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Clubs at the heart of our defib campaign

There’s a special heart-shaped day on the horizon and that also marks almost a year since we began rolling out our initiative to install defibs in rugby clubs across Scotland. To find out how it’s going, we need to go back to the start – on 16 October 2024 – when The Hearts & Balls …

Could Charity Work For You?

We recently advertised the post of a part-time fundraiser for Hearts + Balls – but what’s the attraction of working with a charity? For many, it’s the overwhelming desire to make a difference. While a corporate role might have the appeal of a steady job with a well-trodden path up the corporate ladder, it may …

Come And Work With Us

Fundraiser (Part-Time, Freelance – approx. 20 hours per month) Hearts + Balls Charitable Trust Helping rugby help its own About Hearts & Balls Hearts + Balls supports rugby players and their families facing life-changing injury. Since 1999, we’ve been part of Scotland’s rugby family—helping those in need when the game stops but the challenges continue. …

Honouring The Mouse That Roared

The annual Hearts and Balls rugby afternoon, held to raise funds and awareness of the charity, takes place at Oriam on 28 December this year and we’d love to see you there. The 2025 event is being held in memory not only, as before, of the late Jim Taylor MBE but also Ian McLauchlan OBE, …

The Name’s Ferguson, James Ferguson!

The Hearts + Balls Board is taking on a decidedly MI6 look these days with the appointment of Professor James Ferguson to the ranks! He may have recently retired as a Consultant Surgeon in Emergency Medicine with NHS Grampian, Reader in Emergency Medicine at University of Aberdeen and Professor of Remote Medicine at the Robert Gordon University, but adds, “Though technically retired, …

Alex Hagart Stepping Down

After five years supporting our charity, Alex Hagart is stepping down from his position with The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust. Alex had worked as a Board Member but his main areas of responsibility were around player welfare and liaising with injured players, assessing needs and being a point of communication. His presence and energy …

The Girls and Boys of Summer

You know it’s summer when the pink shirts of our Hearts +Balls Mighty Bovs are spotted across the sevens pitches of Scotland and beyond – and this year saw their performances peak across Europe. With the jerseys washed and packed away for the next few months, we asked team manager, Dylan Russell, to review the …

Walk the Walk

We’ve been humbled by the efforts of an intrepid trio of walkers over recent months who have laced up their boots and stepped out to raise funds for Hearts+Balls. Our’ Sandra – better known as half of Team Taylor and Director of the Trust, Sandra Taylor – took on the Kiltwalk Glasgow in late April. …

New Kit Partnership’s in the Pink

Earlier this summer we were delighted to announce a new partnership with sports kit manufacturing specialists VSN Sport whose logo adorns the distinctive pink shirts worn by our Hearts + Balls MB men’s and women’s teams on the Scottish 7s’ circuit. The collaboration will combine our charity’s mission of care and community with VSN …

No Outer Limits for David

“The legal limit for a power-assisted bike is 16mph so that’s all I’ll say – top speed going downhill on a clear road with a good surface might edge that!” Dr David Millar (Clinical Neuropsychology) has spent most of his life beating the odds, going the extra mile and letting little deter him, so his …

Gifting to Hearts+Balls in your Will

We’re always touched, often amazed and frequently speechless by the thoughtful actions of those raising funds and awareness for The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust through all manner of activities and events. The charity can only exist through donations like these to help continue the vital work we do in the wider rugby community in …

Hearts + Balls announce new team mates VSN Sport

Hearts + Balls, the Scottish rugby charity dedicated to supporting players who have suffered life-changing injuries, has announced a new partnership with sports kit manufacturing specialists VSN Sport. The collaboration will combine the charity’s mission of care and community with VSN Sport who supply kit to over 30 rugby clubs throughout Scotland including Whitecraigs, Marr, Scottish …

Clubs at the heart of our defib campaign

Could Charity Work For You?

Come And Work With Us

Honouring The Mouse That Roared

The Name’s Ferguson, James Ferguson!

Alex Hagart Stepping Down

The Girls and Boys of Summer

Walk the Walk

New Kit Partnership’s in the Pink

No Outer Limits for David

Gifting to Hearts+Balls in your Will

Hearts + Balls announce new team mates VSN Sport

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