Wooden Spoon News

20.10.20

Ex-Bath Rugby star lends a helping hand to Wooden Spoon

15.10.20

Ex-rugby players saddle up to raise staggering sum

12.10.20

Young duo behind Rugby Recycled raising vital funds in Scotland

12.10.20

First Scotland members’ golf day scores super sum

06.10.20

Sussex Rugby Clubs Championship goes ahead

05.10.20

A London Marathon like no other

05.10.20

Five new trustees appointed to Wooden Spoon board

24.09.20

Gruelling 487-mile bike ride raises £3,230 for Wooden Spoon Kent

11.09.20

CruzKids’ annual activity weekend for bereaved young people

10.09.20

A tee-rific golf day for Wooden Spoon Leicestershire

10.09.20

Swindon St George Rugby League Club team up with Wooden Spoon

09.09.20

Terrific team of one raises spirits and funds for Wooden Spoon

21.08.20

A stage for Scottish young people to shine and forget their troubles

20.08.20

Wooden Spoon Wales’ helping hand still felt 10 years on

22.07.20

England winger Mike Slemen has passed away aged 69

21.07.20

Creating positive futures through the HITZ rugby programme

16.07.20

Bristol Bears and Bath rugby players scrum together for Wooden Spoon

15.07.20

Put the ‘fun’ in fundraising with Wooden Spoon!

08.07.20

Wooden Spoon donates £246,000 to local charities affected by COVID-19

25.06.20

Worcester Warriors Chris Pennell’s insight into rugby life in lockdown

23.06.20

A place to play continues to brighten the lives of Irish children

22.06.20

24-hour Summer Solstice Marathon raises £7,000 for Wooden Spoon

28.05.20

Participate in a virtual challenge and raise money for Wooden Spoon

13.05.20

A new place to play in peace thanks to Wooden Spoon Ulster.

05.05.20

Wooden Spoon join #GivingTuesdayNow in Global Day of Giving and Unity

30.04.20

Rugby On Everest – One Year On

29.04.20

Wooden Spoon announces emergency support package to help local charities through COVID-19 crisis

28.04.20

Shane’s seven day series of strenuous cycles

16.04.20

Take on The 2.6 Challenge for Wooden Spoon

15.04.20

Nurturing new families at adoption charity PACT

09.04.20

Virtual Charity Film Awards to take place on 21 April

08.04.20

Wooden Spoon Lancashire pays tribute to long standing patron

01.04.20

Wooden Spoon furlough staff in response to COVID-19

31.03.20

Wooden Spoon launch their 2018/19 Impact Report

16.03.20

Wooden Spoon postpones upcoming events

14.02.20

Cornwall’s sell out crowd for Wooden Spoon dinner

14.02.20

Wales entertained guests at Sophia Gardens for the Wooden Spoon Quiz

13.02.20

Second year Giro D’Capitale bike ride for Wooden Spoon

13.02.20

Scotland host lunch ahead of Six Nations Calcutta Cup contest

07.02.20

Wooden Spoon Partner Club finalist for Rugby Club of the Season

07.02.20

Ireland rugby stars attend opening of new sensory classroom

15.01.20

Wooden Spoon shortlisted for the 2020 Charity Film Awards

09.01.20

Former Liverpool player cuts the ribbon for a Merseyside project

02.01.20

Annual Sussex Christmas lunch on Brighton Pier

19.12.19

New Skills Pod for Sidestrand School

19.12.19

Woodbridge School hosts gala dinner for Eastern Counties

11.12.19

Irish rugby legend opens peace playpark at the Corrymeela Centre

11.12.19

Wooden Spoon Vets defeated by British Army Masters

10.12.19

Sussex opens their 25th project at Farney Close

06.12.19

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Jones on his plans for the Six Nations

02.12.19

Surrey opens two projects in one day with John Inverdale

02.12.19

Bedfordshire provides Ridgeway School with a new sensory garden

29.11.19

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Jones on Japan’s legacy and next steps for England

