The Rugby Portobello Trust
The 2022/23 RBKC Mayoral Charity Appeal
The Rugby Portobello Trust is honoured to be chosen as one of the RBKC Mayoral Charities for 2022/23 by Mayor Cllr David Lindsay.
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The Rugby Portobello Trust is honoured to be chosen as one of RBKC Mayor Cllr David Lindsay's Mayoral Charities for 2022/23.
The Rugby Portobello Trust (RPT) has been supporting the North Kensington community since 1884, was frontline on the Grenfell Tower relief effort and is a recipient of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Services (2020).
Giving me space to de-stress when things got so tough and when I was struggling emotionally, RPT was always there to help me with words of encouragement. That support has really improved my mental health and wellness."
RPT support more than 1,300 children, young people and vulnerable women every year through our employment, academic, sporting, creative art and mental wellbeing programmes. The vast majority of our programmes are entirely free to those who use them, ensuring we're supporting those who need us most.
Coming to RPT has helped my self-esteem because I've been able to meet new people my age and make new friends. I also get to use the gym, which has been a great stress reliever."
Our services will cost £1.2m to run over the current financial year and more than 80% of that funding will come from local residents and small family trusts and foundations.
£500
£500 can fund THREE young people in our Youth Club for an entire year, giving them access to training opportunities, career guidance, mentoring support, skills-building opportunities and more from a team of trained Youth Workers and passionate volunteers and mentors.
£1,000
£1,000 can sponsor SIXTEEN young men in our Man Cave mental wellbeing programme for an entire year, giving them vital support to build resilience, empathy and the skills needed to make positive choices, supporting them to build strong, fulfilling futures.
£2,500
£2,500 can fund SEVEN young people on a week-long residential to the British countryside, helping to expand their horizons by introducing them to new activities, teaching them new skills, allowing them to experience a new environment and supporting them to be creative and ambitious about their futures.
£5,000
£5,000 can give TWENTY-FIVE young people access to our Youth Club and Amplify creative arts programme for an entire year, supporting them to build confidence and skills and enabling them to pursue education, employment and training opportunities to help them become fully engages members of their community.
£10,000
£10,000 can give ELEVEN young people an entire year of intensive support across all of our youth support services, including employment workshops, mental wellbeing support programmes, one-on-one mentoring, work experience, CV-workshops and skills-building through our music and creative arts programmes.
Mayor Cllr David Lindsay is appealing for support for The Rugby Portobello Trust. If you would like to find out more how your support would impact the local community, please visit RPT's website or get in touch.