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Upcoming Events

Atlas Golf Day

With your support, The Atlas Foundation provides children with a chance to thrive!

Date: Tuesday 12 October 2021

Location: Steenberg Golf Estate, Cape Town, South Africa

Price: R8000 per four-ball

Want to get involved? Contact [email protected]

Past Events

The inaugural Atlas South Africa event in 2019 saw a 15-strong contingent cycling in the famous Cape Town Cycling Tour. Springbok Legend Percy Montgomery stepped up to lead in his place. Minister Alan Winde was a fantastic addition to the team, already a great political leader, he showed his sporting colours with a brilliant performance on the bike.
Again in 2020, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde, Springbok legends and Atlas Rugby Champions Percy Montgomery and De Wet Barry, led a Thirsti sponsored Atlas team over the challenging Cape Town Cycle Tour course on March 8th 2020. Each is a strong advocate for Atlas’s rugby based appraisals to child development, and have seen and experienced the uplift that Atlas projects provide to boys and girls at home and overseas.

Latest

Ultra Challenge - Cotswold Way

Walk, jog, or trek through the heart of the Cotswolds. Rolling hills, villages, and the magical Cotswold Way with footpaths and trails awaits the 2000 adventurers ready to test themselves. Full support and hospitality included
Argentina, Virreyes Rugby Club

The Argentina All Schools programme is working with 6 clubs and 20 schools in the suburbs surrounding Buenos Aires where there are a number of shanty towns, issues of poor education and health, and high crime and unemployment rates.
Cambodia, Kampuchea Balopp

Kampuchea Balopp gives disabled and disadvantaged children in Cambodia access to sport to aid social inclusion and education
England, STAR Scheme

The STAR Scheme is The Atlas Foundation's latest local partner, operating in South-West England. The STAR Scheme uses its rugby network of grassroot rugby clubs and coaches to support children growing up with difficult childhoods, offering them help and guidance to overcoming the experiences

Top 10 Benefits of Rugby

An opinion piece from a Health and Fitness Journal, rather than an empirical study, but a valid list of benefits nonetheless.
Jungle Crows - Khelo Rugby

The Atlas Foundation supports The Jungle Crows with the Khelo Rugby project in 35 locations in Kolkata and North Bengal, benefiting nearly 2000 children each week.
What We Do
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Anita, Alex & Annabel Nicholson Memorial Fund

Set up by Ben Nicholson in memory of his wife Anita and their two children Alex and Annabel who tragically lost their lives in the Sri Lanka bombings on Easter Sunday 2019.
England Deaf Rugby Union

EDRU was set up by a group of deaf sports enthusiasts with the purpose of promoting the playing of rugby union by deaf and hard of hearing players.
Ben Nicholson interview Easter Sunday 2020

Read the moving interview with Ben Nicholson in the Sunday Times. “Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings: one year on from the terror that killed my wife and children.”
History

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Ed Cooper Memorial Fund

Following Ed's tragic death this Memorial Fund has been established to honour his memory. Ed's family will use it to further the charitable work that Ed did in South Africa when he toured there with his rugby team.
Atlas South Africa

Atlas South Africa was founded in 2018 after a successful Atlas Trek to Botswana and Zimbabwe attended by South African Rugby Champions. Since then two successful rides in the Cape Town Cycling Tour as well as six thriving projects have made a fantastic start for Atlas South Africa.