Social value
£256,242
The contribution of volunteers, charitable activity, reduced isolation, and bringing people together through shared purpose.
Community Impact
More than a rugby club
Independent research values our impact on the Ribble Valley at £1.4 million every year. Here's how it breaks down.
Sponsoring Clitheroe RUFC is not only an investment in sport, visibility, and local relationships — it's also an investment in measurable social impact. Independent national research using Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology has shown that community rugby in England creates more than £2 billion of social value every season. For Clitheroe RUFC, that national picture becomes local impact.
Community rugby in England
£2bn+
of social value every season
The numbers
Our value to the Ribble Valley
Within the Ribble Valley Borough Council area, the club contributes an estimated:
Total annual social return on investment
£1,412,487
Economic value
£461,147
Money flowing through the local economy via matchdays, events, hospitality, suppliers, visitors, and season-long club spending.
Health value
£695,098
Improved physical health, mental wellbeing, and long-term savings created through activity, connection, and participation.
Sport saves lives
Mental health & belonging
Sport saves lives. At Clitheroe RUFC we believe that sincerely, and we have built a club that actively tries to live up to it. We run open mental health forums within the men's group — a structured, safe space where players can talk honestly about how they are doing, not just how training went. This is rare in community rugby.
Like many clubs, we have experienced the devastating impact of losing members to mental health struggles. That experience has deepened our resolve. We are a club where people look out for each other, on the pitch and off it, and that culture of belonging and mutual support is one of the most valuable things we offer to everyone who walks through our doors.
Last 5 years
Charity fundraising
Members, players, supporters and sponsors have raised over £36,850 for charities and local causes through organised events, physical challenges, and community fundraising.
Total raised
£36,850+
£13,396
Alzheimer's Society
Presidents' Challenge 2023 — Bob Graham Round over 3 days
£4,238
The Foundation for Ribble Valley Families
Presidents' Challenge 2021 — Yorkshire 3 Peaks twice in 24 hours
£6,419
MIND
Presidents' Challenge 2021 — Yorkshire 3 Peaks twice in 24 hours
£1,200 annually
Movember
Annual Moustache Challenge & Podcast
£3,400
Air Ambulance UK
Celebrating the Life of Edward Hacking 2026
£3,400
The Field Nurses Trust
Celebrating the Life of Edward Hacking 2026
A hub all week
More than match days
Through the week the clubhouse is home to dance class, slimming world, pilates, over-50s mobility class, judo club and bike club. It's a community venue, and other groups are welcome at reasonable cost.
Beyond Clitheroe
Part of the East Lancashire Community Foundation
With Blackburn, Burnley, Colne & Nelson and Rossendale rugby clubs we're a partner in a charity taking rugby into schools and communities across East Lancashire: rugratz, school rugby, send provision, holiday camps, rugby pathways and walking rugby. Our past chairman and president Andrew Thornber is a trustee.
Partner with us
Stand alongside us
When you partner with Clitheroe RUFC, you're sustaining one of the Ribble Valley's most valuable community organisations. That's real CSR with real numbers behind it.