29.11.19

Fiery funds raised at Surrey’s Curry Lunch

27.11.19

Another successful annual luncheon for Lancashire

19.11.19

Harry’s delight at mascot opportunity

02.11.19

The Telegraph selects Wooden Spoon for their annual Christmas appeal

01.11.19

Wooden Spoon need your vote for Charity Film Awards

30.10.19

Rory ready to bring the Best to the Barbarians at Twickenham

29.10.19

Cricket Meets Spoon Lunch Overcomes the English Weather

16.10.19

Crowborough Vintage XV vs Wooden Spoon Vets

14.10.19

Special Scrum Dine With Me serves up a superb evening

14.10.19

Children more relaxed thanks to refurbished hydrotherapy pool

11.10.19

Securitas Irish Sea Crossing Caught In Stormy Weather

11.10.19

Vision4Sport Events donate large sum to Wooden Spoon Scotland

07.10.19

Reading RFC win Rugby Club Golf Challenge National Final

04.10.19

New classroom and playground for Pear Tree School

30.09.19

Judith Phelps becomes the first female president of North Midlands Rugby

12.09.19

Rugby Legend Opens New Sensory Room

30.08.19

Old Elthamians RFC win Kent Golf Day

28.08.19

A Successful Golf Day for Eastern Counties

27.08.19

Another World Record Broken: The Longest match of rugby union

14.08.19

7s Rugby: Men’s Marauders and Wooden Spoon Women’s Match Reports 2019

31.07.19

Tamara Taylor and Rob Vickers Honorary Presidents in Durham

30.07.19

The magic ingredient – corporate partners

22.07.19

New hoists give independence to Treloars students

17.07.19

New Cwtsh and Grand Slam Garden for Heolddu

11.07.19

Charity Partner – National Rugby Awards

08.07.19

Captain’s Fundraiser with Altitude

02.07.19

Rugbytots cycle ride raises over £175,000

27.06.19

Wooden Spoon Lancashire annual golf day

26.06.19

Chunk opens Lifeskills & Training Centre

19.06.19

Archbishop opens new MUGA

18.06.19

First Speak-a-thon is a triumph

17.06.19

All Inclusive Adventure Play Area

12.06.19

Spoonews Spring Summer issue is out

10.06.19

Children grow in confidence in Hydrotherapy Pool

07.06.19

Beach Touch Rugby in Brighton

05.06.19

Sir Bill opens Sensory Sports Pad

28.05.19

In Memory of Si Viney

20.05.19

Retro Madness at Rock The Moor

17.05.19

Blagdon Estate charity walk

09.05.19

Cardiff sun shines on Bryn Hafod

09.05.19

Aberdare Grand Slam with Lee Bryne

09.05.19

Sport is much more than a game at Oakley

06.05.19

Double Record Breakers at Mount Everest

03.05.19

HRH Prince Harry opens new Youth Zone

02.05.19

Warwickshire Grand Prix Success

02.05.19

Congratulations to our fantastic London Marathon Runners!

30.04.19

Irwin Mitchell sponsors Partner Club Programme

29.04.19

Clare Hares international tag festival

29.04.19

Why we support Wooden Spoon

26.04.19

Eastern Counties teams up with Rugbytots for DelBoy

25.04.19

Highest ever touch rugby game!

18.04.19

Rugbytots bike ride set to raise £150,000

18.04.19

Running spoon attempts World Record at London Marathon!

16.04.19

Riyadh Vipers Charity Event for Wooden Spoon

15.04.19

LMAX Exchange Everest Rugby Challengers Sent Off In Style

05.04.19

New technology helps deliver Wooden Spoon Vision

03.04.19

Raising awareness: challenging perceptions

03.04.19

All change at Wooden Spoon Sussex

01.04.19

Hastings RFC rise to the Everest Challenge

28.03.19

The impossible dream

27.03.19

Lee Mears shrimp is a winner at Scrum Dine With Me

19.03.19

Ross is a cut above for Wooden Spoon Scotland

05.03.19

The Difference You Helped Us Make

21.02.19

Sensory garden created for children with specialist needs

19.02.19

Fantastic evening at The Rugby Ball

08.02.19

Jiffy opens Wooden Spoon project at Noah’s Ark

07.02.19

Specialist Cots for Zoe’s Place

07.02.19

Garden rooms make a difference in Morecambe

01.02.19

Tamara Taylor Inspires Future Players

30.01.19

Final training weekend prepares challengers for Everest

29.01.19

New room supports autistic young people

23.01.19

An oasis for healthy living at Kobi Kitchen

21.01.19

Steve Ardley memorial game

18.01.19

Merseyside annual lunch at Anfield

02.01.19

New Year Honours for McBride and Beaumont

21.12.18

New respite lounge for Lisalanna

20.12.18

Alexander Devine’s lasting legacy

14.12.18

#MyEverest: 91.7 miles for Wooden Spoon!

