Bentley ARLFC and Doncaster Toll Bar secure World Cup funding boosts

Bentley ARLFC and Doncaster Toll Bar have both been awarded significant grants as part of a Rugby League World Cup 2021 legacy project.
By Paul Goodwin
Published 3rd Sep 2020, 10:12 BST
Updated 3rd Sep 2020, 10:22 BST
Bentley ARLFCBentley ARLFC
Bentley ARLFC

Bentley have pocketed £14,068.60 and Toll Bar have been awarded 11,615.62.

The money will allow both clubs to improve their facilities and provide better playing equipment for the development of the game.

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Bentley will install new goalposts, purchase a new mower, line marker and fencing.

Doncaster Toll Bar's juniorsDoncaster Toll Bar's juniors
Doncaster Toll Bar's juniors

A total of £10million is available to local clubs and community projects as part of the tournament’s wider InspirationALL legacy initiative; £9m will be allocated to large-scale requests costing more than £15,000, with the remaining £1m being granted to smaller-scale projects.

RFL chief executive Ralph Rimmer said: “Through the CreatedBy grants programme our partners at Rugby League World Cup are aiming not only to deliver an outstanding tournament, but to build a legacy for our game beyond 2021.

“The amazing contributions the latest successful applicants make within their own communities ultimately benefit the whole of Rugby League and I’m proud that the RFL is involved in supporting the long-term transformation of our game.”

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Jon Dutton, chief executive of the Rugby League World Cup 2021, said: “Through the legacy initiative we aim to boost participation in Rugby League across the country. The World Cup itself might be two years away, but this funding will have an immediate impact at grassroots level.

"Our CreatedBy capital grants programme is one of the many reasons the sport should be excited about 2021 - it amounts to an unprecedented level of investment in the game.”

CreatedBy RLWC2021 is government investment delivered in partnership by Rugby League World Cup 2021, the RFL, Sport England and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.

Clubs, organisations and communities that run rugby league activities are encouraged to apply for legacy funding online at rlwc2021.com/facilities.

RLWC2021 will kick off on 23 October 2021, with the men’s, women’s and wheelchair competitions taking place simultaneously, under one tournament banner for the first time.

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