The Sports Minister has announced the latest tranche of funding from the Government’s Sport Winter Survival Package, which will see more than £40 million provided to support grassroots rugby union clubs and up to £5.5 million to support the launch of the men’s Championship competition from this weekend.
From:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Nigel Huddleston MP
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will distribute a mixture of funding to the community game, in the form of loans and grants, for all levels of the men’s, women’s and youth game at grassroots level, providing a lifeline to communities across the country.
Loans and grants will be provided to community clubs, designed to cover essential survival costs due to the lack of spectators and capital works.
Rugby Union has been uniquely affected as a