13.12.18

Vets rugby squad release Christmas charity single

07.12.18

Toby Flood opens Northumberland accessible park

06.12.18

Ulster pupils benefit from multi-sensory room

30.11.18

#MyEverest

28.11.18

Surrey’s annual Rugby Clubs’ Curry Lunch

26.11.18

Children can now bike and bounce at Highbury School

26.11.18

The Ulster Annual Dinner

16.11.18

Vets Tour remembers fallen rugby players

09.11.18

An Evening with Sir Michael Parkinson

08.11.18

Wheelchair-bound youngsters enjoy new swing

08.11.18

Phil Burgess launches Crouch Hold Engage charity ale

08.11.18

Edinburgh’s pioneering speech centre

07.11.18

IT-driven sensory learning at Dorking school

10.10.18

Retired Schalk Brits to continue comeback with Barbarians

19.09.18

Running the toughest foot-race in the world

14.09.18

Dartfordians RFC triumphant at Kent Golf Day

12.09.18

Rugbytots epic charity build for outstanding Surrey school

19.08.18

OPRO launches Wooden Spoon mouthguard

07.08.18

Mixed ability rugby squad celebrates

03.08.18

RideLondon cyclists triumph

27.07.18

Rugby with Altitude: LMAX Exchange Everest Rugby Challenge

17.07.18

Old Colfeian’s win draw and U18s recognise Wooden Spoon

17.07.18

West Kent Club Together Cycle raises over £28,000

05.07.18

Camberley RFC Ndure Cycle for Wooden Spoon

02.07.18

7s Marauders: 2018 a great season!

28.06.18

TransAm: 4,300 miles in 22 days 8 hours

21.06.18

Sussex Rugby Clubs Golf Challenge

15.06.18

Brian Murray’s Trans-Am challenge

06.06.18

9th Annual Charity 7s Tag Rugby in memory of Si Viney

24.05.18

Moseley Oak RFC win inaugural Big Fat Rugby Quiz

15.05.18

HITZ squad take part in Devon’s ‘Big Build’

15.05.18

Ballymena Bears Hill Challenge success

08.05.18

Stew Mel Lions celebrate year of fundraising

30.04.18

Doing It for the Girls and Wooden Spoon

17.04.18

Wheels Go Round To Raise Thousands

17.04.18

Peterborough RFC host 11th annual lunch

10.04.18

Ballyclare RFC partner club success

10.04.18

Wayne Barnes referees Windsor U16s game

20.03.18

Fylde RFC Wooden Spoon Dinner

22.02.18

Southend RFC charity lunch

15.02.18

‘Women with Drive’ tackle new heights

01.02.18

Natwest Six Nations 2018

30.01.18

Barnstaple Dinner with Phil Vickery

30.01.18

Phil Vickery opens sensory room at Little Bridge House

02.01.18

Market Harborough RFC is first Leicestershire partner club

19.12.17

Grove Cottage delighted with new sensory room

15.12.17

Banbury RFC charity matchday raises £1.5K

11.12.17

Johnson delights at ‘best ever’ Merseyside Lunch

22.11.17

Gloucester youngster wins HITZ award

21.11.17

Lansdowne youngsters benefit from new multi-use games arena

10.11.17

Partner Club golfers tee off for charity

09.11.17

Norwich Union RFC partnership begins with a bang

03.11.17

Norfolk Park playground a hit with the children

02.11.17

HITZ Awards: Community Impact Finalists

01.11.17

Compostella Way Pilgrims Made It!

