A ONCE-in-a-lifetime trip to the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament is being offered in a raffle aiming to raise £10,000 to help a Syrian refugee family settle in the Ringwood area (UK).
The project has been launched by Ringwood and Ellingham Rugby Club and includes flights, accommodation and tickets for two to the premier event in the world sevens series in April.
It is part of the government’s community refugee sponsorship initiative, which was officially launched in Hampshire late last year.
It has been led by the club’s director of rugby Mark Johnson, who was inspired to bring the initiative to Ringwood after attending the launch of a similar project in Basingstoke.
... Once the club has reached its fundraising goal and submitted an application, the Home Office will contact the UN to identify a suitable family currently living in a refugee camp overseas that will be resettled to Ringwood by around July.
Mark has registered the domain name www.rugby4refugees.com and through a conservation with associates at the Yokohama Rugby Club in Japan, he was offered the prize of a trip for two to the Hong Kong Sevens, from 3rd to 5th April, including flights, accommodation and tickets.
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The project has been launched by Ringwood and Ellingham Rugby Club and includes flights, accommodation and tickets for two to the premier event in the world sevens series in April.
It is part of the government’s community refugee sponsorship initiative, which was officially launched in Hampshire late last year.
It has been led by the club’s director of rugby Mark Johnson, who was inspired to bring the initiative to Ringwood after attending the launch of a similar project in Basingstoke.
... Once the club has reached its fundraising goal and submitted an application, the Home Office will contact the UN to identify a suitable family currently living in a refugee camp overseas that will be resettled to Ringwood by around July.
Mark has registered the domain name www.rugby4refugees.com and through a conservation with associates at the Yokohama Rugby Club in Japan, he was offered the prize of a trip for two to the Hong Kong Sevens, from 3rd to 5th April, including flights, accommodation and tickets.
read more (dvertiserandtimes uk)
