Barrow Raiders were crowned Foundation of the Year at last night’s inaugural Rugby League Awards in Manchester.
Rugby League staged its biggest and most inclusive Awards Night at Emirates Old Trafford, with the Raiders vying for 2023 Foundation of the Year alongside all other UK clubs, including those at Betfred Super League level.
The Advantage! Barrow Raiders Community Foundation scored highly across 11 categories which included promotion to the Betfred Women’s Super League for Barrow Ladies and an award-winning year for our Learning Disability and Able Raiders programmes – the latter also a recipient of a People’s Project award earlier this year, as voted for by viewers of ITV Granada.
A total of 16 awards were handed out on the night at Emirates Old Trafford, including the prestigious Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel award which was won by Wigan Warriors’ Bevan French.
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On receiving the Foundation of the Year award, Charlotte Gibson, community foundation lead, said: “We are truly honoured to receive this award, going up against some incredible foundations doing some absolutely outstanding work.
“We take great pride in our provision and we know just how important our work is to our communities, with our initiatives growing enormously week by week.
“The whole team at Advantage! are dedicated to the ongoing success of the Foundation, working tirelessly to ensure we continue to provide the best health and wellbeing initiatives for all.
“Thank you to everyone who fiercely believes in what we do and support us no end, and to the RFL for giving us the opportunity to deliver a range of rugby league activities for all abilities. We are so unbelievably grateful.”
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Established in 2019, Advantage! Barrow Raiders Community Foundation is the community arm of Barrow Raiders, and is designed to support people who suffer disadvantage in some way, within the heart of Barrow.
Advantage! is now a sustained but still developing programme with its initial focus and immediate dynamic impact being to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of the young people and adults, and vulnerable adults, in the heart of Barrow, through the medium of rugby league and healthy lifestyle initiatives.
To find out more about the work of Advantage!, please visit: https://advantagebarrow.com/
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