The London Rugby League Foundation was formed as the Harlequins Rugby League Foundation in 2009, and later renamed the London Broncos Foundation when the professional club rebranded in 2012.

Initially the Foundation delivered rugby and dance activity in the local community across South-West London and North Surrey. However, when the London Broncos moved to North London in 2014, the London Broncos, the RFL and the Foundation Trustees agreed the Foundation had the potential for a greater role across London, and renamed the charity as the London Rugby League Foundation with a broader remit for developing the sport and its community across Greater London and the surrounding region, under the oversight of the RFL.

In 2024, the Foundation returned to the oversight of the London Broncos, but remains in partnership with the RFL, who continue to appoint a number of Trustees. This is driving greater cohesion and collaboration between the professional and the community game across London and the South-East to the benefit of the game as a whole, and everyone involved in it.

Chairman: Richard Jones

Richard has spent most of his career as an equity analyst firstly at leading investment banks UBS, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director, and more recently as the co-Founder of an Investment Fund, Tower House Partners. Richard is currently a Director of Sixley Ltd, an early stage online recruitment business. 

Richard comes from Blackpool, but his father is from Warrington, of which he has been a lifelong supporter. He has been a Trustee of the London Rugby League Foundation since 2015, and Chairman since 2018. Richard is also Junior Officer at Brixton Bulls Rugby League Club.

Trustee: Aaqil Ahmed

Aaqil was the Head of commissioning Religion and the Head of Religion and Ethics at the BBC from 2009 to 2016. Prior to this he was the Commissioning editor of religion and head of multicultural programming at C4 for six years. He started his career at the BBC in 1992. Aaqil now operates as a media consultant alongside his role as Professor at University of Bolton and his duties as a board member of mentoring charity, Mosaic.

Born in Wigan, Aaqil is a life-long supporter of the team. He has been a trustee of the London Rugby league Foundation since 2015.

Trustee: Jason Loubser

Jason has been CEO of the London Broncos since 2014, having previously been Finance Manager since 2011. Jason is a qualified accountant and worked at Temenos and 888.com earlier in his career. Jason has been a Trustee of the London Rugby League Foundation since 2024.

Trustee: John Keyes

John Keyes is London Broncos Head of Youth & Community. John has been a Trustees of the London Rugby League Foundation since 2024. 

The London Rugby League Foundation is committed to safeguarding children in sport and physical activity and we take our young people’s welfare very seriously.

We have a clear Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and policies for Equity & Diversity, Anti-Racism (Tackle It!) and RESPECT.

These policies extend to all our partner organisations and we work with them to ensure a consistent adoption of our policies across all programmes.

Anyone who has any safeguarding concerns relating to the work of the Foundation should contact the board via londonrugbyleaguefoundation@gmail.com or RFL Safeguarding Manager Kerry Simmons, safeguarding@rfl.co.uk.

You can get involved in the London Rugby League Foundation in lots of ways, from individual donations to corporate sponsorship to volunteering in a community setting.  If you think there are ways your organisation could work in partnership with the London Rugby League Foundation, you’d like to give up your time to help in the community, or you’d just like to make a personal donation please get in touch; we’d love to hear from you!

Fundraising

The London Rugby League Foundation is a charity and relies on income from individual and corporate donations, along with other fundraising activities.

The Foundation runs fundraising events every year to raise much needed funds to deliver rugby league in London. Follow us on the website or social media for details of our next fundraising event and we would love to see you there.

 If like to do your own fundraising activity, let us know and we'll do our best to help (need to set up a link to enable justgiving etc? If your company would be interested in Corporate Sponsorship of the Foundation, or any of its activities, please get in touch, and we’d love to speak with you. If you would like to make a donation please do so here:

There are lots of opportunities to get involved as a volunteer either directly with the foundation or through a local community or professional club.  The sport needs volunteers in almost every aspect, so whatever your skills, we’d love to help you put them to work in rugby league in London. 

Whether you can offer a specific skill or are just happy to give up your time to help any way you can, please drop us a line. Contact us here, and we’ll take it from there. If your company is interested in Corporate Volunteering Opportunities we may also be able to help, so please get in touch. 

Depending on the role, almost all potential volunteers will need to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, but this will be at no cost to the volunteer.

Playing the NYCDA Weekly Draw is a great way to help the ongoing development activities of rugby league across the capital.