Chance to Shine Annual Review 2016

CHANCE TO SHINE 

ANNUAL REVIEW 2016

CHAIRMAN’S 

WELCOME 

OUR WORK 

AT A GLANCE 

“ 

We’re giving children an 

opportunity not just to play 

cricket, but also to learn 

through the game. 

” 

Here’s a snapshot of activity on our Chance to Shine Schools and 

Street programmes. Though our programmes are designed to be 

flexible, to meet the needs of diverse schools and communities, 

they have six common components: inspire, play, learn, teach, 

compete and progress. 

We use this framework both to structure our 

programmes and to evaluate their outcomes. 

It’s been another memorable year for Chance 

to Shine. We started it with a major milestone 

and ended it with a major announcement. 

In January 2016 we celebrated reaching our 

3 millionth child. Three million children 

playing cricket thanks to Chance to Shine – 

that’s enough to fill Lord’s 100 times! Many of 

these young people would never have picked 

up a cricket bat or ball if our coaches hadn’t 

come to their school or local community. 

We’re giving children an opportunity not 

just to play cricket, but also to learn through 

the game. As you’ll see from the research 

and case studies featured in this Annual 

Review, we are helping to increase children’s 

resilience, motivation and self-confidence in 

over 4,000 schools this year. We are raising 

their aspirations. 

Our Street projects are based in some of 

the most deprived areas of England with 

high rates of crime and unemployment. 

Participants on the programme tell us how 

much they value having a safe place to play 

cricket with their friends. Many of them 

go on to become coaches on the Street 

programme, helping their peers and 

thus creating a virtuous cycle. 

We were delighted when the England & 

Wales Cricket Board announced in November 

a doubling of their funding to Chance to 

Shine. They, along with Sport England and 

MCC, have supported us right from the start 

and our success is their success. They have 

also incentivised us to raise further funds 

by agreeing a matching scheme. There is 

so much more we can do with your help. 

We are grateful to all our generous 

corporate and individual donors, trusts 

and foundations who enable us to inspire 

so many young people every year. 

Please do continue to lend us your vital 

support and we look forward to celebrating 

with you our next millionth child. 

Donald Brydon 

Chairman, Chance to Shine 

Chance to Shine – Annual Review 2016 

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CHAIRMAN’S 

WELCOME 

PRIMARY SCHOOLS 

(AGED 7 – 11) 

SECONDARY SCHOOLS 

(AGED 11 – 16) 

YOUTH 

(AGED 8 – 15) 

YOUNG ADULT 

(AGED 16 – 24) 

“ 

We’re giving children an 

INSPIRE 

(pages 10-11) 

Chance to Shine 

Schools coaches 

MCC Spirit of Cricket assemblies 

England Women 

Coaching Ambassadors 

Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week 

England & international player visits 

Chance to Shine Annual Awards 

Chance to Shine Street coaches 

opportunity not just to play 

cricket, but also to learn 

through the game. 

Curriculum coaching 

Extra-curricular school ‘satellite’ clubs 

PLAY 

(pages 12-17) 

LEARN 

(pages 18-21) 

TEACH 

(pages 22-23) 

COMPETE 

(pages 24-25) 

PROGRESS 

(pages 26-27) 

Extra – curricular coaching 

MCC Spirit of Cricket campaign 

Young Cricket Commentator competition 

Formal teacher training 

(ECB Cricket for Teachers Course) 

Informal teacher training 

Competitions 

(intra/inter school) 

SEN, disability & Hospital projects 

After-school cricket clubs 

Transition to local cricket clubs 

Local Street projects (if available) 

Young Leaders training 

Chance to Compete 

(indoor/outdoor) 

Summer Cricket Camps 

Weekly community sessions 

Young Leaders training 

Coach Development 

Holiday competitions (intra-city) 

Tape-ball leagues 

Transition to Young Adult projects 

Transition to Last Man Stands Leagues 

Transition to local cricket clubs 

It’s been another memorable year for Chance 

to Shine. We started it with a major milestone 

and ended it with a major announcement. 