18.10.17

Terrington Hall and Cundall Manor team up

17.10.17

Sean Lamont Receives Wooden Spoon from CHAS

16.10.17

Roger Baird Opens New Playground

13.10.17

Youngsters Delight at Rebalancing Suite

13.10.17

Adventure Play and Sensory Spaces for The Yard

09.10.17

Local Charities Benefit from Ride

25.09.17

Memorial day for fallen father and son leaves lasting legacy

25.09.17

Hemel top leaderboard at Rugby Clubs’ Golf Championship

21.09.17

Wooden Spoon-gifted gym fit for purpose

21.09.17

Champion athlete to escort fundraiser on European trek

19.09.17

Rugby and cricket combine for charity bash

19.09.17

Chair lift for League champions

18.09.17

Chiefs champion children’s charity of rugby

13.09.17

High spirits as supporter completes Snowdon treble

11.09.17

Rugby rivals rake in staggering sum

11.09.17

Golf day launches perfect Staffordshire partnership

11.09.17

Park House crowned Kent Golf Challenge champions

07.09.17

Donation sparks school’s decade of growth

07.09.17

Club Together riders reach six-figure sum

01.09.17

Spoonews Autumn/Winter 2017 out now

31.08.17

Surf’s up at inclusive beach

30.08.17

Marauders end season with semi-final showing

29.08.17

Rugbytots riders celebrate two-wheeled triumph

21.08.17

Save-the-date for floodlit fun

15.08.17

Brian saddles up for transatlantic adventure

14.08.17

Playzone turns frowns upside down

14.08.17

Golfers score super sum

11.08.17

Vikings fans show sporting support

10.08.17

Hit the beach for Gloucester rugby festival

02.08.17

Grangewood pupils’ new place to play

01.08.17

Partner Clubs’ summer support

28.07.17

Rolling wheels gather Moss

27.07.17

The Chosen ones conquer Longlevens Sevens

26.07.17

Welsh garden blooms

19.07.17

Cyclists show support on two-wheeled tour

19.07.17

Red Roses to bloom at World Cup?

19.07.17

Touch of class from capital agencies

18.07.17

Octogenarian tames wilds of Scotland

18.07.17

Pub-goers keep fundraising wheels in motion

18.07.17

Cornwall challenge for generous golfers

17.07.17

Cox climbers conquer Three Peaks

14.07.17

Mr England saddles up for Wooden Spoon

13.07.17

HITZ scheme’s big impact

11.07.17

Baa Baas lined up to battle All Blacks

11.07.17

Sporting chance for Kent youngsters

10.07.17

Extension enables extra support

06.07.17

Norfolk gets quizzical

05.07.17

Rugby clubs in the swing at charity golf day

04.07.17

Providing the missing piece

04.07.17

Wooden Spoon’s winning record

04.07.17

A place to play

26.06.17

Rugby rivals unite for tour of Norfolk’s clubs

23.06.17

Emerging England Star calls Close Series

23.06.17

Wooden Spoon staff answer DIY SOS

22.06.17

Witney Wolves Welcome Wooden Spoon Festival

21.06.17

TNT and Wooden Spoon Gallop to Aid of Riding Charity

21.06.17

TNT Runners Overtake Fundraising Target

14.06.17

Four rugby wheelchairs donated to Exeter Hawks

13.06.17

Gavin Hastings opens Wooden Spoon kitchen at Edinburgh youth club

13.06.17

WS Marauders make semi finals of iPRO Super Sevens Series

13.06.17

Tim Visser – If there is a chance of us winning – It is definitely now

06.06.17

Rest Recovery/Snoezelen Room opened in Cheltenham

06.06.17

Rugby club to take on epic bike ride

05.06.17

John Inverdale on The Lions

05.06.17

Wooden Spoon young supporter is mascot for Barbarians

27.05.17

Cox Automotive tackles Three Peaks

24.05.17

Call for West Midlands and Warwickshire volunteers

23.05.17

Lane End School Reading Cafe Project Opened

22.05.17

Newport take title in style

11.05.17

Schools – wear your Wooden Spoon socks

11.05.17

HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO opens Wooden Spoon Surrey’s Dipping Pond at Wildlife Trust

10.05.17

New Wetroom for Weston House, Bridgend

10.05.17

New adventure playground gives children with special needs more opportunities for play

09.05.17

El Snowsill Recaps on Wooden Spoon Women’s Triumph in Kinsale!

