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Event: Legends’ Dinner, September 11, 2023, Toulouse

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Serge Betsen and the entire team of the Serge Betsen Academy association are organising “a Legends Dinner” on Monday, 11 September 2023 from 7 p.m., at the Brennan’s Snug Bar in Seilh (31).

This event will be an opportunity to celebrate the values of rugby, the association’s 20th anniversary and to discuss the Rugby World Cup, with passion, with rugby legends.

Surprise guests from the world of rugby including Yannick Jauzion, Trevor Brennan, Patrick Tabacco and Omar Hasan will be joining Serge Betsen for this occasion,. We will have various speakers during the dinner and also a quiz, an introduction to our association, a Q&A and auctions.

The profits from the evening will be entirely donated to the Serge Betsen Academy (SBA) association.

We look forward to spending this evening with Toulouse-based businesses and local rugby fans who support our mission and contribute to the well-being of the SBA children and families.

The contribution for this dinner is 120 Euros / person (i.e. 40.8 or 48 Euros after taxes). You can also sponsor the event as a company and benefit from invitations and various rewards. You will find all our partnership proposals on this document (click here).

The money collected during the evening shall be used to finance the studies of our SBA students, to purchase school supplies or for the creation of a poultry farm for our women of the SBA Coop, our cooperative.

 

To register for the event and buy your tickets, please send an email to sylvie@sergebetsenacademy.org or mailys@sergebetsenacademy.org.

 

Translation by Katy Birge-Wilson

 

Fundraising: The International School of Toulouse supports the Serge Betsen Academy

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The entire Serge Betsen Academy (SBA) would like to thank the management of the International School of Toulouse, its students from classes ranging from Early Years (maternelle) to G5 (CM2) and their families for their support.

Their end of school year cross-country racing which took place on Monday 21 June was an opportunity to collect rugby balls and raise £172 (201€) for the SBA. The balls will be recycled into bags and pouches of all kinds by our partner, Recycling Rugby. As for the sum of £172, it will fund after-rugby-training snacks for all our centres in Cameroon and Mali for the two summer months.

The management’s choice went to the SBA for two major reasons. As part of a sports week, the school wanted to support an association which had links to sports, and as you know, we love rugby. Moreover, as the school is engaged in an eco-citizen project, the management wanted to make the children aware of the many ways of recycling – in this case the recycling of sports equipment, through Recycling Rugby. We are delighted to have been the happy beneficiary of this united and green approach that we can but only applaud.

Thank you everyone!

And for those of you who wish to order a pencil case, a bag, a wallet, a purse, a toilet bag… made from recycled balls: just go to the Recycling Rugby Facebook page or the Recycling Rugby Instagram account pending the launch of the website which will arrive shortly.

Translation : Katy Birge-Wilson

Event: We’ve received a donation of £3990.90 further to the SA2021 Preview Lunch!

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During the SA2021 Preview Lunch aboard the Belmond British Pullman luxury train on 23rd June, RugbyUnites.com ran an online auction to raise vital funds for the Serge Betsen Academy (SBA) and the South African Legends Food Program.
On 23rd June, guests of Victor Ubogu, former Bath and England rugby union player and Managing Director of VU Ltd gathered aboard this unique train to talk about the British and Irish Lions’ stories and also raise funds for good causes.
We want to thank everyone who bided in aid of our charity and the South African Rugby Legends food program to vulnerable communities in South Africa, or who have made a donation.
Between bids and donations, the beautiful sum of £3990.90 (4655,48 €) was allocated to the SBA and £2890.45 (3371,78 €) to the SA Rugby Legends, which is brilliant! We feel very grateful to all our donors and friends who are supporting our children in Cameroon and Mali. The 2020 year has been very difficult for our children and their families, and we have sadly not raised the money we were hoping to raise because of the crisis, so this sum will help us a lot.

Well done Victor Ubogu for putting all this together! It was a pleasure to collaborate with you and your team. And once again, many thanks for supporting our charity!

Proofreading : Katy Birge-Wilson

 

SA Preview Lunch aboard the train