In January 2016 we celebrated reaching our 

3 millionth child. Three million children 

playing cricket thanks to Chance to Shine – 

that’s enough to fill Lord’s 100 times! Many of 

these young people would never have picked 

up a cricket bat or ball if our coaches hadn’t 

come to their school or local community. 

We’re giving children an opportunity not 

just to play cricket, but also to learn through 

the game. As you’ll see from the research 

and case studies featured in this Annual 

Review, we are helping to increase children’s 

resilience, motivation and self-confidence in 

over 4,000 schools this year. We are raising 

their aspirations. 

Our Street projects are based in some of 

the most deprived areas of England with 

high rates of crime and unemployment. 

Participants on the programme tell us how 

much they value having a safe place to play 

cricket with their friends. Many of them 

go on to become coaches on the Street 

programme, helping their peers and 

thus creating a virtuous cycle. 

” 

We were delighted when the England & 

Wales Cricket Board announced in November 

a doubling of their funding to Chance to 

Shine. They, along with Sport England and 

MCC, have supported us right from the start 

and our success is their success. They have 

also incentivised us to raise further funds 

by agreeing a matching scheme. There is 

so much more we can do with your help. 

We are grateful to all our generous 

corporate and individual donors, trusts 

and foundations who enable us to inspire 

so many young people every year. 

Please do continue to lend us your vital 

support and we look forward to celebrating 

with you our next millionth child. 

Donald Brydon 

Chairman, Chance to Shine 


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CEO’s 

WELCOME 

Charity Overview 

SPREADING THE 

POWER OF CRICKET 

“Character developed in sport, helps in life,” 

wrote Mike Atherton a little less than a year 

ago. “Determination, resilience, spirit and 

courage: these are the qualities that stand 

the test of time.” 

Mike, a steadfast supporter of Chance to 

Shine, might well have been writing about 

our purpose. To use cricket as a vehicle to 

help young people develop those kinds 

of qualities. Or, as our vision puts it: to 

inspire all young people to play and 

learn through cricket. 

Instead, he was writing about an England 

cricketer facing down a life-changing crisis. 

James Taylor was preparing for heart surgery 

and a sudden and premature end to his career 

as a professional sportsman. 

A few months later, we would have the good 

fortune to see James join a new team, as he 

signed up as a Chance to Shine ambassador. 

Alongside his new career as a commentator 

and pundit, he has inspired thousands of 

young players through assemblies, speeches, 

coaching and award presentations – and, more 

than any of those, his example. 

James’s contribution to our campaign 

was one of many highlights of our year. His 

story – of character developed in sport, that 

helps in life – is somehow emblematic of 

what we’re here for. 

We began the year looking back on the 

first 11 years of Chance to Shine, passing the 

milestone of reaching three million children. 

Though that was the headline news, some 

of the sub-heads are just as important: 1.5m 

girls; 13,000 schools; 150 Street projects in 

disadvantaged communities; more than 

£50m raised and invested in grassroots cricket. 

Impressive as those numbers are, they 

are only half the story. As someone smart 

once said, “not everything that counts can 

be counted; not everything that can be 

counted counts.” For us, it is the stories of 

young people who have had their chance 

to shine that really count. Stories of county 

cricket boards who take the game to schools 

and communities that wouldn’t otherwise 

have the opportunity. Stories of teachers 

who are using cricket to enrich playing in 

the playground and learning in the classroom, 

and to build life skills and character. Stories 

of coaches who are dedicated to making the 

game open, inclusive, fun and accessible for 

everyone. And stories of young cricketers who 

are enjoying the game, making progress in it 

and inspiring their friends to join in the fun. 

If you’re reading this, the chances are that 

you’ve played some part in writing those 

stories. You might be a young player, coach, 

teacher; perhaps a donor, partner, sponsor or 

ambassador; perhaps you’re part of a county 

cricket board that makes it all happen. In 

whatever way you’re part of this campaign, 

thank you. The stories that you’ll read about 

in these pages – and many others like them – 

would not be possible without you. 

Thanks to you, we had a great year and a 

great season. That milestone of our first three 

million young people is now firmly in our 

rear view mirror, looking smaller and smaller. 

In fact, we ended the year with plans in place 

that make the next five years look even 

more exciting. 

