Boots For All provides social and life changing opportunities by giving South African youngsters the chance to take part in rugby and other sports

It was Boxing Day, 1999, when two young English lads, George and Matthew Kirk, accompanied by their Dad, Andy, and South African members of their family went down to the local rubbish dump to deposit Christmas wrapping and boxes.

It wasn't long before George and Matthew were involved in a full contact, impromptu rugby game with local barefoot boys. As George says, "We had been playing for approximately twenty minutes when I stood on one of the boy’s feet. I decided that the game was unfair and took off my boots. When we had finished playing I placed my right foot in the sand and said that if one of the boys had a foot that matched my footprint then he could have my boots."

What George didn't mention was that those boots were the Christmas present he'd received the day before.

For the rest of the trip the boys couldn't forget that contact with local lads who were impoverished, unable to afford even the rudimentaries of rugby, yet fired with the spirit of the game.

On their return to the United Kingdom the lads determined to do something about it. They roped in Luctonians and Boots For All was born.

It comes as no surprise that Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the honorary patron of the Project and has given his personal support and blessings to its founders.

If you have unwanted, serviceable and clean boots or kit that you would be willing to donate to this great cause please contact us at the Club Office.