News and Updates

Jackie Frost and her colleagues at Baker Chapman & Bussey have, once again, supported the RGF at Christmas time. Instead of printing and posting Christmas cards to their clients and business partners they have sent E-Christmas cards instead and the money they have saved has been donated to the RGF. Jackie told us: “Baker Chapman … Continued

The RGF is very excited to announce that through our friends at make a smile lottery we are introducing the Play & Save Reward Card! A discount card to thank our lottery players for their loyalty. You will be able to use your card in lots of local businesses and receive discounts which could save … Continued

Fundraising events for the RGF have been very limited during Covid19 so we are delighted to tell you that Callum, and his mum Michelle, completed their swimathon last month raising close to £100 for the RGF. The swimathon was held at Water Meadows in Mansfield and was organised by the Mansfield Rotary Club and the … Continued

We are very excited to announce that we are now selling single tickets so you can be in with even more chances of winning the make a smile lottery (Just like another well-known lottery!) Each entry costs just £1 and you will be emailed your play numbers prior to the draw. As always, your lottery … Continued

We are delighted to share the news that the RGF has appointed Beverly to its Board of trustees with immediate effect. Beverly is currently the Grants Manager for The Prince’s Countryside Fund and is responsible for various funding streams with various priorities, but with an overwhelming priority for farming and rural communities. She is also … Continued

RGF supporter, Hannah, is well known to the RGF and we are pleased to report that she’s back again this year to support us through donating proceeds from the sale of her 2021 charity calendar to three charities including the RGF. We think it will make a super Christmas present! Hannah shared with us why … Continued

Followers of the RGF will recall that Adam and Emily, like so many others, postponed their wedding planned for this year and now plan to get married in May 2021. Adam said at the time: “Whilst we are disappointed, we know that everyone has been impacted in some way by the virus and for many, … Continued

The Sunrisers was formed as one of eight regional hubs competing in the new Women’s Cricket Elite Domestic Structure, which covers the region of the three first-class counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and the national counties of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire. The Rob George Foundation will … Continued

Heaven shared with us: “I would like to thank the Rob George Foundation for their amazing support and share an update on how I have been maintaining my training & fitness to be fully prepared for getting back into the pool. I achieved British & Home Nations Qualifying times as an age group swimmer in … Continued

Once again, we have been touched to hear that Aimee and her family organised a fundraising event to raise funds for the RGF (something we encourage all our grantees to do, if they are able to). Previously Aimee had volunteered herself for the “Ice Bucket” challenge. Her second fundraising challenge was arguably far more demanding … Continued

Joining our existing patrons, Graham Gooch OBE and Michael J Fitch, Tammy told us: “It is a real honour and privilege for me to take on the role as one of the Patrons of the Rob George Foundation. I knew Rob well at Loughborough University, and it is great to see his legacy live on … Continued