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24/04/2026

Last Saturday we celebrated our partnership with Fylde Rugby Football Club and the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation; with the Fylde 1st XV wearing Wooden Spoon socks. In a close fought game, Fylde secured a late 31-24 win over their opponents Rossendale Rugby Club.
Fylde also celebrated their final home game of the season with their original ‘Where will the Moo Poo?’ fundraiser...a bizarre site to see a bull, cow and calf roaming the pitch after the match, but we all loved it!

07/04/2026

It was recently our Annual Charity Lunch at Fylde Rugby Football Club, part of our partnership with the rugby club and the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation.
Another sell-out event with 210 guests, welcomed by Martin Long and Mark Cadley of Wooden Spoon, before being royally entertained by All Black legend Andrew Mehrtens and MC Pete Emmett. Andrew even had the whole room on their feet performing the Haka.
We also heard about the Foundation’s work from Phill Mills, along with insights from Sir Bill Beaumont and former England coach, Brian Ashton MBE.
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the event and to our sponsors Ormrods Solicitors & Advocates Ltd, Handelsbanken, Wareing Buildings, Tower Insurance Brokers and Simpson Judge.
An incredible £18,000 was raised, all going towards local projects supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people. Wooden Spoon Charity

19/03/2026

Today we’re celebrating National Wooden Spoon Day and the incredible work of the Wooden Spoon Charity in transforming the lives of children and young people.

Since 1999 Lancashire West Coast Wooden Spoon has raised almost £860,000, funded 50 projects and supported over 75,000 children and young people.

Local individuals and businesses continue supporting Wooden Spoon, helping to improve the lives of children with disabilities or those facing disadvantage. We’re taking this opportunity to say thank you to each and every person who has helped make a real difference. As we continue to champion this fantastic cause and create brighter futures, we would encourage anyone and everyone to get involved and be part of something amazing!

https://woodenspoon.givingpage.org/national-wooden-spoon-day

09/03/2026

Please help us in supporting our friend Michael Dugdale who will be running the TCS London Marathon on 26th April and raising funds for the Wooden Spoon Charity.

Michael's daughter Megan has a rare genetics deficiency called Malan Syndrome and has spent most of her school years in supported education where activities and sport play an important part of life for children with disability.

Megan attended Park Community Academy in Blackpool where Wooden Spoon donated £25,000 towards the provision of a new Pirate Ship play area for the children.

Michael said, "This project demonstrated why it is so important to raise funds to support our disadvantaged and vulnerable children and it was brilliant to see children from the school attend the Wooden Spoon Lunch at the Village Hotel and personally thank the 360 guests for their support.

I’ll be 54 when I run the marathon. I am setting myself an ambitious target of 3 hours 45 mins, so hopefully, the pressure of reaching a sponsorship target in excess of £2,500 will see me through my training and help raise valuable funds for this great charity.”

We wish Michael the best of luck and you can support him and Wooden Spoon by making a donation here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/michael-dugdale-8?utm_source=JG_leaderboard&utm_medium=JG_leaderboard_page&utm_campaign=JG_leaderboard

We would also like to give a big thank you to Porsche Centre Preston for very generously donating a Porsche Driving Experience at Silverstone towards Michael’s fundraising efforts. This will be auctioned at our forthcoming Sports Lunch at Fylde Rugby Club on 27th March.

Fylde Rugby Community Foundation

13/02/2026

Wooden Spoon Lancashire recently funded the acquisition of some mobile Sensory Voyager equipment for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust at a cost of £5,650.

Denise Barrett-Wilson, Head of Charity at East Lancashire Hospitals, said: "We are delighted to have been honoured with a grant from the Wooden Spoon foundation. The Sensory Voyager will bring comfort and reassurance to children receiving care at Burnley Hospital by providing a safe, engaging space away from the clinical environment. It helps ease anxiety and fear, transforming difficult moments into opportunities for play, relaxation, and joy. Families also benefit from seeing their child smile and feel at ease, creating precious positive memories even during challenging times."

