Steve's Charities

Wooden Spoon

Wooden Spoon is rugby's charity supporting mentally, physically and socially disadvantaged children and young people. Spoon has committed to over £13 million in spending for projects for children and young people. It has organised over 2,000 events and had over 25,000 ties worn by its loyal members and supporters. Hardworking staff and volunteers have achieved all of this since the birth of the charity.

It all began on a fateful day in Dublin in 1983 when England's Five Nations season ended in disaster with defeat by Ireland leaving them languishing at the bottom of the table.

A group of English supporters were presented with a Wooden Spoon by their Irish opponents to mark this historic occasion. On returning home the proposal to play golf for the spoon attracted the interest of fellow English supporters. Over 100 people attended that golf day at Farnham and by the end of the evening £8450 had been raised. The funds were cashed in for a minibus purchased for the Park Special Needs School in Aylesbury. The charity was born...


St Ann's Hospice

St Ann's Hospice aims to improve the quality of life of people living with life-threatening illnesses in Greater Manchester, whilst supporting their families and carers. Patients are involved with their personal plan of care, which is tailored to meet their needs.

Although cancer related conditions account for 95% of all hospice admissions, St Ann's services are available to patients with any life-threatening illness.

St Ann's Hospice is one of the largest adult hospices in the UK with 60 Inpatient beds.

As an independent local charity, care is provided free of charge by St Ann's Hospice to over 3,000 people each year across three sites. 42% of patients admitted to St Ann's Hospice return home after treatment.

St Ann's Hospice needs to raise £16,000 every day through voluntary contributions to offer its wide range of services.