News

Calling all Rugby fans and voucher enthusiasts!

IPF Client, Max Levene to become first person with a tetraplegic spinal cord injury to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro in his wheelchair

The RFU Injured Players Foundation (IPF), England Rugby’s Official charity, is delighted to announce Prof Stephen Duckworth OBE, DSc, FKC(Lon), PhD, MSc, LRCP, MRCS, FDSRCS(Hon) as its new Chair.

National Volunteering Week:- Spotlight on Evalian.

Why did Evalian choose to support the IPF?

“The decision was an easy one for us, as one of our colleagues has first hand experience of the impact the RFU IPF makes on injured players and their family’s lives.

There are so many ways you can be part of our IPF Squad. Here's how you can get involved.

Injured rugby player Duncan Campbell has been selected to play golf for England by the Disabled Golf Association (DGA) just two years after taking up the sport which has turned his life around.Injured rugby player Duncan Campbell has been selected to play golf for England by the Disabled Golf Association (DGA) just two years after taking up the sport which has turned his life around.

The RFU Injured Players Foundation, (IPF), England Rugby’s Official Charity, which supports players who have sustained a catastrophic spinal cord or acute severe traumatic brain injury whilst playing rugby union in England, has today announced a three-year partnership with Brain Research UK.

It was a record-setting TCS London Marathon and a record fundraiser for the RFU Injured Players Foundation whose supporters raised £90,000 for the charity which helps catastrophically injured players and their families throughout their lives.

Leading charity Spinal Research is driving a major new initiative aimed at unlocking the UK’s potential for cutting edge research into spinal cord injury.

The Dartfordians Mens 1st team held a fundraising lunch in aid of the Injured Players Foundation following their 24-7 win over Dover RFC which cemented 2nd place (and promotion!) from Kent Counties 1. 

Gareth, along with an NFU Mutual work colleague, his cousin and two former Stratford-upon-Avon Rugby teammates, will tackle the 26.2-mile race in the inaugural year of wheelchairs being pushed by up to four runners. Two runners can push at any one time, with others a limit of 10 participants.

What a match for Rugby World Cup winner Jason Robinson to share with clients of the RFU Injured Players Foundation in their hospitality box at Twickenham.

Catastrophically injured playing rugby after returning as an Army captain from a tour of Afghanistan, Tom Hughes has continued to live a life full of challenge and adventure.

One aspect of life that the RFU Injured Players Foundation (IPF) tries to help catastrophically injured clients retain is their love of sport and adventure.