SOHK'S SIX HOUR TOUCH RUGBY CHALLENGE A six hour sponsored game of continuous touch rugby... With rolling subs of course! Touch and Tag rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the UK. It's mixed gender, no contact and can be played by everyone - no experience required! It's super fun and it's a great chance for families, friends, sports clubs and anyone else you can think of to participate in one game, no matter their age or ability. And did we mention its an amazing opportunity to help support School of Hard Knocks' vital work! WHAT IS IT? WHY TAKE PART? young people were in contact with SOHK every single week in 2022. For many of our Schools participants, SOHK staff are the only consistent adult role models in their lives. 1610 adults completed SOHK's Adult Course in England 2022. Our work with adults helps people to shift their mindset and focus on the things in their lives that they can control. 469 School of Hard Knocks is a UK based charity that exists to empower and support individuals facing inequality. Through the use of high-impact sport, group & one-to-one mentoring and the power of the team we enable meaningful change in adults' and young people's lives. WHO ARE WE? Email hannaheyre@schoolofhardknocks.org.uk to sign up now! www.sohk.org.uk | Touch Rugby is usually a six a side game so ideally you need a minimum of two teams of fifteen. However in this challenge, it's totally up to you! Your only focus is to keep the game going! Lots of our participants are using this challenge as a way to introduce people to the sport and bring their whole community together. We'll set up a sponsorship page on your behalf and share the link with you. This link can be shared on social media and given to each of your players. It costs SOHK £600 to put one child through our Schools Programme for a whole year... How many children could you fund? We understand the challenges facing rugby clubs and smaller organisations so will happily share 50% of donations back to you. Registered Charity: England & Wales 1147009 Scotland SCO46118 WHERE & WHEN All of these details are completely up to you! You could use a park, your local rugby club or wherever works best for your team. We're asking participants to run their challenge between 1st April and 31st August . Once you're signed up, you'll receive a digital pack containing all the information and support you might need and SOHK staff and volunteers will be on hand to offer planning advice. HOW DOES IT WORK? WE'RE HERE TO HELP! Although the challenge is really simple and easy to organise, our team will check in throughout the process and be there should you need anything at all. We'll also send out lots of support materials... and maybe even a SOHK official match rugby ball! HOW DO I FUNDRAISE? For further information or to sign up now please email hannaheyre@schoolofhardknocks.org.uk www.sohk.org.uk