Rosslyn Park in Tie-up with Police to Tackle Gang Grooming

Club to run free sports clubs aimed at children from the Alton Estate

Rosslyn Park already run community programmes at local schools
Rosslyn Park already run community programmes at local schools. Picture: Rossyln Park

Rosslyn Park, the rugby club based on Priory Lane in Roehampton, has announced the launch of a new scheme aimed at helping the police tackle gangs in the local area.

In a tie up with the Metropolitan Police and the council as well as local schools they will be running a Prevent, Reward, Empower (P.R.E) Programme. This will focus on helping the lives of young people who live near or on the Alton Estate.

The programme, which launches in January 2023, aims to help educate local primary school students and their parents about the temptations and consequences of low-level crime and the dangers of gang grooming. Free after-school multi-sport clubs run by Rosslyn Park Community Coaches and Metropolitan Police Officers will be run at key local primary schools.

Children taking part in these clubs will be invited to be “Camp Ambassadors” at the club’s Wandsworth Borough Council Health Activity Food (HAF) Camps, which Rosslyn Park have recently been awarded a 12-month contract to deliver during Winter, Easter and Summer school holidays.

The project will also work with secondary school students during “in-curricular” PE lessons and games, with participation in these sessions linked to positive behaviour in school from the young people involved. The sessions will aim to empower the students through various team sports, helping to educate them with essential social skills and disciplines and helping build their confidence.

Dom Palacio, Head of Community at Rosslyn Park said, “We are looking forward to launching this ground-breaking new initiative, in partnership with key local stakeholders in the new year, the programme combines a number of elements delivered in previous projects that I have worked on throughout my career working in Community rugby.”

Chief Inspector for Wandsworth and Richmond, Christopher Scammell said, “We are delighted to be working in partnership with Rosslyn Park, the London Borough of Wandsworth and local schools to provide activities and support to local young people and their parents. The final year of primary school is a critical time for the students and it is important to support them in the transition to secondary school and educate them about the dangers of gangs and knife crime.”

Rosslyn Park Football Club was established in 1879 and is a not-for-profit community-based rugby club. Park has been based at ‘The Rock’ in Roehampton, SW London, since 1957.

The Rosslyn Park Community Programme was launched in June 2022, which seeks to forge better links with the local community and deliver fun and engaging coaching across a range of sports disciplines.

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November 18, 2022