Make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged youngsters in the UK and overseas - recycle and donate your unwanted clean rugby and cricket kit to LV= SOS Kit Aid at Sticky Wicket V on 27th July, 2011.
Since 2001, SOS Kit Aid, with the support of the International Rugby Board (iRB), has helped over 50,000 disadvantaged young people worldwide to play rugby by providing them withover £2 million worth of good quality recycled kit and equipment.
The kit has been donated by schools, rugby clubs and kit manufacturers. They all recognisedthe opportunity to support a good cause whilst, at the same time, recycling kit which would otherwise become environmentally damaging waste.
From 2011, the SOS Kit Aid scheme has expanded to include cricket kit as well as rugby kit with the goal of helping even more disadvantaged young people in the UK and overseas.
The programme is sponsored by insurance company LV= (sponsors of 
the County Cricket Championship and the Anglo Welsh rugby competition), and supported by The Lord’s Taverners (the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity and the official charity for recreational cricket), the iRB and the ECB.
To date, over 300 tonnes of environmentally damaging CO2 emissions have been saved by recycling over 60,000 tonnes of sports kit.
What rugby Kit is needed?
- Boots and Trainers - clean and in good condition, studded and laced.
- Shirts - As many as possible of the same design or colour, i.e. team sets.
- Odd shirts are useful as practice shirts
- Shorts - Elastic or front tied - not too faded.
- Socks - paired up, with correct sizes together.
- Tracksuits/ Rain Tops/ Sweatshirts/ Drill tops/ Fleeces - tops and trousers, matching if possible but separates will do.
- Protective wear - Head guards, shoulder pads, lycra shorts, gum shields
- Balls - sizes 3 to 5, not too worn, capable of being inflated
- General equipment - tackle bags, tackle shields, post protectors, cones, corner flags, tags, bibs, whistles, studs, laces.
What cricket kit is needed?
- Bats – all sizes and brands, no major faults cracks or defects
- Helmets – with grill still attached.
- Balls – either children or adult size
- Stumps – sets of 3 with bails if possible
- Gloves – batting and wicket keeping, left and right handed
- Shirts – as many as possible of the same design or colour i.e. team sets
- Jumpers – sleeveless or long sleeved and as many as possible of the same design or colour i.e. team set
- Trousers – good condition, clean and any size
- Caps/hats – any size and colour, clean and in good condition
- Footwear – clean with laces
- Pads – batting and wicket keeping, left or right handed
Please bring all your unwanted rugby and cricket kit to Sticky Wicket and place them in the bins provided to give young people in the UK and overseas a sporting chance!
