Congratulations to John Slater who last Saturday received an Outstanding Volunteer of the a Year award from the RFU President.
Below is the Facebook post that Wallsend have posted congratulating John. We couldn’t have written it any better which is why we printed it word for word! Congratulations John for a well deserved award.
A huge congratulations to John Slator our Hon Secretary, CSO and U12s Lead Coach, who was nominated by Northumberland RFU to receive the RFU President’s Value the Volunteer Outstanding Contribution Award.
This is the major accolade, of the Honda Volunteer Recognition programme, and recognises the impact that John has had, not only at our club, but also in the wider rugby community.
John said:
“𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘍𝘊 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘍𝘊 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥!
𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘍𝘜 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩/𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.”
John was pivotal in the formation of the Wallsend RFC foundation and worked tirelessly to ensure the foundation met the charity commissions compliance and legal requirements.
“𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑇𝑦𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝐹𝐶 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠.
𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙. “
John was a guest of the RFU at Saturday’s England vs France six nations game at the Allianz Stadium Twickenham.
