Community Rugby and Staff
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Topic: Community Rugby and Staff
Posted By: JonDee
Subject: Community Rugby and Staff
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12
| Just been told the Community Team at my club were made Redundant on Monday am sure this is happening across rugby at the moment these guys have spent up to 8 years working for the club and the only reason they have lost their job is C19 could I suggest we ignore some of the stupid arguments re promotion and relegation and discuss ways we can support all our clubs and their staff at this time. Before anyone makes a comment can I confirm their wages and costs were paid for from funds raised totally independent from any RFU monies |
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Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 23:32
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Clarifies the situation regarding government support for employed sports staff or is it merely cash flow?
Certainly focuses the mind. ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Neasham
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 07:20
| Presumably they’ve been “furloughed” so they will get 80 per cent of their usual wages paid by the government? |
Posted By: Monkey Boy
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 09:54
That would be the sensible option and they retain their employment. I suspect some will use the situation for a financial reset
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Neasham wrote:Posted By: JonDee
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:30
I think you are right when the new season starts the leagues may look quite different from this season |
Posted By: BE57 REF
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 11:45
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When RFU are taking stick from many posters on this site, time for some plaudits - yesterday's RFU Community Update includes a link to an excellent summary of government support for community clubs - succinct and extremely helpful to club volunteers at this stressful time for all. Hats off to RFU for this piece of work. It is downloadable as a pdf from RFU website at https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/94/943f63ce-6a04-4e1c-87a1-aa30bea52051/COVID%2019%20-%20support.pdf?utm_source=270320CGU&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=270320CGU&utm_content=Mens&spMailingID=9035235&spUserID=MjY5ODA2ODYwMTcyS0&spJobID=1475051769&spReportId=MTQ3NTA1MTc2OQS2" rel="nofollow - https://www.englandrugby.com/dxdam/94/943f63ce-6a04-4e1c-87a1-aa30bea52051/COVID%2019%20-%20support.pdf?utm_source=270320CGU&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=270320CGU&utm_content=Mens&spMailingID=9035235&spUserID=MjY5ODA2ODYwMTcyS0&spJobID=1475051769&spReportId=MTQ3NTA1MTc2OQS2 ------------- Just call me "Sir". |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:57
Good, solid, informative product. Hats off RFU for this  ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: BE57 REF
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2020 at 17:18
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Conversely, I've just watched Bill Sweeney's video - see https://jwp.io/s/JExZ5U9w" rel="nofollow - https://jwp.io/s/JExZ5U9w , which reiterates/analyses the RFU "£7m" (actually £6.7m) support package for the Community game. This is essentially £1.4m of money that is due to clubs anyway, deferral of loan repayments of £335k due this quarter and the launch of a £5m loan fund (all of which will have to be repaid) - so, whilst this package may be a welcome boost to short term cashflow over the summer, it doesn't put any extra funds into the clubs. But at the same time, the video mentions £3m of savings to be taken from the Community game as part of RFU's immediate Coronavirus cost saving measures. It is not clear where these savings will come from but the net impact of the overall "support" package appears to be negative for the Community game. ------------- Just call me "Sir". |