Wooden Spoon Lancashire West Coast

We all had a fantastic time at Our Wooden Spoon Golf Day which took place at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club last week with 19 teams taking part. Congratulations to the winning team PIB Insurance!!

Everyone was thoroughly entertained during the evening by the brilliant Josh Daniels Comedian and over £3,000 was raised on the day, all of which will be invested in a local project supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people. A huge thank you to everyone who took part and helped to make the event such a success.

Wooden Spoon Charity Fylde Rugby Community Foundation

The official opening of Lancashire Wooden Spoon’s latest project hast recently taken place at Devonshire Primary Academy in Blackpool. Early years pupils will now have the luxury of doing various outdoor activities and learning (normally thwarted by our wet and windy weather), under their gigantic covered Wooden Spoon canopy.

This was a project which the school, operating in one of the most deprived areas of Blackpool, would otherwise not have been able to fund.

The ribbon was cut by Lancashire Wooden Spoon’s Honorary President, former England and British & Irish Lions captain and Chairman of World Rugby, Sir Bill Beaumont. Former England Women’s Rugby Union captain Gill Burns MBE was also there to lend her support.

Devonshire Primary Academy’s headteacher, Dan Simm said, “It has been an absolute pleasure working with Wooden Spoon who have gone out of their way to show such an interest and understanding of our school. We are also delighted that so many Wooden Spoon representatives were able to attend our opening ceremony.”

Early Years Lead, Alison Guest added, “Without the generosity of Wooden Spoon we would not have this marvelous canopy. To say it has made a difference to our children would be an understatement.”

Martin Long, Chairman of Wooden Spoon Lancashire said, “When we received a request for funding it was clear that it had met our criteria, it was a pleasure working with the school on this project and on the day it was lovely to see all the smiling faces of the young children who will benefit from the canopy.”

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Come and join us for our fabulous Annual Wooden Spoon Charity Golf Day at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club on Friday 21st June.

There will be a shotgun start at 1pm, immediately followed by a delicious meal and top class entertainment from Josh Daniels Comedian! You and your guests will be guaranteed a fantastic day and there will be some great prizes up for grabs.

The cost of entering a team of 4 is only £350 and we have just a few team places left. Hole sponsorship is also available at £100. All the profit from the event will be invested in local projects supporting disadvantaged, vulnerable children and young people in the area.

Don't miss out. Contact John Garner on [email protected] or 07720 509598 to enter a team and/or sponsor a hole.

Wooden Spoon Charity

The Wooden Spoon 'MLD Schools Tag Rugby Festival' at Fylde Rugby Club was a huge success with 10 schools and well over 100 children from across Lancashire taking part. The event was delivered by Fylde Rugby Community Foundation and funded by the Wooden Spoon Charity. All the children who took part had a fantastic time and really benefited from both the competition and the teamwork. Everyone who participated went home with a well-deserved medal, presented by Martin Long and David Chapman. Big congratulations to the festival winners Tor View School from Haslingden with Park Community Academy in Blackpool as close runners up. 🏈🏆🏅

We congratulate and give a huge thank you to our two amazing ‘Lancashire’ runners Jeremy Whittle and Sarah ‘Crackers’ Atherton who successfully completed the TCS London Marathon last weekend and between them raised over £7,000 for Wooden Spoon Charity, helping to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people facing challenging circumstances.

Jeremy beat his personal target with a time of 3hrs 26mins and Sarah despite carrying injuries finished in a very creditable 5hrs 39mins.

There's still time to support them, donate to Wooden Spoon and push their combined total towards £8,000 at
https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jeremy-whittle
https://www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-atherton-1704029810608

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Please help us to celebrate and support two amazing people as they compete in the TCS London Marathon this coming Sunday, 21st April. We are thrilled that Jeremy Whittle of RP Tyson Construction and Sarah ‘Crackers’ Atherton, a former rugby player have both chosen Wooden Spoon Charity, raising money to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people facing challenging circumstances.
Please join us in cheering them on and help support Wooden Spoon by sponsoring them with whatever you can. Thank you 🫶

https://www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-atherton-1704029810608
https://2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/Jeremy-whittle

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We're delighted to share that Jeremy Whittle from RP Tyson Construction in Blackpool is running the TCS London Marathon on 21st April, raising funds for the Wooden Spoon Charity.

Jeremy said, ‘I have supported this fantastic charity for many years and see the marathon as an opportunity to really push myself physically and mentally while raising funds for vulnerable children and young people’.

We can't wait to see Jeremy in action and we wish him the best of luck. You can support Jeremy and Wooden Spoon by making a donation at 2024tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/Jeremy-whittle Thank you

Fylde Rugby Community Foundation Fylde Rugby Football Club

Our 7th Wooden Spoon Lancashire West Coast annual lunch held at Fylde RFC was a fantastic success, raising well over £10,000 for the charity, every penny of which will be invested in local projects supporting vulnerable children and young people.

Fylde Rugby Club and the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation also benefited from the event. Our guest speaker was Simon Shaw, a true giant of the game of rugby winning 71 England caps and playing on three British & Irish Lions Tours. Comedian Pete Emmett did a fantastic job as MC and also in attendance were Sir Bill Beaumont CBE and Everton and England football legend, Peter Reid. A huge thank you to the events sponsors Tower Insurance, Simpson Judge Ltd - Specialist Recruitment, and

Simon Shaw Rugby Wooden Spoon Charity

Wooden Spoon Yorkshire have funded the purchase of a static caravan at Newton Hall Holiday Park in Staining for the Huddersfield based charity Ruddi's Retreat, which provides respite breaks for families going through traumatic times. In the true spirit of rugby our Wooden Spoon Lancashire Honorary President and Chairman of World Rugby Sir Bill Beaumont CBE kindly stepped in to perform the official opening. The owners of Newton Hall, Partington's Holiday Parks, provided refreshments for those attending in Walterz, their brand new state of the art £1.5M family entertainment centre.

