Estimated Price

£1,000

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Project Summary

To subsidise transport costs for a bus in Northern Ireland to take the participants to different locations during their weekend tour. The tour will take place in Easter 2026.

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Project Description

1. Our Under 16s team have been invited to tour and play rugby in Ireland for 3 nights and 4 days over Easter weekend in 2026.  There will be aprox. 22 boys and 4 coaches and the tour hopes to  promote, encouage and enhance the boys physical and mental well being as they train and play rugby over the weekend. They will experience a fun, safe playing environment and will have an opportunity to socialise with each other, share frienships and expierience being together as a team / community.  This group of boys were in P6/P7 during the covid pandmic and they all missed out in P7 residential trips etc meaning that they never had the outdoor experience with their peers that you get at the end of your Primary school years.   Covid meant that this year group were very much  socially isolated and the comoradery and experience of touring as a team will benefit them all greatly. This tour will mean the young people have the chance  to improve their mental health and resilience by being brought together as a team and enjoying all the benefits being part of a team brings.  The £1000 would be used to pay for transport to take the boys to games and tourist sights and accomodation once they arrived in Northern Ireland.  We need to hire a coach for 4 days and the price of this has risen over the past 6 months of planning the tour.
2. Coach Hire - Northern Ireland - Brogans Coach Hire - £1300
3. The whole tour will cost aprox £9k which includes coaches to Stranraer ferry, ferry fares, bus in Ireland, accomodation, kit, meals, activities, groceries etc.