25.04.17

Partner Club Huddersfield RUFC Win National League 3 Northern Division

24.04.17

Marauders Fun in the Sunshine Sevens

11.04.17

Wooden Spoon minibus to connect children in care in Scotland

11.04.17

Ripple Retreat opens

11.04.17

Scouting for RDA’s Scotland Squad

11.04.17

Teenage Den made possible for Children’s Hospice

11.04.17

The countdown is on to the Virgin London Marathon

10.04.17

Wheelchair Rugby – One Year On

06.04.17

Joseph Norton Academy Wooden Spoon Farm Opens in Yorkshire

04.04.17

Rob Andrew on Lions Tour to NZ and England Cricket

03.04.17

Opening of CurnowGarden at Curnow School, Redruth.

03.04.17

Speedy Support From Josh Caygill

30.03.17

A Day at the Races with Gloucester Wooden Spoon

28.03.17

Wooden Spoon Marauders Gear Up For 2017 Sevens Season

27.03.17

HSBC Rosslyn Park Schools Sevens Round Up

22.03.17

Students Sporting Sock Exchange Initiative

15.03.17

Wooden Spoon Sussex Open 21st Project

15.03.17

Wooden Spoon Welcomes BeRugby Magazine

10.03.17

England’s Full Back Nolli gives her thoughts on the 6 Nations so far…

06.03.17

Legacy for a Legend Martin ‘Speedy’ Roberts…

01.03.17

Club Together… Rugby Riding for Wooden Spoon

27.02.17

Widnes Vikings team up with Wooden Spoon

23.02.17

Fantastic New Soft Play Room at Rainbow Hospice, Thanks to Wooden Spoon Leicester

20.02.17

Founders reunite for presentation.

15.02.17

Fantastic 6 Nations Dinner raises £6,500

14.02.17

Mowbray Special School Barn & Classroom Opening

10.02.17

Wooden Spoon Edinburgh Burns Supper

08.02.17

Nathan Hines Opens New Sensory Room at Bonnyrigg Charity Bright Sparks

08.02.17

Sky Sports Presenter Alex Payne Chats to Wooden Spoon about the 6 Nations 2017

03.02.17

Six Nations – Wooden Spoon’s news round up

06.01.17

Vital support to get young people with disabilities fitter in 2017

04.01.17

Rugby was the winner at the 21st Golden Oldies Festival in Cardiff

07.12.16

UK’s leading rugby tour operator announces support for Wooden Spoon!

05.12.16

Sensational Sevenoaks School supports Wooden Spoon

23.11.16

Fantastic fundraising provides brilliant boost to our West Midlands region

17.11.16

Happy Honda staff triumph completing Three Peaks for charity!

21.09.16

Supermarine RFC Show Their Support for Wooden Spoon

16.09.16

London to Monte Carlo Bike Ride

05.08.16

TNT go the extra mile for Wooden Spoon

17.07.16

Celebrating success of International Tag Rugby Tournament

14.06.16

The Wooden Spoon Marauders at Super Sevens Series

07.06.16

Barns Green RFC raise funds in memory of young club member

06.06.16

The Wooden Spoon Marauders compete at Amsterdam Sevens

23.05.16

Rugby fans take on gruelling challenge for Wooden Spoon Somerset

23.05.16

Eastern Counties attend 8th Bury St Edmunds RFC Rugby 7’s

23.05.16

Congratulations to our fantastic London Marathon Runners!

10.05.16

New Partner Club present cheque to Surrey region

22.04.16

Burton RFC host Wooden Spoon Challenge Match

21.04.16

Festival of Rugby gets off to a flying start!

21.04.16

Rugby fans raise £875 for Wooden Spoon Gloucestershire

21.04.16

Southend RFC support Wooden Spoon

21.04.16

Two blokes, two weeks and 142 miles across the Cornish Coastline

21.04.16

Redruth RFC team up with Wooden Spoon Cornwall

14.04.16