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                                                                 Contact your Rugby Development Officer (RDO)
  Club - Schools Links   Club - Colleges Links   Club - University Links  or University Rugby Development Officer (URDO)
                                                                 or universities@rfu.com:
 Local rugby playing schools are a great place to find your   Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges offer clubs a   Do you want more adult players at your club?
 next generation of players (there are no less than 3,200   huge opportunity to engage with 16-19 year old students.   Universities could provide more players both while they   University Rugby Development Officers:
 who are members of the England Rugby Football Schools   Over 773,000 16-18 year olds choose to study in colleges   study and when they leave.
 Union) and linking with a school or schools in your area   compared with just 442,000 in schools.  Mike Panaho
 will certainly help to put your club at the heart of the   There are many benefits from linking with colleges,   With more than 120 rugby-playing universities in   Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, Dorset & Wilts
 community.  England, there may be one near to your club, which may
 sharing facilities to creating satellite clubs as well as   provide a rich resource, potential new players and a   and Gloucestershire
 Send in your coaches, help to train their teachers, provide   players from the college having the opportunity to play at   mutually beneficial partnership.  mikepanaho@rfu.com
 club facilities for a schools festival and the youngsters    the club.  07718 706589
 will discover all that’s best about your club.  As part of their studies, college students often seek work   You may be looking to promote your club and students

 Teachers and parents at local schools may join your   experience and leadership opportunities in a host of   may be looking to build their skills and CVs.  Jamie Traxon
 volunteer workforce and may help you to attract local   disciplines that could also benefit your club.  There may be media students who could video matches,   Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire,
 business sponsorship. Why not go back to school, where   College students may help to coach your youngest teams,   undergraduates happy to design promotional materials    Berkshire, Middlesex and Hertfordshire
 head teachers and heads of sport or rugby can make   assist at club festivals, or provide support in other areas   or physiotherapy students who can look to support    jamietraxon@rfu.com
 excellent allies?  your teams.                                  07738 029261
 of the club, such as social media, or sports theory, while
 your club coaches may be able to act as role models and   A further advantage to club-university links is that the   Alex Hadley
 mentors to them.  university is often willing to share excellent facilities,   Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Essex
 HOW?     including 3G and floodlit pitches. They may be happy to   alexhadley@rfu.com
 Contact your Rugby Development Officer (RDO)    host your tag festival and even provide the volunteers to   07872 672478
 or County Schools Union.  HOW?  help run it as part of their degree course.
    Visit: www.englandrugby.com/colleges                         Richard Marelli
 WHEN?                                                           Notts, Lincs & Derby, Eastern Counties,
 All year but ideally ahead of the academic year.  WHEN?  HOW?   Leicestershire, East Midlands and Warwickshire
 Year round but ideally at the start of the   Visit: www.englandrugby.com/universities  richardmarelli@rfu.com
 WHO?  academic year.                                            07702 779593
 Email: schools@therfu.com to find your    WHEN?
 local contacts.   WHO?  Year round but ideally March/April to plan for    Chris Lowden
 Email: colleges@therfu.com for further advice.  the next academic year.  Lancashire, Cheshire, Staffordshire and
                                                                 North Midlands
                                                                 chrislowden@rfu.com
             WHO?                                                07809 511739
             Make contact with the university via your
             University Rugby Development Officer (URDO)         Mike Hart
             and arrange a meeting.                              Northumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and Cumbria
                                                                 mikehart@rfu.com
                                                                 07894 489755




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