Platform Cricket
Developing London's children in and through cricket
About Us
Our Mission
- Increase the number of children in London participating in cricket
- Increase the amount of children from disadvantaged and BAME backgrounds participating in cricket
- Support personal and social development through cricket
What do we do?
- Deliver in-school coaching programmes
- Run competitive inter-school festivals
- Establish a "pop up" cricket club that allows access to community cricket for children in areas with little to no existing provision
Where do we do it?
- Our work is predominantly focussed on inner London
- We identify wards with over 25% child poverty, over 50% BAME populations and little to no cricket provision
- We establish hubs across 2-3 wards that usually include 6-12 Primary Schools
What have we achieved so far?
- 142 schools engaged
- 7,336 children involved (4,988 of whom had not played cricket before)
- 1,221 children experiencing competitive cricket
- 35% of participants from disadvantaged background
- 73% of participants from BAME backgrounds
- 510 children participating in community cricket through 18 new “pop up” cricket club