Dallaglio RugbyWorks

Dallaglio RugbyWorks & Impetus

With Impetus’ belief and support, we’re better placed to fulfil our potential to help more young people secure greater long term prospects.

– Rachel Roxburgh, CEO, Dallaglio RugbyWorks

The need: Young people excluded from school struggle to achieve qualifications and progress. Only 4.3% of young people in alternative provision schools pass their English and maths GSCEs.

Our charity partner: Dallaglio RugbyWorks’ intensive programme of long-term skills development based around rugby is delivered across eight regions in England and Wales. The charity supports 14 to 17-year olds to get in to further education, employment or training.

Our impact: Since joining Impetus, Dallaglio RugbyWorks now work with their young people for longer, with more 1:1 support and workplace visits to help them successfully move on from school to their next destination. We’ve also supported Dallaglio RugbyWorks to grow from four to eight regions over three years with more of their programmes being delivered by their own specialist teams.

Blackstone and Dallaglio RugbyWorks

Dallagio RugbyWorks works with young people excluded from school. Blackstone built dashboards in Excel, helping them to understand their data better and how young people on their programme were progressing.

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2016 – not all bad!

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