Warwick Rowers continue their quest to challenge homophobia in sport with a brand new calendar for 2019.
KNOWN for baring (almost) all, year after year in tasteful and tantalising snapshots, the 2019 edition not only features the University of Warwick’s Boat Club, but also includes 2017 World Rowing Cup champion Robbie Manson all beautifully photographed by photographer Angus Malcom who created the project.
The Warwick Rowers project is a gay/straight alliance that dates back to 2009, when their first calendar was launched. Producer Angus Malcolm and generations of male rowers at the University of Warwick Boat Club have since achieved global recognition through a fundraising initiative and public awareness campaign that delivers a range of merchandise and products to around 80 countries every year and reaches more than 140 countries through its viral messaging.
The team has won a large number of awards for excellence, innovation and social impact, including twice being voted the UK Charity Calendar of the Year.
Their aim is to achieve three objectives:
- Promote positive, inclusive and respectful attitudes towards people of all genders and sexualities through the content that they create.
- Fund university rowing and particularly to make rowing more accessible to a wider number of students
- Fund the foundation Sport Allies, a registered charity group with a mission to promote sport, and particularly team sport, as an inclusive and supportive route to personal growth for everyone of all sexual orientations
The rowers, who happen to be mostly heterosexual males, donate the proceeds from their calendar and other merchandise to Sport Allies, an organisation championing sport as inclusive and diverse, while combating homophobia and gender bias.
To date, the Rowers have raised over $1 million in sales for both the Sport Allies foundation and the rowing program at Warwick University in the UK.
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