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"I just want to say what a great day it was at the National Street20 finals. You had over 200 kids from all over the uk engaging in sport in a safe environment, & thanks for inviting me to give a talk about drugs & knife crime. Since then I've had some really positive messages from the youngters on my web site . I also think what you are doing is fantastic as your giving these kids the opportunity to play sport and be educated at the same time and i am sure between us we changed some lives and pointed alot of them in the right direction P.S Didn't see 1 unhappy face all day the whole place was full of smiles ."
Street20 - The Game
'Street20' Cricket is a fast moving game, designed to be played in crowded urban environments and using facilities such as five-a-side football pitches, basketball courts and sports halls. Just take 2 bats, 2 sets of plastic stumps, a ball and 4-8 players and you’re ready to go!
HOW TO PLAY STREET20
We have helped set up 'Street20' programmes on housing estates all over London and a number of other cities in the UK.
We have also run over 100 training courses for sports coaches, police officers and youth workers so they can set up their own inner city cricket programmes.
If you want to get involved with any 'Street20' project or programme then get in touch with Danny Baker, Training Manager on 020 8669 2177
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"Street20 is one of the most imaginative ways to enagage with players anywhere in the world today" - Steve Elworthy, ICC World Twenty20 Tournament Director
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Our work on the streets & in housing estates is based on five key principles:
1. Offering year round programmes to keep the players involved
2. Running programmes that are local to where players live
3. Offering regular competitions every half term and shool holiday's
4. Finding the next generation of coaches from within the programmes
5. Crucially, using the trust built up, to help those involved and make good choices
about their future
'Street20' forms the basis of some our key programmes:
INNER CITY CRICKET WORLD CUP (ICWC)
The now annual Inner City World Cup, which began in 2005, gives young players from around London the chance to represent either England or the country of theirs or their parent’s birth. The event takes place each year in August at The Indoor School at the home of cricket, Lord's and the 2012 competition was won by Pakistan and was sponsored by INVESTEC.
Pakistan - ICWC Winners 2012
StreetChance
In early 2008 this initiative was launched in the 15 London communities with the highest levels of youth crime. Marginalised young people get cricket coaching and competitions year round, encouraged to attend school and to talk with local police authorities.
StreetChance is run in partnership with Barclays Spaces for Sports, Cricket for Change, the Cricket Foundation and The Metropolitan Police.
Today, StreetChance (in London) provides opportunities for young people through community cricket sessions in 20 London Boroughs, 6 Estates, 3 Development Squads and 3 Girls teams.
MEET JAFER - StreetChance Young Ambassador
Jafer 'StreetChance Ambassador' of the Year Award 2011
Jafer is a member of the Southwark StreetChance team. Before he joined he programme the played a bit of cricket but not regularly and hadn't thought about his future. Since getting involved, he's made new friends, has gone on to take part in our Apprenticeship scheme and is planning to become a cricket coach.
Jafer has also won several awards during his time with C4C and he is now a 'StreetChance Young Ambassador' and is regulalry involved in discussions about the long term strategy of the 'StreetChance' programme.
'StreetChance' has opened Jafer's mind to a whole range of possibilities.
The Lord's Taverners - Street20 UK
At the start of 2011, Cricket for Change and The Lord’s Taverners, came together to build a new three-year programme to put cricket and sport for development at the centre of changing young people's lives.
After the first year there are 46 sessions being delivered in Bristol, Birmingham, Newcastle, Chelmsford, Basildon & and Brighton, Hastings & Crawley and they all have a full set of delivery partners. There are 10 clubs in Bristol, 8 in Birmingham, 10 in Newcastle, 8 in Sussex and 10 in Essex.
So far over 500 participants and 350 sessions have been delivered and over 100 leaders have been trained. The current National Street20 Champions are Newcastle!
