British & Irish Lions Announce Four Charity Partners

The British & Irish Lions Charitable Trust has revealed four new charity partnerships with organisations using rugby to raise funds and awareness of issues.

The Lions will partner with the Matt Hampson Foundation, the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, The Atlas Foundation, and Wooden Spoon, all of whom have rugby ‘at the heart of what they do’ according to the representative team which is set to tour South Africa this summer.

The one-year partnerships will allow the charities to use The British & Irish Lions Charitable Trust logo for all promotional activity during that period, and will also see them given the opportunity to use Lions’ digital platforms for ‘promotional purposes’. They will also have access to 2021 Lions Tour memorabilia for their fundraising.

“We are delighted to announce our four charity partnerships today,” said Gavin Hastings, Chairman of Trustees for the Lions Charitable Trust.  

“We are proud to be partnering with four incredible charities who all have a connection with rugby at their core. We look forward to helping raise as much money as possible by highlighting the vital work they do. 

“2021 marks the start of our new charity programme and we look forward to building on this over the coming years.”

The Lions Charitable Trust says it aims to ‘nurture and support’ Lions players in need, as well as furthering the ‘spirit, values and ethos’ of the Lions through rugby clubs and communities across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

Established in 2002, its Board of Trustees includes representatives from across the nations involved, including Gavin Hastings, Richard Hill, Fergus Slattery, and Sam Warburton.