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 ethnic minority 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 focused on inner London
- We identify wards with over 25% child poverty, over 50% ethnic minority 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?
- 322 schools engaged in 16 Boroughs
- 18,378 children involved (10,414 of whom had not played cricket before)
- 38% of participants from disadvantaged background
- 76% of participants from ethnic minority backgrounds
- 927 children participating in community cricket through 35 new “pop up” cricket clubs
- 388 (42%) of community participants are female
PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Each week our coaches identify a PLAYER OF THE WEEK from the 3,000+ children we work with, as a recognition of their talent, efforts or improvement.
This week's PLAYER OF THE WEEK Award goes to Khadija from Ark Globe Primary in Elephant & Castle, Southwark. Khadija’s batting has particularly impressed our coaches - she has combined an excellent technique with a lot of power hitting.