Chance to Shine has published its Impact Report for the 2020/21 academic year, detailing the charity’s efforts to rebuild and recover its delivery to pre-pandemic levels.
A total of 457,625 young people took part in Chance to Shine programmes between September 2020 and August 2021, with 51% of those participants being female.
The report outlines our commitment to ensuring cricket is an accessible and inclusive sport, as we aim to support an additional 300 schools in the most disadvantaged parts of the country, as well as aiming to roll out an additional 100 new Street projects. This is linked to our equity, diversity and inclusion strategy, which includes a commitment to address the lack of opportunities for underrepresented groups to move along cricket’s performance pathways.
The report also includes a number of inspiring case studies, including the ‘Lead Your Ship’ programme – which combines Street cricket with workshops aimed at people at risk of exclusion or criminal activity. It also tells the story of the emergence of cricket in the city of Gloucester, where the introduction of a Chance to Shine Street project has allowed local school children to finally find a club to call their own.
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