Munster Rugby Gets Behind 2025 ‘Our Shoes’ Campaign

Munster Rugby are pleased to confirm that the club are supporting the 2025 ‘Our Shoes’ campaign.

The Our Shoes Charity was established in 2019 after Ciarán McHugh, Kevin Grant and Geoff Lockwood visited the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, home to 2.4 million people.

Our Shoes ran two pilot appeals which saw the donation of 15,000 pairs of sports shoes which had outlived their intended use in Ireland, but which still have lots of life left in them.

Five years later, Our Shoes ship thousands of shoes to Southern Africa (50,000 pairs to date) where they are distributed to some of the most deserving kids in the townships.

Liam Coombes, Tony Butler, Fineen Wycherley and Patrick Campbell donating boots for ‘Our Shoes’.

Munster Rugby are delighted to support Our Shoes and already, our senior men’s players are getting behind the initiative by donating rugby boots and general sneakers/trainers.

Munster Rugby would like to see our clubs and schools support this fantastic initiative.

Please note there are different registration processes for clubs and schools. See below for more information.

How To Get Your Club Involved

To get your club involved, please email Our Shoes Campaign Manager Catherine McGee catherine@ourshoes.ie

Once registered, your club can start collecting shoes!

Collection of shoes will take place in March and will be organised by the Our Shoes charity.

How To Get Your  School Involved

Register your school with the link below and start collecting shoes!

Collection of shoes will take place in March and will be organised by the Our Shoes charity.

https://www.ourshoes.ie/registerschool

Important Information

Registration

The 2025 campaign is now open for registrations. Only teachers or principals can register their schools while club officials/volunteers can register their clubs.

Shoe Donations 

You can start collecting shoes anytime that suits you, starting today!

There is a variety of promotional material including posters and signs on the Our Shoes website’s resources page which you can find here. 

Collections

Collections will take place during the month of March 2025. More details will be provided closer to the time.

What Shoes Do We Need? 

The NGOs Our Shoes work with in Africa, use recreation games and activities, alongside learning to get kids involved in education, hence we need sports shoes:

• General sneakers/trainers
• Soccer/GAA/Rugby Boots

For more information, please visit the Our Shoes website here or email Our Shoes Campaign Manager Catherine McGee here.