What is The Boat Race Fund?
The Boat Race Fund is governed and managed by Trustees from the Oxford and Cambridge Rowing Foundation. This fund has been established to support the education and development of young people, to help break down barriers to participation and to enable them to gain key transferrable skills from sport.
Everyone within The Boat Race community is committed to lessening the impact of financial barriers and perceived barriers to accessing our sport. The skills learned whilst developing as a student rower are transferrable and ensuring a whole new generation of rowers can access the sport and improve their physical health and wellbeing.
By funding committed grass roots organisations, The Boat Race Fund supports a new generation of potential rowers from a broader range of socio-economic groups. The projects funded have built a bridge between sport and underserved communities. The fund financially supports rowing instruction, mentorship, facilities, and education.
Working with partner organisations
Our goals are ambitious. To realise them we work with transformative organisations who have the skills and experience to deliver powerful programmes. The programmes are either long established in their communities or have a successful track record of driving significant change. They prioritise on and off water training, but crucially, the learning outcomes of the young people transcend sport, or proficiency. The programmes develop the whole person, not just the rower..
Removing barriers
The Boat Race Company are committed to lessening the impact of financial barriers ensuring that a whole new generation of rowers can access the sport. We seek to alleviate obstacles, such as access to rowing kit the cost of travel to and from the rowing club to ensure young people feel comfortable and safe. We also aim to increase the visibility of rowing in the community.
Increasing inclusion
By funding committed grass roots organisations, we support a new generation of potential rowers from a broader range of socio-economic groups. The projects we fund will build a bridge between sport and underserved communities. We financially support rowing instruction, mentorship, facilities, and education.