Martin Long, Chairman of Wooden Spoon Lancashire, added: ”We recently visited Burnley Hospital to view the Sensory Voyager, and we were fortunate to be able to view it being used in the children’s surgical ward and see how it benefits children awaiting a surgical procedure. The family that allowed us to talk to them and their son were lovely, as were all the nursing team on the ward. It also gave me the opportunity to present an engraved wooden spoon to Sarah Atherton in recognition of her running the London Marathon for Wooden Spoon Charity and thereby contributing to the provision of this valuable equipment.”

04/12/2025

We were delighted to officially open one of our latest projects: Sanctuary Garden at Counselling in the Community (CITC) in Blackpool.

CITC is an outstanding mental health charity supporting people across the Fylde Coast and was recently honoured with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service.

When we learned that CITC had expanded its services to support children and young people, as well as adults, we didn’t hesitate to fund the creation of the Sanctuary Garden at their Bispham premises.

A huge thank you to Josh Beaumont, currently celebrating his testimonial year with The Sale Sharks Rugby Club, for formally opening the garden. We also heard inspiring words from Stuart Hutton-Brown and Zoe Taziker of CITC, who spoke passionately about the vital work they do for children and young people who have so often ‘fallen through the gaps’.

Wooden Spoon Charity Counselling in the Community Charity Counselling in the Community Charity - Bispham

28/11/2025

This year’s Annual Lunch at the Village Hotel Blackpool was another great success.

It was sold out weeks before and our 360 guests had a great time, helping us to raise well over £20,000 for the Wooden Spoon Charity, every pound of which will be invested in a local project supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people.

Our MC Joey Blower did a sterling job throughout the afternoon, making everyone laugh, while raising huge amounts in fines and in our live auction.

Thank you to our guest speakers John Jeffrey, Sir Bill Beaumont and Gill Burns MBE and to the Ragdolls who provided a rousing musical finale. And finally, a big thank you to our event sponsor Canaccord Wealth and to all those individuals and businesses who attended and helped us raise so much money for a great cause.

Fylde Rugby Community Foundation Preston Grasshoppers Napthens LLP

03/10/2025

Extending our impact in Lancashire!

We are delighted to announce that we have officially approved a grant to support the Preston Grasshoppers Community Foundation, expanding our partnership work in Lancashire.

This exciting new chapter builds on our long-standing support for the Fylde Rugby Community Foundation, whose work has already made a remarkable difference to children and young people in the region.

We have funded places for children from deprived backgrounds to attend the Foundation’s Rugby and Multi Sports Camps and we will now be providing similar support in Preston.

In the past year alone:
🏉 2,214 young people attended the Fylde Foundation’s rugby and multi-sports camps
🏉450 fully funded places were provided for children from disadvantaged backgrounds across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre
🏉Support included hot breakfasts and lunches, camp access during all half-term holidays plus medals and prizes to recognise every child’s achievement

We are thrilled to be extending this positive impact to more communities across Preston, creating opportunities, building confidence, and helping more children thrive through sport.

Wooden Spoon Charity

06/06/2025

We are holding our annual Wooden Spoon Golf Day at Blackpool North Shore Golf Club on Friday 27th June 2025. The format will be a shotgun start at 1.00pm, immediately followed by a delicious meal, fabulous entertainment, and some great prizes.

The cost for a team of 4 is just £350. Due to the shotgun format, early team reservation is advisable so if you would like to enter a team then please contact John Garner [email protected] or call 07720 509598

Wooden Spoon Charity Fylde Rugby Community Foundation

03/06/2025

The Wooden Spoon MLD Schools Tag Rugby Festival staged by Fylde Rugby Community Foundation took place at Fylde RFC with 72 students from several SEND Schools taking part.

The children travelled from across Lancashire to enjoy a great day of inclusive sport and friendly competition, and they loved getting stuck into the tag rugby games.

Congratulations to the tournament winners Broadfield Specialist School from Burnley and to the runners up, Great Arley School from Thornton Cleveleys.

Wooden Spoon Charity

Address

Sentinel House Ancells Business Park Harvest Crescent Fleet
Fleet
GU512UZ

Telephone

+441252773720

Website

https://woodenspoon.org.uk/region/lancashire/

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