Our new partnership with the England 

& Wales Cricket Board, announced last 

November, is central to those plans. Backed 

by a very generous gift from a private donor, 

it allows us to develop a new, enhanced 

primary schools programme, and aim 

to give at least 500,000 five to 11 year-olds 

a great first experience of cricket every year. 

We are very excited by – and equally grateful 

for – this tremendous vote of confidence in 

Chance to Shine and our partners. 

As I write, we are about to begin a process 

that will be just as crucial to our long-term 

goals. For the past five years the government, 

via Sport England, has been our single largest 

funder. Our current award comes to an end 

in 2017, and we will be seeking new Sport 

England investment for the next four-year 

funding cycle. 

Meanwhile, our income from corporate 

partners, charitable trusts and foundations 

and private donors remains just as vital as 

ever. We aim to grow it substantially. 

Our long-term plans envisage a three-way 

income model where ECB, government and 

private funders all have a vital role to play – 

a model recognized and supported by ECB 

who have provided a new match funding pot 

worth up to £500,000 a year, starting this year. 

In his wonderful new book, A Beautiful Game, 

Mark Nicholas has this to say about the 

charity that he co-founded with Lord Mervyn 

King and Duncan Fearnley: 

“We were not driven as much by unearthing 

Test cricketers as by simply giving children 

an opportunity to experience the game that 

had meant so much in our lives. Our gospel 

was that team sports matter...our aim was to 

enrich the lives of girls and boys across every 

ethnic divide in our communities. 

“Cricket breaks down barriers. It creates social 

skills that bring people together and it helps 

form friendships that last a lifetime. Chance 

to Shine really is a dream that came true. 

Now the dream is to reach a million more, 

and another million after that.” 

Our job is to fulfil their dream. Twelve 

months from now, I hope to write to 

you with news of a new primary school 

programme, successfully developed and 

launched; new long-term government 

funding secured; a growing pool of private 

income and another half a million children 

playing and learning through cricket. 

If we achieve all those things, Chance to 

Shine will be well on the way to writing 

countless new stories of character developed 

in sport, that helps in life. We are proud 

beyond words to play our part in those 

stories. And we hope you will be, too. 

Luke Swanson 

Chief Executive 

We are a national charity on a mission 

to spread the power of cricket throughout 

schools and communities. 

We take cricket to new places and use it 

to ignite new passions, teach vital skills, 

unite diverse groups, and educate young 

people from Cornwall to Canterbury to 

County Durham. 

Since 2005 our Chance to Shine Schools 

programme has helped reverse the decline 

of cricket in state schools. Working in close 

partnership with all 39 county cricket boards 

and hundreds of local cricket clubs, we’ve 

got over three million boys and girls in over 

13,000 schools playing and learning 

through cricket. 

Chance to Shine Street takes the game 

and its educational benefits to inner-city 

areas affected by youth crime and anti-social 

behaviour. We’re using the power of cricket 

to engage young people from a range of 

backgrounds, increase aspiration 

and promote respect. 

In the past 11 years we’ve proved that cricket 

has the power to bring young people from all 

walks of life together and teach life skills that 

will stay with them forever. We’re committed 

to giving all young people the chance to play 

it, learn from it and enjoy it. 

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The Chance to Shine charity runs two core 

programmes: Chance to Shine Schools and 

Chance to Shine Street. 

Fast, fun and free, Chance to Shine Street 

is proving very popular with young people 

and young adults. 

Street cricket uses a tape-ball – a tennis ball 

wrapped in electrical tape – so games can 

be played on hard courts in leisure centres 

and caged areas around housing estates or 

community parks. Games are fast-paced, 

just 20 balls for each innings, and everyone 

in the six-a-side team bats, bowls and fields. 

No protective equipment is required making 

the format both accessible and affordable. 

We launched our Street programme in 2008 

(previously known as ‘StreetChance’) and 

fund county cricket boards to develop and 

deliver community cricket hubs (Street 

projects). The programme, which is 

supported by Lycamobile, aims to reach 

those less likely to take part in traditional 

cricket clubs, including participants in innercity 

and disadvantaged areas, as well as 

diverse communities. 

