Our Mission
Enhancing the achievement of children.
Improving their mental well-being and physical literacy, making them happier, healthier and more confident
Our Mission
Rackets Cubed is a UK-registered charity dedicated to supporting children in underserved communities through a unique, integrated programme of STEM education, racket sports, and nutritious meals. Delivered weekly to Key Stage 2 pupils, our approach helps children build confidence, improve the mental well-being, and develop healthy, active lifestyles.
Founded in West London in 2016 with just two school programmes, Rackets Cubed has grown significantly. By 2019, we were delivering 11 programmes across six cities, and despite the challenges of the pandemic, we have expanded to over 25 school programmes across 11 cities nationwide in the 2023/24 academic year.
During the pandemic, we launched our Community Box initiative, which has since provided over 2 million meals to families. This work has evolved into our Community Partnership Hub model, enabling us to support not only children but also their families with food provision, safe spaces, and access to wider services.
Looking ahead, we aim to expand sustainably by adding new school programmes each year, subject to funding. These programmes will be rooted in our city clusters, ensuring a joined-up approach that strengthens connections with both children and their families.
In the longer term, we see significant potential to grow our impact through partnerships with universities, schools, sports clubs, and leisure centres—creating more opportunities to transform the lives of children across the UK.
Our Vision
The Schools programme vision is driven by the increasing evidence that active children have higher school achievement and that nutritious foods improve classroom behaviour. There are a number of factors which have been shown to adversely affect a child’s learning and development:
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A child’s long term health and fitness is adversely affected by being overweight which in turn impacts learning and development in children.
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Children from underserved areas are less likely to participate in physical activity outside of school.
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Self-esteem, participation and confidence are all important factors in a child’s school attainment as well as their quality of life. Obesity can adversely affect all of these things and it is thought that poor self-esteem may be a reason for decreased attainment in obese children.
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Nutrition and physical activity interventions in schools tend to have the biggest impact in populations with a high prevalence of disadvantage.
Our Values
Inspire
Providing opportunities via our programmes for children from underserved communities.
Motivate
Giving children an incentive to broaden their horizons and take advantage of the opportunities.
Empower
Helping to build self-confidence and self-belief in children we work with so that they feel empowered.
Connect
Connecting our communities together and providing support in warm welcoming safe spaces.