A Brief History of our Cricket Charity

Using cricket to change young lives - set up as London Community Cricket Association (LCCA) after the Brixton Riots in 1981, to develop pioneering projects (through the power of sport) aimed at getting unemployed and directionless young people to train as cricket coaches

THE EIGHTIES

July 1981 - The London Community Cricket Association began   1982 - Unemployed cricket leagues set up

1983 - Haringey Cricket College founded                                    1984 - Women's and girl's programme set up

1985 - Working within Prison's initiative began                            1988 - Moved into Special Needs Programmes

1989 - 250th Inner City Coach qualified

           

THE NINETIES

1990 - First demo of Special Needs cricket at a Lord's Test Match 

1991 - First trips by Special Needs Schools to Arundel Castle Cricket Centre     

1994 - 500th Inner City coach qualified

1995 - 100th Special Needs school festival       1996 - England Blind Cricket team set up by the LCCA                

1999 - First England Blind cricket demonstration at Oval Test match

  
           Hit the Top cricket - the Blind and Special Needs Cricket programme

THE 2000'S

2000 - Phil 'Tuffers' Tufnell becomes President               

2003 - First international project in Barbados,setting up the West Indies Blind Cricket team

2004 - 'Street20' concept developed       

2004 - The Cricket Centre built by 'Tuffers' & ITV's 'With a Little Help from my Friends'.

2005 - Inaugural Inner City World Cup at the MCC Indoor Cricket Centre

2005 - Set up blind cricket in Zimbabwe

2006 - Set up programmes in Cuba and Uganda            2007 - Set up programmes in Rwanda and Tanzania

2008 - LCCA name changed to 'Cricket for Change'        

2009 - Indoor Cricket School opened at C4C's HQ  

2010 - Two members of staff win National Coaching Awards -
          Adam Hall and Beth Evans     

2011 - The charity's 30th Anniversary

        
   'Street20' concept             2006 - Visit to Cuba              2007 - Visit to Rwanda

      
                 'Street20 in action'