The Rugby Football Union (RFU) are setting out to grow the women's game ahead of a home Rugby World Cup in 2025 with a new fund designed to make community rugby clubs an even more welcoming space for women and girls.
The facility investment fund will pour £7 million into grassroots rugby clubs to improve toilets, upgrade changing rooms and create female-friendly social spaces between 2023 and 2027.
The fund, which is part of the Rugby World Cup 2025 Impact programme that seeks to significantly grow the women and girls’ game, will also see the RFU offer a dedicated funding stream for sanitary provision and female-friendly toilets for the first time.
