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StreetChance supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports
StreetChance is a sister programme of Chance to Shine.
It is a partnership between the Cricket Foundation and Barclays Spaces for Sports. The programme strategically partners with the Metropolitan Police Service and County Constabularies across the StreetChance cities to engage with young people in areas affected by youth crime and anti-social behaviour.
Visit the StreetChance website for more information
StreetChance's aims
StreetChance works to engage young people in areas of deprivation at risk of crime and anti-social behaviour. The programme works with young people aged 11-18 and aims to increase aspiration, promote mutual respect, and enhance relationships with others, including schools, police and the wider community by providing structured coaching and competitive opportunities for young people.
Over the next three years, StreetChance aims to engage more than 16,000 young people, train and mentor more than 200 teachers, 250 local young coaches and volunteers, and to create more than 1,600 young leaders in schools, nationwide.
Where StreetChance operates
StreetChance works in urban areas lacking in green spaces where cricket is less accessible.
StreetChance delivers free cricket coaching in selected state schools and pupil referral units as well as community venues such as leisure centres, sports halls, youth clubs and housing estates. StreetChance community and estates projects run all year round with regular competitions in every school holiday bringing together projects within each city.
StreetChance sessions run in Birmingham, Bristol, Dewsbury, Manchester and London. A programme will launch in Hull and Liverpool in 2012.
