Black Girls Ruck

In this episode, we meet 11 year old Sky Britney and her mum Sandra from Western Kenya.

Sky joined rugby after a coach came to her school and asked who wanted to join. Since then, she's made new friends, learnt new skills and built her confidence through rugby.

For Sandra, supporting Sky has also meant challenging some of the ideas she grew up with. She had never played rugby and always saw it as something for boys. At first, she worried it was too rough, unsafe and might take time away from Sky's studies.

After watching the training and seeing the safety measures in place, she changed her mind and is now a big supporter of Sky's rugby journey.

We chat about teamwork, confidence, discipline, making friends, life skills and why parents supporting girls in sport can make such a big difference.

Most importantly, Sky and Sandra share why they think more girls should have the opportunity to play rugby.

This is part of the Black Girls Ruck x ChildFund x Kenya Rugby Union podcast series exploring the Pass It Back programme in Western Kenya.

Rugby is about so much more than what happens on the pitch.

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This week we hear the last from Psy and try to stay on topic as much as possible. If you have have any questions or thoughts please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Also please keep donating to our hardship fund here. There are still a few socks up for grabs. Most importantly we've been nominated for the Sunday Times Changemaker award so please vote for us here. Your support means everything to us.

This week we have the incredible Psy giving us an insight into how it was being a black man in countryside rugby. If you have have any questions or thoughts please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Also please keep donating to our hardship fund here. There are still a few socks up for grabs. Most importantly we've been nominated for the Sunday Times Changemaker award so please vote for us here. Your support means everything to us.

This week Lamees interviews Anne on all things non-binary. If you have have any questions or thoughts please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Also please please keep donating to our hardship fund at  www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/BGR-Hardship-Fund. There are still a few socks up for grabs.

This week Anne and Lamees rectify a silly mistake of forgetting to introduce the Hardship fund effectively. To find out more about the hardship fund please visit www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/BGR-Hardship-Fund. 

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