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Run London's central half marathon through Westminster and the City, and fundraise in support of catastrophically injured rugby players and the rugby family.

On 28th June Laura Wright will perform in a charity concert at the historic Bamburgh Castle in aid of the RFU Injured Players Foundation.

At the London Marathon a total of 25 IPF runners, raised over £65,000 between them to support catastrophically injured players and to fund vital injury prevention research.

AMROS Golf Event Management & Promotions will be supporting the Injured Players Foundation and Wooden Spoon Worcestershire at their upcoming ‘Big Lunch’ on Friday 5th July at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich. With special guests Sir Clive Woodward and Worcester Warriors’ Chris Pennell, this promises to be a spectacular event.

On Wednesday 1st May a group of walkers set off from Twickenham Stadium on a 150 mile walk to Stourbridge Rugby Club. A week later a group of cyclists followed the same route and the two teams arrived at Stourbridge Rugby Club on Friday 10th May for a day of celebration.

The For Ruck Sake Rugby Legends Tour will host Q&A events with some of the world's greatest rugby players at venues around the country this Autumn, in support of the RFU Injured Players Foundation and a number of other charities.

"We're not part of a club, we're part of a family" said one of the RFU Injured Players Foundation skiers when asked who this remarkable bunch were zooming down the slopes of Andorra.

A group of injured players supported by the IPF were recently given the opportunity to try scuba diving for the first time as part of the charity's Engage Programme.

Thank you to everyone who donated their Fan Cups to the charity at Twickenham Stadium across the Quilter Internationals in the autumn and the 2019 Guinness Six Nations, you helped raise an incredible amount to support injured players!

During a recent England match at Twickenham a number of IPF clients who were at HQ to watch the match shared their stories with us.

Peter Bache is planning to walk from Twickenham Stadium to Stourbridge Rugby Club to raise vital funds and awareness for the RFU Injured Players Foundation and QE Hospital in Birmingham.

Steve Bavington, who was catastrophically injured while playing rugby in the Army in 1989, is taking part in the 2019 100km Randonnee cycle around the Isle of Wight, using his new Hybrid Assisted Handbike provided by the IPF.

Tyler O’dowd is a real example of every cloud having a silver lining. This is his story.

John Pemberton who retired from playing rugby after over 1,000 games and took up refereeing is running the London Marathon to raise funds and awareness for the RFU Injured Players Foundation (IPF).

Help the IPF raise funds in & around Twickenham Stadium for England’s first home match of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations by volunteering to join our team of bucket shakers on match day.

Tom Hughes who, while an army officer, was catastrophically injured playing rugby seven years ago has now achieved a doctorate with the support of the RFU Injured Players Foundation.

We need your help to find runners to join the IPF Team for London’s world famous 26.2 mile event. A true bucket list experience, with a training day at Twickenham stadium before the big day, and support throughout from the IPF Team to get you marathon ready.