Our Community Sport Team provide support to the 350+ sports clubs, groups and sessions based across RCT. They help new teams and sessions get started, work with existing clubs and groups to grow participation, provide guidance on grants and funding as well as offer a wide range of additional support to help get more people active in our local communities.
Contact us on sportrct@rctcbc.gov.uk or work with your community sport officer.
Rhondda Red Kites: Rhondda Red Kites Flag Football Club was established to provide a new and exciting sporting opportunity for adults, promoting the rapidly growing sport of flag football. Our Community Sport team has played a vital role in supporting the club’s development from its earliest stages. Through our Accreditation Scheme, the club received guidance on establishing strong governance structures, including creating a constitution, setting up a committee and opening a club bank account. This support provided the foundations needed to build a sustainable community sports club. In addition, funding was secured through two phases of the Community Sport Fund, enabling the club to purchase equipment, facility hire, marketing materials, and volunteer coach training.
The club started with just seven members and now attracts 14 regular weekly participants, with a total membership of 19 players and volunteers. Importantly, only four members had previous experience of American football, meaning the majority joined as complete beginners. The welcoming environment has encouraged many previously inactive adults to become regularly active. Watch this video to find out more.
Hirwaun Netball Club: This new netball club was established in October of 2025 by a local mother that was struggling to find a club for her daughter to play. With our support the club successfully applied for a Sport Wales Be Active Wales grant and a Sport RCT Community Sport Fund, which has supported them with equipment and coach education. The club, based in Rhigos Community Sports hall, started with one session for Year 3 and 4 children. These sessions have an average of 17 attending weekly, and they have now formed Under 8's and Under 9's teams. In order to offer more children the chance to play, the club has recently added a second 'tots' age group. Two new coaches have been recruited to deliver the session and 8 new children have joined aged 4-7. The club are continuing to grow a community presence and are actively looking for sponsors to help with a new playing kit. Click here to see our impact graphics.
A decade of Sport RCT Volunteer of the Month: We launched our Volunteer of the Month recognition scheme in January 2016 to throw a spotlight on the army of community volunteers that make sport happen. Thousands of volunteers dedicate their time and energy each week to support hundreds of sports clubs and community settings. These clubs and settings are vital in providing sport and physical activity opportunities to children and adults across Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The public nominate and we select a worthy winner each month. The winner receives a certificate and gift voucher, and we use our social media, website and app to give them recognition. Over a ten year period we have received over 300 nominations and 101 volunteers have been recognised from across 25 different sports. Click here to see our impact graphics.
Community Sport Fund - Trebanog Eagles Darts Academy: John from Trebanog Eagles Darts Academy reached out to us asking for support to set up a new junior darts academy. Their first taster session attracted 15 young people from the local community. The academy had basic equipment to start, and the club were conscious that they didn’t have enough darts for newcomers. To support John we worked with him to complete our Community Sport Fund Application. As a result the club were successful in securing £600 funding which has helped them to purchase a range of darts for new participants to try out and use. Since then, the club has now grown to 32 young people attending weekly. Click here to see our impact graphics.