Our Impact

Since we launched in 2019, we’ve supported 80 projects throughout the UK, positively impacting OVER 12,000 people. Find out more in our latest impact report.

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It was our goal to open the doors to rowing for 10,000 people from under served communities by March 2025, and we smashed it. With the help of our donors, partners and supporters we reached 12,669 people.

2024-2025 in a nutshell:

We aimed to fund 20 more projects and reach 3,000 new people, and we did it, supporting 25 projects and 5,585 beneficiaries.

The ripple effect: Our projects are improving physical and mental health, boosting confidence, reducing isolation, and generally changing lives.

We have supported some awesome examples:

- Guildford Rowing Club: Making huge strides in adaptive rowing as a truly inclusive clubs.
- Tyne Youth Rowing: Reaching a whopping 1077 young people from lower socio economic groups, improving their confidence and motivations and behaviour at school.
- Row the Rhythm: Expanding to new clubs, creating new opportunities for people with a visual impairment.
- River Ayr Project: Bringing rowing to a deprived area in Scotland, supporting care experience young people and training young instructors from the local community for sustainability.
- Get Going Get Rowing (Northern Ireland): Inspiring 800 young people, including many from disadvantaged backgrounds, to try indoor rowing.
- School Indoor Rowing: Bringing rowing machines to state schools, helping young people build confidence and enjoy exercise.

What’s next (2025-2026 goals):

- Funding more awesome projects through our annual open grant round.
- Source funding to develop a new large scale inclusive rowing project following the success of the Infinity Boat Club.
- Making sure disabled people can access rowing everywhere, aiming to increase opportunities at rowing clubs.

mARY'S STORY

“From my very first rowing session I got a sense of achievement – making the boat go on my own. So it has given me a reason to get out of bed. Some days it’s all I think about.

It has really improved my quality of life. I was living in a dull dim dark place. Rowing has been a light in the dark room. The more I go, the more it illuminates that dark room. It’s not just the exercise. It’s the mental thing as well – thinking about the stroke. People don’t take over from you – they let you find your way. It helps me feel more independent. It has done a lot for my confidence.

Rowing has been such a huge help in my life, both physically and mentally.“

Mary is pictured above smiling from ear to ear and thoroughly enjoying Row the Rhythm. Row the Rhythm aims to support rowing clubs to provide for people with a visual impairment.

Our goal is to transform the lives of more people just like Mary. With your support we can!

Examples of our projects

Row the Rhythm

Row the Rhythm In 2023, Love Rowing worked with Peterborough City Rowing Club to pilot an...

Castle Mead Academy Rowing Club

Castle Mead Academy, Leicester.

Leicester Rowing Club with the support of Love Rowing and the Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust have been introducing rowing to the pupils at the Castle Mead Academy. The state school, in an area of significant deprivation and cultural diversity, has affiliated as a school rowing club in its own right. They run 2-3 sessions a week for their young people who want to continue their rowing experiences and it is having a life-changing impact on their young people.

Get Going Get Rowing

Get Going Get Rowing aims to inspire young people to try rowing who would not normally try the sport. The programme provides positive, inclusive, accessible and fun indoor rowing in schools and special schools with opportunities to link with rowing clubs.

Adaptive Rowing in Guildford

Love Rowing has supported the club since 2023, and it has been fantastic to be part of their journey to make the sport accessible for disabled people. In 2024, Love Rowing accessed additional funding from the Bruce Wake Charitable Trust to build on the success of the adaptive rowing Love Rowing funded programme in 2023.

Bedford Ready to Row Project Success

In partnership with the Poynter Charitable Trust, Love Rowing have supported a new youth outreach project in Bedford in 2024, culminating in a summer holiday programme. Love Rowing are delighted to support the project again in 2025.

Row the Rhythm, Peterborough City Rowing Club

Impact: The initial pilot was supported by funding from Sport England, and based on its success and growing demand, Love Rowing are working with Peterborough City RC and Camsight to maintain the sessions, and transition participants into integrated members of the club, with funding through grants, trust and foundations.

Radley College State School Programme with Oxford Academy

Impact: Radley College Boat Club participated in the Big Row and raised £746 towards this programme. Love Rowing also received a donation who has added to these funds to help grow the state school programme. Initial funds were used to kickstart the learn to row courses.

The Gorse Academy Boat Club

Impact: Gorse Academy successfully ran their taster courses for 323 children. They were also able to provide each student with an ice cream which made all the difference to the children. This was the first time many of these students rowed on water and it was a huge success.

iBelong at The Lea Rowing Club

Impact: After teaming up with the T Twenty Movement, iBelong have successfully enticed a number of people from surrounding ethnic minority communities to their learn to row courses, and have even retained some of them as members. It’s clear that their brand is shifting towards equality and diversity, and we love to see it!

Adaptive Rowing Silverlinings Brain Injury Charity

Impact: The participants from the Silverlinings Charity have told Love Rowing it really opened doors for them when many were shut. They absolutely loved the sessions. They had never been offered rowing as a sport for them to join and didn’t ever think it was something they could do.