Three-quarters (77%) of Street participants 

are from black, Asian, and minority ethnic 

backgrounds (BAME). The largest number of 

people on the programme are Asian or Asian 

British (60%) followed by White British (23%). 

Our Street Youth programme runs weekly 

sessions for young people aged 8 to 15, 

all year round, with intra-city competitions 

in the school holidays. 

Our Street Young Adults programme is a mix 

of community sessions and regional tape-ball 

leagues, running mainly between October 

and April, for 16 to 24 year olds. 

Over 150 Chance to Shine Street projects run 

in many of England’s major cities including: 

Birmingham, Bristol, Coventry, Hull, Leicester, 

Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, 

Southampton and Stoke. 

We profiled our Street projects with research 

company, Substance, which indicated that 85% 

of Street projects are based in the 50% most 

deprived areas of England (see page 14–15). 

Primary Schools 

We work in partnership with the network 

of 39 county cricket boards which help 

deliver the Chance to Shine Schools 

programme. We provide the boards with 

funding to pay for professional coaches to 

deliver coaching and competition in primary 

schools, mainly within curriculum time. 

The coaches not only teach the pupils, they 

also teach the teachers how to run their own 

cricket sessions to help leave a sustainable 

cricket culture at the school. 

County cricket boards select schools to 

participate in the Chance to Shine programme 

based on achieving our key outcomes: 

inspiring more young people to play and 

learn through cricket and creating lasting 

partnerships between schools. 

Secondary Schools 

We give young people aged 11 to 16 the 

opportunity to develop their own after-school 

cricket club, supported by local coaches and 

clubs, through our secondary school ‘satellite 

club’ programme. 

A three-year funding agreement with Sport 

England to deliver the programme ended in 

March 2016. An additional award of Treasury 

funding has enabled us to sustain this 

programme, albeit at a lower level of activity. 

Through this investment, we aim to engage 

1,400 secondary schools over an 18-month 

period finishing in September 2017. 


We continue to view the Schools and Street 

programmes as our major priorities for future 

investment. We have participated actively in 

the development of Cricket Unleashed, the new 

gamewide strategy for cricket in England and 

Wales, which identifies inspiring the next 

generation of young players as a key priority. 

The Chance to Shine Board has agreed 

a five-year strategic plan which sets out to 

strengthen Chance to Shine’s relationship 

with the ECB; to secure new public 

investment from Sport England for the 

2017–21 funding cycle; and to increase 

substantially income from other sources 

(including commercial sponsors, charitable 

trusts & foundations and individual donors). 

In November 2016, the ECB announced that 

it will double its investment in Chance to Shine 

to at least £2.5 million per year, beginning in 

October 2017. The agreement includes a new 

opportunity for a further £500,000 per year 

in matched funding, subject to Chance to 

Shine achieving increased private fundraising 

targets. Our income from corporate partners, 

charitable trusts and foundations and private 

donors remains as crucial as ever. 

We will allocate the new funds to expand 

and enhance our activity in primary schools, 

working in partnership with county cricket 

boards. With this new investment, we now 

aim to reach more than 500,000 5–11 

year olds each year. 

Over the next 12 months ECB and Chance 

to Shine will co-develop the new primary 

schools programme. It will include an 

introductory skills course for primary school 

children, delivered by professional cricket 

coaches; training and support materials 

for teachers; resources for cricket-themed 

classroom learning; schools competitions; 

and practical support for young people to 

continue playing the game in school, club, 

community and casual settings. 

Our current public funding agreements, 

for secondary schools and Street activity, 

conclude at the end of September 2017. 

Over the course of this year, we expect to 

make proposals to Sport England for public 

funding for the 2017-21 funding cycle. 

The outcome of these bids will be a major 

factor in the scale of our programmes 

beyond 2017. 


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OUR IMPACT 

& EVALUATION 

2016 CHANCE TO SHINE 

IN NUMBERS 

Chance to Shine has increased its focus on 

evaluation to better understand the impact 

of our work, communicate this transparently 

and improve our programmes. 

