Major new sponsors will help Haywards Heath RFC cross the try line

Sussex-based business Focus Group will support the grass-roots rugby club to achieve their ambitions on and off the pitch as they continue their drive to build a new clubhouse at Whitemans Green.

Established in 2003, Focus Group is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of business technology, delivering telecoms, connectivity, IT, cloud, cyber security and mobile solutions for businesses of all sizes across all sectors.

Chris Goodman, co-founder of Focus Group, , said: “I could not be more excited to have Focus Group support Haywards Heath RFC, as it continues to provide opportunities for all ages and abilities to play rugby. We are always looking for ways to support emerging talent and sport in the community and I have been impressed by the way the club has already demonstrated its ability to raise significant funds itself, to support the vision of building a new clubhouse.”

Phil Herbert, commercial director at HHRFC, added, “It has been a challenging two years for the club as Covid has had a negative effect on our income, sponsors and our ability to provide regular sport for our active players across the senior squad, colts, juniors and boys and girls. This club wide partnership with Focus Group brings new energy to our efforts to move forward as a club, achieve our goals on and off the pitch and create a future that benefits the health and wellbeing of everyone in the wider community.”

Based in Shoreham, the business is under the leadership of co-founders Chris Goodman and Ralph Gilbert and boasts a talented team of over 670 professionals across eight UK offices.

Focus Group has achieved market-leading organic growth alongside several key acquisitions, which in 2021 included SW Comms, an IT and telecoms business known in rugby for many years as key sponsor of Premiership club Exeter Chiefs.

With a priority always placed on people and culture, sustainability and corporate social responsibility, Focus Group is committed to maintaining a positive impact on its workforce and the wider community and this new partnership with Heath reinforces the commitment to the company’s stated mission to develop relationships in the community.

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