Industry
Part II
Funding for grassroots sport
In part two of our funding for grassroots sport, Frank Fielding looks at sport specific funding, i.e. those that are open only to the sport they either represent or have an affiliation to
partnerships, events, donations and other sources, SportsAid supports
funding through commercial
By raising
Cricket The Cricket Foundation
The Cricket Foundation is an independent, registered charity endorsed by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The Foundation is concentrating the majority of its efforts on Chance to Shine - the biggest ever school sport development initiative - which aims to bring the educational benefits of cricket to state schools.
Chance to Shine
Launched in 2005, with the aim being to bring competitive cricket - and its educational benefits - back to at least a third of the country’s state schools, initially over a ten-year period.
Chance to Shine is delivered through individual projects working with County Cricket Boards across England and Wales.
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Each project provides a structured coaching and competition programme for groups of up to eight primary and secondary state schools. The group of schools is supported by professional, qualified coaches engaged by one local cricket club. The scheme also provides equipment, facility development (including playground markings and non- turf pitches) as well as training for state school teachers and coaches. Each project is funded for a minimum period of five years and, once it has ended, they work closely with schools and clubs to help sustain the cricket activities. Its target is to reach at least two million state school children by 2015, raising £5m annually.
If your club is recognised by its local County Cricket Board (CCB) as a ‘focus club’ and is Clubmark accredited, you should contact your CCB to register your interest to become involved in the
programme. If you’re a state school and want to benefit from the scheme, make contact with your CCB who will be able to supply you with information on how it works.
The Lord’s Taverners
The Lord’s Taverners is accredited by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as the official national charity for recreational cricket. The Lord’s Taverners commits 50% of the funds it raises each year to provide grants in support of youth cricket.
Grants are not available for the building/renovation of grounds or pavilions, bowling machines or for ground equipment, for example sight screens, mowers or rollers.
Applications will be considered from cricket clubs affiliated to a National Governing Body (i.e. ECB, Cricket Scotland, Northern Ireland Cricket Association [NICA]), individual schools or other organisations directly involved in the development of youth cricket that have a genuine need for assistance.
One of the primary areas of funding is to encourage participation in youth cricket, particularly in disadvantaged areas. They offer management and support of inner city and other youth cricket competitions and programmes, funding to re-establish cricket in state schools, grants towards non- turf pitches to increase the opportunities for young people to play and donate hundreds of cricket equipment bags to clubs and school teams across the UK.
Cricket Equipment Bags
They provide hard ball equipment bags with enough items to equip a full team (at u16, u13 and u11 levels and girls 15-18) at a cost of £25. Soft ball kit bags are provided
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