Sport & Physical Activity Health & Wellbeing
2026 Enhanced
Sale Sharks Foundation

Sharks Watch Impact Report 2024/25

As the charitable arm of Sale Sharks, the Foundation delivers education, health and wellbeing, and rugby development programmes across the North West, engaging over 21,000 people in 2024/25. Programmes span disability-inclusive rugby, mental health support for adults and veterans, schools-based education and employability initiatives, and pathways into grassroots and academy rugby, with several programmes independently evaluated by Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Disability-inclusive rugby (Tackle Together, Crusaders Fin Club); mental health & wellbeing programmes (HeadStart, Sharks Forces, Walking Rugby); schools education programmes (Eat Well Play Safe, Try2Connect, Alternative Provision mentoring, HITZ employability); rugby development pathways, camps and residentials; matchday and community engagement events

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2 17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3 More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs

Key Outcomes

  • 88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport
  • 89% of learners who completed the HITZ employability programme progressed into education, employment or training
  • 20% increase in girls' overall physical literacy score, evidenced through the Girls Tackle Rugby evaluation with Manchester Metropolitan University

Geography

North West

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