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#CareDay
Young people, staff and volunteers from charity
partner, Include Youth, will take to the pitch this
evening with the message ‘Proud to Support
Young People in Care’.
Paddy Mooney, Director at Include Youth, said:
“Ulster Rugby’s staff, fans and team have really
thrown their muscle behind our #CareDay
activities this month and are helping us to raise
awareness about our work with young people in,
or leaving, care. From donating match tickets to
the young people engaged in our projects for their
home games, to featuring young people’s stories
in the match night programmes throughout
February.”
Twenty-one-year-old Rico Letang, a care
leaver from Belfast who featured in last Friday
night’s match programme, is one of the young
people attending the Glasgow Warriors match
this evening. He said: “At school I participated
in football, Gaelic, hurling and cross-country
running but I’d love to try rugby. It’s always been
something I would like to do. I watch most Ireland
games when they’re on TV, but I’m more of an
All Blacks fan secretly. I’m definitely looking
forward to the Ulster match, as it’ll be my first time
watching a proper match at a stadium.”
Fiona Hampton from Ulster Rugby said: “We’re
very proud to be able to give these young people
their first ever taste of a professional rugby match
at Kingspan Stadium and make sure they know
that Ulster Rugby and the wider rugby community
will welcome them with open arms.
“We know through our partnership with Include
Youth that many young people who grow up in
care miss out on being able to take part in sport
due to an unsettled home life or multiple foster
placements.
“While we support Include Youth’s work all
year round, we’re very proud to join with them
and all the other individuals and organisations
throughout the UK and Ireland to mark
#CareDay 2017.”
Ulster Rugby this week pledged its support for ‘National Care Day 2017’ which
champions positive messages about children and young people in care or
leaving care throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
ULSTER RUGBY PROUD
TO SUPPORT CARE DAY 2017