Wooden Spoon Charity, Walterz Entertainment Centre

Our recent Annual Charity Lunch was a great success with 370 guests and £25,000 raised, every penny of which will be put towards projects supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people in our local area. Our guests were entertained by Nigel Owens, Sir Bill Beaumont, Josh Daniels and Paul Dobie, with our MC Joey Blower doing another brilliant job running the afternoon and mercilessly fining miscreants.

Maddie from The Boathouse Youth stepped on to the stage to update us on her fantastic year after speaking at this event last year, culminating in her meeting Princess Anne at the House of Lords. A big thank you to Canaccord Genuity for sponsoring this event for the 8th consecutive year and to all those who supported it.

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Wooden Spoon recently celebrated its 40th Birthday with a reception at the House of Lords hosted by Lord Hayward OBE and we were honoured by the presence of our patron HRH, The Princess Royal.

The Princess Royal spent time talking to the guests before making an inspiring speech celebrating Wooden Spoon's achievements over the last 40 years.

At the event, Maddie Marsden representing the Boathouse Youth in Blackpool, was presented with a Wooden Spoon award in recognition of her voluntary work and for speaking at our events over the last year. She was also able to speak to The Princess Royal and it was the culmination of a marvellous year for Maddie.

Wooden Spoon Charity The Boathouse Youth

Our annual Golf Day last Friday at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club was a huge success!! 22 teams enjoyed a great day of play on a fabulous course in great condition. The winners of the prestigious Wooden Spoon Trophy were the team representing Read & Errington.

A big thank you goes to Dudley Warnes and Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management - UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man for sponsoring the event and providing a golf umbrella for each player plus a pop up halfway house with refreshments. Thank you also to all of those who took part, helping to raise £4,000 towards our local projects supporting vulnerable children.

The second annual Wooden Spoon and Fylde Rugby Community Foundation MLD/SLD Schools, Tag Rugby Tournament recently took place at Fylde Rugby Football Club in Lytham. The event was a great success with 10 schools and over 100 children from across Lancashire taking part. A fantastic day was had by all and the children really enjoyed the games. There were some excellent skills on display, and smiles all round as they all left with their own medal.

Broadfield Specialist School from Accrington won the MLD competion for the second time and Applebee Wood Community Specialist School from Lostock Hall won the SLD competition. Sir Bill Beaumont kindly attended as Honorary President of both Wooden Spoon and the Foundation and Martin Long as Chairman of Wooden Spoon Lancashire West Coast. A huge thank you to everyone who helped us to support this event in particular Phill Mills and Napthens LLP

We are now into our 3rd year of sponsoring the Wooden Spoon Multi-Sports Holiday Camps in partnership with Fylde Rugby Community Foundation at Fylde Rugby Football Club

We provide transport and meals during the day to children from deprived backgrounds and to those that might find school challenging. It gives these children a positive activity to engage in during the school holidays, at a time which can be lonely and isolating.

They have the opportunity to make friends, developed new skills, and increased their confidence and self-esteem. The recent Easter camps saw over 315 children (our initial target) attend with the May half term and Summer Camps ahead of us.

It's been an absolute privilege for Wooden Spoon to work in partnership with the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation on this project.

We recently raised £10,500 for the Outlook Trust to replace their boat which was severely damaged in a storm. The Outlook Trust is a charity that organises and provides residential breaks and outdoor activities for blind and visually impaired children, providing them with experiences that fully sighted children take for granted.

The boat has been named ‘Out on the Full’, in the spirit of rugby and Wooden Spoon, and will soon be appearing regularly on Lake Windermere. The name complements its sister boat, ‘Out for a Duck’ which was supported by a cricket charity.

Thank you to all our supporters for enabling us to fund this project and a particular big thank you to Shaun Bennett and Links Signs and Graphics Ltd for doing a brilliant job with the decals at no cost to the charity.

Wooden Spoon Lancashire recently held another successful joint fundraising event with Fylde Rugby Football Club, when £12,000 was raised, every penny of which will go towards local projects supporting vulnerable children and young people.

The guest speaker was Rob Henderson, the former Ireland and British & Irish Lions centre, who did an absolutely fantastic job entertaining the guests all afternoon. Comedian Phil Walker was also on top form. Phill Mills, Manager of the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation started the afternoon talking about the great work that the Foundation was doing with the support of Wooden Spoon particularly with children from the more deprived areas of the Fylde Coast. He was ably supported by two 8-year-olds who were taking part in a Wooden Spoon Sports Camp at the Club that day.

There was a sprinkling of rugby and football greats in the room including Sir Bill Beaumont, Malcolm Phillips, Derek Parlane and Peter Reid. Our Chairman Martin Long would also like to thank Mark Cadley for organising the day, event sponsors Ormrods Solicitors and Simpson Judge Ltd - Specialist Recruitment and everyone who attended and supported the Wooden Spoon Charity.

We’re delighted that we were able to donate £2,000 to Blackpool Food Bank this month. This amazing charity will supply around 2400 meals and support so many children, individuals and families in our local community who are experiencing food insecurity during the cost of living crisis. Here’s our Martin Long (middle) with Neil Reid, Blackpool Foodbank Chairman and CEO Bev Lucas.

"Blackpool Foodbank provide an essential service in one of the most deprived towns in the UK so it has been a pleasure to be able to help them support so many families living in food poverty." Martin Long