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Wooden Spoon is a grant-making charity founded in 1983. Wooden Spoon funds projects across the UK and Ireland to support disadvantaged and disabled children such as specialist playgrounds,〔http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Phil-Vickery-joins-children-s-tea-party-helps/story-26134116-detail/story.html〕 sports activity areas and equipment〔http://dundeedragons.net/2015/03/28/thank-you-wooden-spoon/〕 and community based programmes 〔http://www.hitzrugby.com/〕 in the UK and Ireland. Wooden Spoon has regional volunteer groups across the UK and Ireland that organise fundraising events to raise money for disadvantaged and disabled children. All the funds the regional volunteer groups raise stays in their own community and funds only local causes and projects. In November 2014 Wooden Spoon’s West Midlands region reached the £1 million milestone with their fundraising.〔http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/west-midlands-rugby-charity-smashes-8067339〕 ==History== Wooden Spoon was founded in 1983 after five England rugby supporters went to Dublin to watch England in the final game of the Five Nations Championship against the Irish. The game was lost 25-15 and England finished last in the table with just a single point gained from their draw against Wales. After the match, in a Dublin bar, five England supporters were presented with a wooden spoon by their Irish friends. Accepting the gift, the England fans decided to hold a golf match to see who would keep the wooden spoon. When the golf match was held £8,450 was raised and the money was used to provide a new minibus for a local special needs school, Park School. This was to be the of first many Wooden Spoon charitable projects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wooden Spoon Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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