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Abel Smith School has built a cricketing community and the sport is bringing together children and parents to benefit from the sport Read more
Noor Talib, a participant at Redbridge Rangers Street project was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in 2017. Whilst she was receiving treatment, Noor was unable to play cricket but once she had gone into remission, returning to the Street project was the first thing she wanted to do. Read more
Jo Herbertson is a Secondary School teacher and sports coach, currently working with Cheshire Cricket Board as Women and Girls Club Development Officer. In January - March 2021, Jo co-hosted the Chance to Shine Live sessions, helping children to stay active during lockdown. To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, Jo has written about how she became involved in sport. Read more
Marianne Lea, a teacher at St Agnes C.E. Primary School in Manchester was given a taste for cricket at her local club. However when the club relocated their training session Marianne was unable to attend sessions and no longer played cricket. when a Chance to Shine coach visited her school in 2010, everything changed. Read more
Masoor Khan leads three sessions at City Academy Bristol. Masoor was furloughed during the first lockdown but was raring to go when he returned to work. We spoke to him about the impact that lockdown has had on Easton Street and what it was like when Read more
When Clare Sanderson was approached to start a girls’ cricket session in Harehills, Leeds, she was facing an almighty challenge. Harehills is the most deprived ward in the city and 63% of residents are from minority ethnic backgrounds, a group significantly under-represented in sport. But fast-forward 12 months, Clare is running a passionate, vibrant session for around 25 girls every week. Read more
Since Lanchester EP Primary School in County Durham received Chance to Shine cricket sessions for the first time in 2019, the sport has really taken off across the school. Whilst the school had previously offered some cricket for pupils in Years 4-6 they had nothing on offer for Years 1 and 2; also, external providers were rarely keen to work with the younger years. Read more
Nottingham County Cricket Club have won every major trophy within the last 10 years. But, at the grassroots level, the city of Nottingham has just four cricket clubs that cater for a quarter of the population of the county. Green space is at a premium and less than half of children get the required physical activity each day. Read more
Two clubs in Wales have had their junior sections reinvigorated thanks to Chance to Shine and the All Stars Cricket programme. Read more
At Temple Learning Academy in Leeds, the pupils had very little experience or interest in the sport before Tom Bates, Yorkshire Cricket Board coach, began delivering Chance to Shine sessions in 2019. Read more
Sophie Luff is a Community Coach for Somerset Cricket Board (SCB) and was named Schools Coach of the Year at the 2019 Chance to Shine Awards. Read more
2018 Schools Coach of the Year, Myles Coughlan delivers the Chance to Shine Schools programme in Staffordshire, ensuring that cricket thrives in schools whilst also providing CPD opportunities to help teachers improve their knowledge and confidence when delivering cricket. Read more