Category: Our Stories

Something was different at TackleLondon training in Chislehurst last week; the girls arrived in matching kit, wearing their school’s colours as a team for the first time in its history. It’s the school’s first ever dedicated rugby kit, and it exists because one pupil decided her own achievement should belong to everyone. Last year, Freya …

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When Saffron first picked up a rugby ball with TackleLondon, none of us could have known where it would lead. This week, she earned her first international cap for the European Under-15s Touch Rugby Championships: an extraordinary achievement, built entirely on her own hard work, talent and determination. We’re so proud to have been a …

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“When I come to rugby, I know that Jonathan’s gonna be safe. Jonathan knows if he’s had a particularly difficult day, the coaches will pick up on that, and they will speak to him. As a parent, it’s like a lifeline. Just that support is just everything. It’s everything for me.” Elaine Jonathan’s Mum Watch …

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This case study is anonymised — for the purpose of this article, we will call the young person ‘John’. When John first picked up a rugby ball in Year 8, there was nothing dramatic about the moment. No club trials. No weekend programme. Just a quiet PE lesson on an ordinary school day, led by …

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At TackleLondon, every young person arrives with a story, often one shaped long before they ever meet us. For Max Shields, that story begins with extraordinary resilience. Max has lived with a rare kidney condition for most of his life, spending long stretches of childhood where no child should have to: in hospitals, in waiting …

Read more “How Rugby Became a Turning Point in Max’s Life”