Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) has marked one year to go until the men’s and women’s double-header final takes place at Old Trafford, by announcing the latest recipients of its large grants for community clubs and organisations.

Warrington's Victoria Park is one of these projects which will see £600,000 investment for the creation of a new 3G pitch. The investment will transform the club into a community Hub for the development and growth of Rugby League in Warrington. The club has fantastic community backing and is in partnership with Warrington Borough Council and supported by Warrington Wolves Foundation. The grant is to be used to help grow Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL), Learning Disability Rugby League (LDRL) and women’s and girls’ Rugby League. The site will also be the home of all fixtures for the PDRL World Cup, apart from the final, in 2021.

The new CreatedBy projects, part of the tournament’s wider InspirationALL social impact initiative, have taken the total funding for large grants projects to over £10 million.

Delivered by RLWC2021 in partnership with the sport’s national governing body, the Rugby Football League, Sport England and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, the CreatedBy programme is a funding pot made available by the government in 2016 to support growth in participation in the sport.

The programme sees RLWC2021 invest in facilities and equipment and is dedicated to improving the environments where Rugby League takes place; giving people more and better opportunities to engage with the game and to get active.

Victoria Park receives RLWC2021 investment grant