Hearts and Balls
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The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust, sometimes stylized as Heart+Balls{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=Heather |title=Charity for injured rugby players to host Glasgow festival as a thanks for £50k |url=https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/hearts-balls-charity-injured-rugby-16478471 |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=GlasgowLive |date=25 June 2019 |language=en}} is a Scottish registered charity.Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator website [http://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC033927 "Record for SC033927, last updated 11 August 2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429201240/http://www.oscr.org.uk/CharityIndexDetails.aspx?id=SC033927 |date=29 April 2009 }}
The charity was founded in 1999 following a spinal injury suffered by Struan Kerr-Liddell of the Lismore Rugby Club, and exists to support rugby players and their families in the aftermath of serious injury on the field.
As of 2022, Hearts+Balls had provided over £700,000 in aid. {{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=David |title=Rugby legend Jim Taylor celebrates 40th anniversary of accident in style |url=https://www.theoffsideline.com/rugby-legend-jim-taylor-celebrates-40th-anniversary-of-accident-in-style/?v=7516fd43adaa |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=The Offside Line |date=22 June 2018}}
Rugby Sevens
They enter a men’s and women's sevens side into many Sevens tournaments around Scotland, England and Dubai. They usually denote the side as HBMB7 - or Hearts and Balls MB 7s.https://www.instagram.com/hbmb7s/
References
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External links
- [http://www.heartsandballs.org.uk Official Website]
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Category:Charities based in Scotland