Worcester RFC

We are delighted to announce two appointments following the advertisement last month:

Player Welfare/Rugbysafe Lead

David Church has been appointed to the role of Club Player Welfare/Rugbysafe Lead for all age groups and teams. 

David, who is a Response Police Officer, joined the club 1998 as mini junior, playing age group, colts, 4th, 3rds and 2nds rugby. He has been a player/coach since the start with the Mixed Ability team and coached the u15s and u16s whilst completing his Level 2 coaching qualification which included the RFU’s ‘Headcase’ concussion course. David has also undertaken the RFU’s Leadership and Management course and is fully qualified as an emergency response first aider.

Working with established leads such as Safeguarding, Team managers etc. will oversee:

• First Aid / Immediate Care Pitch-side Provision (with the Club’s First Aid Coordinator)
• Playing and training policies* e.g. the management of head injuries
• Safeguarding (with the Club’s safeguarding lead) across all age groups and teams
• Emergency Action Plan
• Player mental health
• Inclusion
• Adoption of best practise, training, guidance and awareness
• A welfare subgroup of key Club leads.

*C19 will remain with the Club’s C19 lead for the time being.

David will report in to the Director or Rugby and be the point of contact for and represent the Club on all welfare matters.  This is a new role and there is much work to be done to determine our priorities and, rightly, give player welfare the prominence it deserves.

Club Social

Adam Law has been appointed the Social and Events Manager at WRFC, a club which he joined little over 14 years ago back in 2007. Adam has played through the senior teams including 4ths, 3rds, 2nds and Mixed Ability. Adam has recently helped set up the Mixed Ability rugby team at WRFC along with AJ Mills and Nick Lee. Adam has continued to help be the driving force behind this team which has helped gain many new members to the club. Adam is currently a On Board Catering Manager for the Great Western Railway and has also had experience within schools for Children with Special Educational Needs in the past. Please look out for more communications in the near future and we all look forward to seeing you at the next evening!

This role will be part of the Business Development team and involve close working with Bars and Commercial.

Volunteer Co-ordinator

Unfortunately, we have not had any interest in the volunteer co-ordinator role.  If you might be interested making your club an even greater place contact Jeff Crawshaw on:

secretary@worcesterrugbyclub.co.uk to discuss the role.