<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Community Rugby Trust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changing Lives Through Rugby]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:46:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[More than 220 Luton children pack out rugby club in biggest junior celebration the town has seen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Youth membership at Stockwood Park RFC has risen by a third in a single year, as a community rugby charity transforms access to sport for children across south Luton More than 220 children descended on Stockwood Park Rugby Football Club over the weekend for the club's end of season prizegiving, filling the clubhouse well beyond its comfortable capacity and marking the most successful year in the junior section's history. Children aged four and upwards, through all age groups to colts,...]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/post/more-than-220-luton-children-pack-out-rugby-club-in-biggest-junior-celebration-the-town-has-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a01c1460d21360dca4517ad</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 11:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/088658_d4dee84c364e4c268b34d35fe2258295~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alistair body</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why One Charity Cannot Change Luton On Its Own]]></title><description><![CDATA[Working with the council’s Luton 2040 vision and alongside other local organisations is not just something we think is a good idea. It is the only way this works. When we started taking coaches into schools in south Luton, we quickly realised something that shapes everything we do. Getting a child onto a rugby pitch is the easy part. What is much harder, and much more important, is making sure that child has everything around them to keep going. The right support. The right people. A...]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/post/why-one-charity-cannot-change-luton-on-its-own</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00f001ecab9011375791c3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 21:03:41 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alistair body</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case Study - Gave him a spot to fill]]></title><description><![CDATA[How a school rugby session gave back a boy’s belief that sport had a place for him IN HIS OWN WORDS He had played rugby before. He knew what the sport was, had watched it at home, had given it a go. But at some point he stopped, and the reason he stopped says a lot about how sport can lose a child before it ever really has them. The tackles felt too much. Everyone else seemed to already know what they were doing. So he stepped back. When the coaches came into his school, something shifted....]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/post/case-study-gave-him-a-spot-to-fill</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00e4a0b1ac8cd94fa7443f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:07:38 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alistair body</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case Study - He found his voice through rugby.]]></title><description><![CDATA[How rugby helped a 12 year old from Luton grow in confidence and find his place in a team IN HIS OWN WORDS Before the coaches from the Community Rugby Trust came into his school, this 12 year old from Luton had already decided that rugby was his kind of sport. He liked the physical side of it, the contact, the pace. But knowing you want to play and actually getting there are two very different things. When he first came up to Stockwood Park for a session, he had no idea what to expect. He was...]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/post/case-study-he-found-his-voice-through-rugby</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a00e2e49b0abb41c545b1e0</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 20:02:36 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alistair body</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Case Study - A Place to Belong]]></title><description><![CDATA[After trying football, boxing and more, one boy from Luton finally found where he fitted in IN HIS OWN WORDS He had tried football. He had tried boxing. Nothing stuck. His parents kept encouraging him, kept looking for the thing that would click, but each time the answer came back the same: I don’t want to go, I don’t like it. When rugby came along, his expectations were not high. He gave himself three weeks before writing it off. He turned up for the first session half expecting to drop the...]]></description><link>https://www.communityrugby.co.uk/post/case-study-a-place-to-belong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a009ae49b0abb41c54500d8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 15:02:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>alistair body</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>