News and Updates

August and September 2019 (summer holiday time) have been extraordinarily busy months for the RGF. Grant applications continue to arrive thick and fast and at the time of this post we’ve received 54 since the start of August and currently 37 of those have been successful! Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard … Continued

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve just launched our 2018-19 Annual Review and we strongly recommend you look and see for yourselves what a difference the RGF has made to so many young people across the UK. Everyone associated with the RGF should feel very proud of another inspirational and successful year. Thank you to … Continued

Please find the time to read Edward’s moving story and see how the RGF has made such a difference to this amazing young boy and his family. Our thanks go to Catherine and Shaune, Edward’s parents, for sharing Edward’s story with us: “Our son Edward is 3 years old, big brother to Edith and younger … Continued

Up and coming ice dance skater, Aimee, decided to take on the “Ice Bucket Challenge” and managed to coerce her family to join her to help raise funds for the RGF. Aimee assures us it was great fun and supplied us with a video to prove it – sadly we can’t get this to work … Continued

Phoebe is part of the GB Junior Group Pathway for 2019. This year Phoebe and her group have been selected to represent GB at the Irini Cup in Greece where they won the three gold medals on offer for hoop, ribbon and all around. At the English Championships in early June the group won silver … Continued

“As the RGF has been a huge part of my journey to the World & European Junior Championships I thought it would be nice for me to give you a little update on what I have been up to. After a lot of hard work, sweat and tears last winter I made the GB Junior … Continued

“We cannot thank you enough for supporting Olivia’s driving lessons. Driving is an incredibly cathartic thing for Olivia as it gives her something else to think about other than being in hospital and on the receiving end of gruelling treatment for her leukaemia. Driving will be such a rewarding activity for Olivia moving forward, it … Continued

19-year-old Ali Ahmed is currently a volleyball performance scholar at the University of Essex. He also plays for the England national team. He first started playing volleyball at 8 years ago at his school and then progressed through England youth squads after some club success. Recently, the University of Essex won the BUCS championships for … Continued

The RGF has awarded Heaven a grant to support her personal development as she pursues her long-term goal to swim competitively, both nationally and internationally. 12-year-old Heaven is completely committed to her future sporting aspirations to be a successful swimmer. Heaven’s base club is Nottingham Leander SC whom she still represents in local competitions. She … Continued