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RKT Trust Visit to Rochdale Pétanque
August 2 @ 18:00 - 20:00
Rochdale Pétanque are hosting a social game with members & volunteers from the RKT Trust, who will join us in a friendly game. Rochdale Pétanque team members will team up with RKT members and guide them through the games. It’s sure to be a lot of fun!
We plan on holding an Open Competition in the near future to raise funds for the RKT Trust – Details TBC
About RKT Trust
The RKT Trust Fund was established in early 2013 following the tragic death of 19 year old Ryan Taylor, who took his own life in October 2012. Ryan was an extremely popular young man loved by family and his many friends and it is these people who have got together to found The RKT Trust Fund. The aim of the fund is to raise money for young people’s charities and projects within the North West.
Our first project was to support the friends of Milnrow Park to achieve their aim of building a BMX and skate park for the young people of the area. BMX biking was a passion of Ryan’s and he was instrumental in getting this project started. In 2007 Ryan wrote a letter to Rochdale council asking for a skate park to be built in the area and it is finally coming to fruition.
We also intend to support other local charities such as the Rochdale Moorland Children’s Home.
Since then, the trust fund has given over £100,000 back into the local community through fundraiser events like the annual T20 cricket match in Ryan’s honour, various sponsored sporting events, Milnrow’s Got Talent, casino nights, golf days, comedy nights and individual donations. It aims to raise as much as possible for young people who are, in their words, “less fortunate than Ryan.”
