday care of such individuals and support payments from the charity can help them with this burden. Various events organised by the charity provide an opportunity for the injured players to remain involved in the sport of rugby and help to ensure their needs and well-being are being met through regular contact with the charity. The second purpose of the charity is to relieve such persons in necessitous circumstances through the provision of grants, goods or services. The burdens and costs of maintaining severely injured rugby players can be difficult to deal with. The charity therefore provides financial assistance to the players and their carers through grants and money raised through charity events. This has the direct benefit of helping to pay for the financial costs associated with such severe injuries. The third purpose of the charity is to advance the education of the public in the sport of rugby. This has a number of public benefits. It encourages the participation of all age groups in the sport of rugby, which promotes a healthy and active lifestyle. The charity highlights a number of safety concerns in rugby, which raises awareness of such dangers and helps to make the sport safer for the public in general. The charity also raises public awareness towards those who have been severely injured while playing rugby, which helps create greater support networks for those individuals. No harm is likely to arise from the charity’s purposes and activities. Its benefits have been demonstrated through the support provided to a large number of severely injured rugby players and their carers. Neither the charity nor its members gain any private benefit as all funds raised are used to support the beneficiaries and all members are volunteers.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
As well as raising money to support injured rugby players and their families, it provides support to them both financially and socially throughout the lifetime of the player. It provides financial assistance through grants and maintains regular contact with the players to ensure their well-being. In addition it raises concerns around the safety
issues in the game of rugby in particular, which also benefits wider sport and champions any issues that may impact on the injured players such as the provision of proper wheelchair facilities at sports grounds, which again has a wider benefit in sport and elsewhere. The IRFU Charitable Trust (Northern Ireland) often operates in conjunction with its equivalent south of the border in order to carry out these activities.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of amateur sport
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- Men
- Mental health
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Counselling/support
- Disability
- Grant making
- Medical/health/sickness
- Sport/recreation
- Volunteer development
- Welfare/benevolent
