About the Appeal

Chance to shine is on the way to raising £25 million from voluntary donations and a further £25 million in matched funding from the Government.

Over the course of ten years Chance to shine will reach a third of all schools in England and Wales and engage two million young people.

Chance to shine is a campaign for schools, but one which is delivered through good cricket clubs - with the support of other partners. 

The Chance to shine campaign is broken down into individual projects which revolve around the activities of ONE cricket club and a cluster of SIX schools located in the close vicinity of the cricket club.

ECB-qualified coaches engaged by the cricket clubs deliver our structured programme of coaching and competition, as well as Summer Camps during school holidays.  The coaching and competition programme is supplemented by training for teachers and coaches, provision of cricket equipment and facility development.


Chance to shine provides:

Structured coaching programmes – 300 hours each year delivered to the cluster of six schools

Regular competition – with a minimum requirement that schools provide FIVE organized matches each year for boys and girls.

Summer Camps – generally based at cricket clubs during three weeks of the Summer Holiday period
Training for teachers and coaches

Cricket Equipment – supplied by our partner Slazenger

Facility development – the installation of Non-Turf pitches and playground markings.

200 Chance to shine projects were delivered in 2007 to 1300 State Schools serving all communities, including inner-city and rural areas, by coaches operating from 200 clubs throughout England and Wales. Chance to shine will expand year on year, ultimately through 800 – 1000 projects that will engage with at least one third of all state schools and reach two million young people over ten years.

“ We are not planning a one-hit wonder,” Cricket Foundation Director, Nick Gandon, insists. “We intend to build sustainable cricket cultures in each of the schools where our coaches are operating. That’s not done overnight. Coaches will have contact with every school for about four hours per week throughout the Summer Term. What’s more we are potentially committed to the schools for up to ten years.”

"Playing fields and facilities are essential. As well as helping schools to improve their own facilities, we’re encouraging the cricket clubs linked to the schools to make their own grounds and practice areas freely available. We’re also encouraging local independent schools and others to do the same, as well as contributing in other ways.”

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