Chance to Shine
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Chance to Shine is a 10-year programme run by the charitable
Cricket Foundation to encourage competitive cricket
in state schools in the UK.
Devised and implemented by former cricketer Nick Gandon
, it launched with pilot programmes launched in March 2005 - immediately before the 2005 Ashes series
- it aims to establish regular coaching and competitive cricket in a third of state schools - 5,200 primary and 1,500 secondary school
s - by 2015. Before it was launched, research indicated that cricket was played regularly in less than 10% of state schools, and was only the sixth most popular sport played in schools, with many cricket pitches lost when school playing fields had been sold for development.
The main aim is educational, as a means of developing personal skills and values in the children involved - including leadership, teamwork, respect, individual and collective responsibility, and general standards of conduct - rather than trying to identify cricketing talent. Opportunities are provided to both sexes, from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, including those with special needs
. The programme operates in a devolved manner, encouraging small local projects involving around six schools, supported by professional coaches and a local cricket club. The Cricket Foundation can also provide the schools with equipment and facilities.
Chance to Shine is supported, both financially and logistically, but the England and Wales Cricket Board
and other cricketing bodies, including the Marylebone Cricket Club
, the Lord's Taverners
, and the Professional Cricketers' Association
. Half of its £50 million programme is funded by private donors, with private fundraising matched by government funding through Sport England
. It is estimated that 200,000 children were involved in its first four years of operation.
The President of the programme is Mervyn King
, Governor
of the Bank of England
, with vice presidents including Duncan Fearnley
, Lord Ian MacLaurin, Lord Bill Morris
, Mark Nicholas
, Lord Swraj Paul and Sir Tim Rice
. Its chief executive is former first-class cricket
er Wasim Khan
.
Charitable organization
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Cricket Foundation to encourage competitive cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
in state schools in the UK.
Devised and implemented by former cricketer Nick Gandon
Nick Gandon
Nicholas John Charles Gandon is a former English cricketer. Gandon was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire....
, it launched with pilot programmes launched in March 2005 - immediately before the 2005 Ashes series
2005 Ashes series
The 2005 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 21 July 2005, England and Australia played five Tests, with the Ashes held by Australia as the most recent victors...
- it aims to establish regular coaching and competitive cricket in a third of state schools - 5,200 primary and 1,500 secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
s - by 2015. Before it was launched, research indicated that cricket was played regularly in less than 10% of state schools, and was only the sixth most popular sport played in schools, with many cricket pitches lost when school playing fields had been sold for development.
The main aim is educational, as a means of developing personal skills and values in the children involved - including leadership, teamwork, respect, individual and collective responsibility, and general standards of conduct - rather than trying to identify cricketing talent. Opportunities are provided to both sexes, from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, including those with special needs
Special needs
In the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International...
. The programme operates in a devolved manner, encouraging small local projects involving around six schools, supported by professional coaches and a local cricket club. The Cricket Foundation can also provide the schools with equipment and facilities.
Chance to Shine is supported, both financially and logistically, but the England and Wales Cricket Board
England and Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...
and other cricketing bodies, including the Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
, the Lord's Taverners
Lord's Taverners
The Lord’s Taverners is a thriving club, the official charity for recreational cricket and the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity whose objective is to 'give young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance'.The Lord’s Taverners was founded in 1950 by a...
, and the Professional Cricketers' Association
Professional Cricketers' Association
The Professional Cricketers' Association is the representative body of past and present first-class cricketers in England and Wales, founded in 1967...
. Half of its £50 million programme is funded by private donors, with private fundraising matched by government funding through Sport England
Sport England
Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
. It is estimated that 200,000 children were involved in its first four years of operation.
The President of the programme is Mervyn King
Mervyn King (economist)
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, Governor
Governor of the Bank of England
The Governor of the Bank of England is the most senior position in the Bank of England. It is nominally a civil service post, but the appointment tends to be from within the Bank, with the incumbent grooming his or her successor...
of the Bank of England
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...
, with vice presidents including Duncan Fearnley
Duncan Fearnley
Charles Duncan Fearnley , more commonly known as Duncan Fearnley, is a former first-class cricketer who, after retirement as a player, became a producer of cricket bats.-Birth and early life:Fearnley was born in Pudsey, Yorkshire...
, Lord Ian MacLaurin, Lord Bill Morris
Bill Morris
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ , generally known as Bill Morris, was general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union....
, Mark Nicholas
Mark Nicholas
Mark Charles Jefford Nicholas is a cricket commentator and former player. He played for Hampshire from 1978 to 1995, captaining them from 1985 to his retirement....
, Lord Swraj Paul and Sir Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
. Its chief executive is former first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er Wasim Khan
Wasim Khan
Wasim Gulzar Khan is a former English cricketer, he was also one of the first British born-Pakistani's to play county cricket in England. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm leg-break bowler...
.