Author: Lesley Curtis

Claire Rumsey’s marathon

Lesley Curtis

Exciting announcement! ✨ On Sunday October 2nd, Claire Rumsey completed the virtual London Marathon in aid of R World. Claire’s route started by Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys (where Robbie attended), passed Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School and continued alongside the river Stour to Wye, finally finishing by Robbie’s memorial tree. Claire raised an incredible £600 for the foundation and we’re so grateful for all of her hard work and training behind the scenes! All donations will be directly invested into providing funded mental health services to young people in education. If you’d like to donate click here: www.rworld.org.uk/donate […]

’25 for 25′ fundraiser in honour of Robbie’s 25th birthday

Lesley Curtis

R World Foundation – Twenty Five for 25 fundraiser in honour of Robbie’s birthday. Robbie would’ve been turning 25 next month, so in honour of his birthday R World will be running a ‘25 for 25’ fundraiser… You can run, walk, cycle or swim 25 miles, dance for 25 minutes, bake 25 cakes or make up your own fun challenge! You can do absolutely ANYTHING that fits in with our 25 theme, so let your imagination run wild! Simply gather sponsorship from friends, family, and colleagues to raise funds or guide donations straight to the R World website, where you […]

Universities funded by R World

Lesley Curtis

Did you know R World has funded First Aid For Mental Health Training for 6 partner universities since launching in February 2021? Working with the University of Nottingham + University of Exeter + The University of Sheffield + University of Worcester + University of Kent + University of Sussex has been such a fulfilling experience for us and we have received SO much positive feedback about how the mental health training we fund is helping students all across the UK.

Robbie’s field

Lesley Curtis

As part of our ongoing work in Malawi with the High Five Club & the Brown Munthali Foundation, during May we funded the planting of 20 trees. The school children enjoyed helping out with planting as it’s currently rainy season in Malawi. The area is known as ‘Robbie’s Field’ in his honour. We look forward to continuing our international development charity work in Africa and will keep you posted with all our updates! Your donations make all of our work possible, so as always – thanks a million for your continued support and generosity 💙

R World in Malawi!

Lesley Curtis

When R World was created, we were very pleased to form a partnership with the High Five Club (H5C), a small charity which works hand in hand with impoverished communities living in wildlife areas of Africa. (See our development section for more information about the H5C). We know that by working with the H5C, all money donated will go straight to those in need. This year we were aiming to provide a bursary to a Nottingham University Masters Degree student to carry out some dissertation research in Zambia, however due to the COVID situation, this has not been possible to […]

BBC South East interviews R World

Lesley Curtis

As today marks one year since we launched R World in memory of our friend Robbie Curtis, we would like to thank everyone who has been apart of this journey. We are excited to see where the next year takes us, and hope to continue to spread awareness about the importance of opening up the conversation surrounding mental health issues. Robbie would be so proud of everything we have achieved so far💙 https://www.facebook.com/RWorldFoundation/videos/974450439870645

University Mental Health Day video (what we offer and testimonials)

Lesley Curtis

Today (3 March 2022) is University Mental Health Day, drawing much needed attention to the well-being of higher education students. Many students suffer in silence and fail to get the care they need. That’s why R World aims to break the stigma around talking about mental illness by offering funded training in first aid for mental health for teachers and lecturers to increase access to support in education. Watch this 10 minute video to learn more about what we offer and visit our website if you’d like to sign up! 💙