Chance to Shine 2016-2017 Club Offer
Chance to Shine is one of the leading National Governing Body school sport programmes. It gives
schools and Cricket Clubs the opportunity to access cricket and provide valuable community links
with the intention of creating a sustainable pathway for children from the school to cricket club.
What is Chance to Shine
Chance to Shine are a national charity on a mission to spread the power of cricket throughout
schools and communities.
At a county level, we receive funding from Chance to Shine to pay for coaches to work in school and
community settings to deliver various things which we help will grow participation in cricket and
encourage more transition of children from school to club.
What does a Chance to Shine school receive?
Primary schools:
Any school that signs up to be involved with Chance to Shine receives the following:
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Six x 1 hour curriculum sessions
Six x 1 hour extra curriculum sessions
One x 1 hour informal teacher CPD session
One x 30 minute assembly
One x 3 hour intra school festival
One x 3 hour Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Day event
One free place on a 3 hour Cricket for Teachers course
One x 3 hour inter school Chance to Shine festival
Total – 25.5 hours support per school, at a cost of £200
Secondary schools:
Secondary schools are able to pick from a menu of options, including:
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Development Office, Suite 16-17, Lansdowne Business Centre,
Bumpers Way, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6RZ
Telephone: 01249 445225 Website: www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk
Company No: 7338735
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Coaching support for an after school club
Curriculum support for preparation for a Chance to Shine competition
Entry in to various boys and girls competitions
Cricket Activator training for students
Formal or informal teacher training
What can Wiltshire Cricket and Chance to Shine do for your club?
For the past two years, Wiltshire Cricket has administered Chance to Shine centrally. This has
enabled us to offer a consistent programme across the county, and ensure that all schools receive all
elements of the programme.
Whilst this has been a successful way of delivering the programme, what it hasn’t done is provide
schools with a tangible link to their local cricket club.
Therefore, for the 2016-2017 academic year, Wiltshire Cricket will be adopting a two phased
approach of allocating our Chance to Shine funding, as follows:
1. Wiltshire Cricket will continue to deliver in schools and areas of the county which we have
identified as strategically important areas
2. Clubs with the resource to deliver a Chance to Shine programme will be offered the
opportunity to do so, via this application process
Therefore, point 2 above means that clubs now have the opportunity to have their own Chance to
Shine project.
Why should your club be involved?
During 2016, Wiltshire Cricket has provided various updates to clubs, including the following:
What are our juniors saying about Cricket?
In July and August of 2015, Chance to Shine, the charity that supports Cricket in state schools, did a
large survey around children’s views of Cricket. I would signpost you to the following bits of
information:
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When children were asked to name their top three Sports, the sampled children in total
listed 57 different Sports – Competition with Cricket is huge!
23% of children who play Cricket in school play at a club. Of those schools that don’t play
Cricket in schools only 1% play at clubs
Children identify key barriers to sustained participation: digital communications are
unappealing/offputting; they want inclusive formats and an explosive style of play; hard ball
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Development Office, Suite 16-17, Lansdowne Business Centre,
Bumpers Way, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6RZ
Telephone: 01249 445225 Website: www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk
Company No: 7338735
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is a deterrent; they want to have fun (not feel under pressure to perform) – Is the image of
Cricket putting players off?
Parental feedback - Biggest factors in their child’s choice of leisure activities: peer group and
fun/ enjoyment – The experience that both parents and children receive when they join a
club is so important, particularly given how much choice there is in terms of leisure
activities
Parental feedback - 6 out of 10 parents are either agnostic about, or actively dislike, cricket;
children whose parents are interested in cricket are 4x more likely to play out of school –
What experience do parents get when they join your club or on a coaching evening /
matchday – needs to be appealing to the whole family
Recommendations:
From this particular survey, one of the key findings / recommendations was as follows:
Fundamental change is required in club cricket from a culture founded in developing talent to one
that nurtures participation. Club provision for young people should ‘build up’ from Chance to Shine
formats rather than ‘build down’ from adult cricket.
The ECB’s own research would back up the need for something to change:
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2% of children aged 7-15 rate Cricket as their favourite Sport
When children asked to name their top 10 Sports, 3 in 5 don’t name Cricket
Why should your club be involved – Well, Chance to Shine could help to put your club at an
advantage above other sports and other clubs. It would offer you the opportunity to put Cricket in to
the mindset of your local schools and to take control over the perception that young people and
their parents have of Cricket.
How to get involved?
On the next page is an application form for your club to apply to become a Chance to Shine club.
They key things to note when applying are as follows:
1. You’ll be required to meet with local schools to discuss their involvement as one of your
Chance to Shine schools
2. You’ll need to have available volunteers to support delivery of different elements of the
Chance to Shine programme
3. You’ll be required to justify why your club should become a Chance to Shine club
If you are successful in becoming a Chance to Shine club we will invest our funding to pay for your
coach (s) and will offer you support in managing and administering your programme.
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Development Office, Suite 16-17, Lansdowne Business Centre,
Bumpers Way, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6RZ
Telephone: 01249 445225 Website: www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk
Company No: 7338735
Wiltshire Cricket Chance to Shine Club Application 2016-2017
CLUB DETAILS:
CLUB NAME
CLUB CONTACT NAME
CLUB EMAIL
CLUB PHONE NUMBER
PRIMARY SCHOOLS:
Clubs MUST work with a minimum of two and can work with a maximum of five primary schools
SCHOOL NAME 1
SCHOOL NAME 2
SCHOOL NAME 3
SCHOOL NAME 4
SCHOOL NAME 5
WHAT CAN YOUR CLUB DELIVER?
To each of your primary schools, please confirm you have a coach available to deliver the following
Six x 1 hour curriculum sessions
Yes/No
Six x 1 hour extra curriculum sessions
Yes/No
One x 30 minute assembly
Yes/No
One x 3 hour intra school festival
Yes/No
One x 3 hour Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Day Yes/No
event
One x 3 hour inter school Chance to Shine
Yes/No
festival
* please note that your coach must be qualified to a minimum Level 2 qualification
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Development Office, Suite 16-17, Lansdowne Business Centre,
Bumpers Way, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6RZ
Telephone: 01249 445225 Website: www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk
Company No: 7338735
SECONDARY SCHOOLS:
It is not mandatory for clubs to work with a secondary school but if you would like a secondary
school to be involved with your programme please detail them below and Wiltshire Cricket will
contact them directly about receiving support via our community coach but linked to your club
SCHOOL NAME 1
SCHOOL NAME 2
COACH DETAILS:
COACH NAME (S)
WHY SHOULD WE SUPPORT YOUR CLUB?
Use the space provided to
outline why your club needs
Chance to Shine and what
the desired outcomes of the
project will be?
Once completed please email your Application Form to
Ali Goddard by Friday 4th November 2016
Ali Goddard
[email protected]
07786 361222
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Development Office, Suite 16-17, Lansdowne Business Centre,
Bumpers Way, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 6RZ
Telephone: 01249 445225 Website: www.wiltshirecricket.co.uk
Company No: 7338735