Fundraising stories past/current

Only 5240 miles to go!!

Lesley Curtis

A few days in and Harv, Seamus and Tom are already finding their stride, walking sticks and all. The boys set off on Tuesday to run round Britain’s coastline through the depths of winter, raising money for their Keep the Light On campaign to support R World’s mental health projects in Robbie’s memory. They’ve already raised over £2,000. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far 💙 Follow their journey live using the tracker in @wintermissionbritain’s bio, and donate here: https://tinyurl.com/v5dtnsk5

Weymouth Half Ironman Challenge completed raising £1,220 for R World

Lesley Curtis

Huge congratulations to Ben Mitchell, who crossed the finish line at the Weymouth Half Ironman in 6 hours and 55 minutes, all in aid of R World 🎉 Ben and Robbie were coursemates at the University of Nottingham, and really great friends. Ben still laughs about setting an hourly reminder on nights out at Ocean, just to meet Robbie at the bar for a Jägerbomb. He was there every single time. 🕺 After months of training, Ben and everyone who kindly sponsored him have raised an incredible £1,220 for R World, funding more books, equipment and furniture for our library […]

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 […]

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 […]

Urban Syndicate raised £1,585!!

Lesley Curtis

A huge thank you and shout out to @the_urban_syndicate who raised nearly £1,600 for R World.  They raffled a pair of these limited edition, exclusive LORENZ.OG sneakers. Each ticket costed £10 and were bought from the Urban Syndicate Website. The competition lasted a month and a winner was randomly selected on their instagram page. 💙#urbansyndicate #rworld https://linktr.ee/Theurbansyndicate?fbclid=IwAR2IEUHtWIErEsGPTVCSLi_v2IuEq-D4PpxLJtSQx-U5tq7KJP9auz6IftI