Hearts and Balls

The Hearts and Balls Charitable Trust, sometimes stylized as Heart+Balls[1] is a Scottish registered charity.[2]

The charity was founded in 1999 following a spinal injury suffered by Struan Kerr-Liddell of the Lismore Rugby Club, and exists to support rugby players and their families in the aftermath of serious injury on the field.

As of 2022, Hearts+Balls had provided over £700,000 in aid. [3]

Rugby Sevens

They enter a men's sevens side and a women's sevens side into many Sevens tournaments around Scotland. They usually denote the side as HBMB7 - or Hearts and Balls Mighty Bovs 7s.[4]


References
  1. Graham, Heather (25 June 2019). "Charity for injured rugby players to host Glasgow festival as a thanks for £50k". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator website "Record for SC033927, last updated 11 August 2010"
  3. Barnes, David (22 June 2018). "Rugby legend Jim Taylor celebrates 40th anniversary of accident in style". The Offside Line. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. https://www.instagram.com/hbmb7s/
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