The
Change Foundation
Celebrating
42-years of change
On behalf of Sutton and Epsom, and The Change Foundation, of which I am Chair of its talented and hard-working Ambassadors I’d like to express a warm welcome to all our guest teams and spectators.
For the first time we will see an England visually impaired rugby team take to the field in their home country. The fact this is at Sutton and Epsom is a great honour for the club and the rugby family.
I have first-hand experience of the skill, commitment and tenacity of international VI players after being part of a tournament held in the French city of Toulon last year, and can certainly testify as to what a spectacle the game presents.
The sport of VI Rugby was invented by The Change Foundation (TCF), who brought a team to Japan when the country hosted the World Cup in 2019, playing three matches against the host nation at Kumagaya Stadium, Saitama. So this is a very welcome chance to repay the hospitality our players and representatives received on that trip.
Good luck to all involved and we look forward to some very vocal travelling support cheering their teams on.
Will Taborn
The Change Foundation is an award-winning charity that uses sport to change the lives of marginalised young people.
Throughout the past 42-years we have successfully delivered award winning sports intervention programmes to vulnerable young people living in the UK and abroad.
MEET OUR young PRESIDENT...
Theodore Sergiou
We are incredibly proud to introduce Theo as our official charity president.
Since graduating from our Cricket 4 Change programme Theo has continued to lead an extraordinary life filled with excitement and success. Stay tuned over the next week as we introduce you to Theo in an exclusive interview.
THE CHANGE FOUNDATION
HAS ALWAYS FOLLOWED AN ‘INNOVATE AND
SHARE’ PHILOSOPHY
WHICH HAS SPREAD OUR IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD.
Our Green Action Plan
Following the COP 26 Summit, we decided to make changes to the way we run our charity.
Throughout 2022 we will be working together with young people, our partners and our team to make our world a greener, safer and happier place. A few ways we plan to do this are…
- Reduce the carbon footprint of our cricket centre.
- Host a ‘COP 26 Youth Summit’ to encourage young people to discuss their opinions on climate change.
- Create more green spaces around our cricket centre.
- Encourage and challenge our partners, young people and team to complete green incentives.
- Introduce a tree planting scheme to combat C02 emissions within our charity.
We look forward to working together in 2022 to make our world a greener place.
Events & Challenges
Take part in our events and challenges and support us in changing the lives of marginalised young people through the power of sport.
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