Wokingham encouraging vulnerable young people to play rugby

Thanks to funding from Wokingham Borough Council and C-Salt (Community sport and leisure trust), vulnerable young people will be able to try their hand at rugby under the expert tuition of trained coaches from Thames Valley Police and Reading Rugby Club.

The team behind the project, made up of officers from Wokingham Borough Council, the council’s leisure facilities provider C-Salt, Thames Valley Police, Reading Rugby Club and Berkshire Rugby Football Union, will be running regular rugby sessions at Rainbow Park in Winnersh, the Norreys estate in Wokingham, Shinfield Rise, the Bulmershe and Whitegates area of Woodley and Gorse Ride estate in Finchampstead.

The project also aims to recruit volunteers to help coach and mentor participants and help them gain rugby qualifications, and if they choose to, join Reading Rugby Club to develop their talent and skills. Currently 10 officers from Thames Valley Police have signed up to give their free time and help coach the players.