We have developed a long-term impact and 

evaluation framework based on our Theory 

of Change. This identified the potential longterm 

impact of our work and the outcomes 

needed to achieve this. These outcomes are 

the basis on which we measure our impact. 

While outcomes are centred around young 

people, they recognise the importance of 

key stakeholders, such as coaches, teachers 

and parents, to create opportunities and 

sustain delivery. 

Please see our website for a full version of our 

Theory of Change and evaluation framework. 

INSPIRE 

Young people are excited to play cricket. 

PLAY 

Young people have increased 

opportunities to play cricket, including 

those underrepresented in sport (girls, those 

from lower socio-economic groups, those 

from BAME backgrounds). 

LEARN 

Through cricket, young people 

develop the skills that support academic 

achievement and employability (literacy, 

numeracy, collaboration and communication) 

and experience the longer-term benefits 

of participation (well-being, character 

development and self-efficacy). 

OUR LINE OF SIGHT 

Give all young people the opportunity 

to play and learn through cricket 

TEACH 

Young people and teachers are supported 

to sustain cricket in schools. 

COMPETE 

Young people gain experience in winning, 

losing and coping with setbacks. 

PROGRESS 

A pathway for all young people 

to continue playing. 

In 2016 we carried out research to understand 

how effectively we are working towards 

achieving these outcomes. This included a 

survey of participants (2,500 School and 438 

Street), focus groups with 110 young people, 

surveys and interviews with 575 teachers and 

detailed demographic analysis of participants. 

SCHOOLS 

434,284 

Boys and girls participated in 2016 

46% 6% 

Were girls 

Were children with special 

educational needs 

4,877 

STREET 

3,042 

77% 

From BAME 

communities 

41 

People attended 

weekly Street 

sessions (1,983 

youths & 1,059 

young adults) 

86% 

Were not members of a 

cricket club at the point 

they joined 

OUTCOMES 

Inspire Play Learn 

Teach Compete Progress 

5–24 AGE GROUP 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 

Delivery Participation 

Sustainability 

State schools were involved 

Hours of contact time, 

on average, for each 

Street participant 

139 

Street Young Adult 

indoor league teams 

competed in 2016 

We evaluate whether we are 

achieving these outcomes 

Qualitative and quantitative 

research on participant: 

We monitor KPIs 

The number and profile of: 

• Schools 

• Street projects 

106,684 

Structured matches were played by schools 

205 

Street participants 

received coach training 

from Chance to Shine 

• Attitudes and engagement 

• Character development 

• Knowledge and skills 

Teacher knowledge and 

confidence to sustain delivery 

• Participants 

• Teacher ambassadors 

• Teachers trained 

• Young people transitioned to clubs 

• Young people trained as Young Leaders 

8,701 

48% 

Of Street coaches were 

former participants or 

volunteers 

Teachers trained 


Success story 

TEACHING 

RESILIENCE 

Few people have had to experience 

what James Taylor faced this 

summer when he was diagnosed 

with a rare heart condition and 

forced to make an early retirement 

from international cricket. 

James was keen to share the valuable 

life lessons that cricket has given him 

which helped him cope with his ordeal. 

He became an official Chance to Shine 

ambassador in June and visited schools like 

Oak Tree Primary in his home county of 

Nottinghamshire where he gave a powerful 

assembly talk. He told schoolchildren how 

playing cricket had taught him resilience and 

the ability to bounce back from setbacks 

in life. James explains why he got involved 

in the charity’s work: “Unfortunately I’ve 

had my career cut short but now I want to 

get involved and help young people play 

cricket and Chance to Shine has given me 

that opportunity. I think the future of English 

cricket is bright and the more people we get 

playing the better it is for everyone.” 

INSPIRATIONAL SCHOOL 

ASSEMBLIES 

NATIONAL 

CRICKET WEEK 

Our cricket coaches are the backbone of Chance 

to Shine. In our research, teachers were keen to stress 

the importance of having an external, professional 

coach to help engage their pupils. They made PE 

lessons feel fresh and exciting. 

Our coaches engaged pupils with inspirational MCC Spirit 

of Cricket assemblies. In 2016, they delivered 864 of the fun, 

interactive assemblies to just over 78,500 children, teaching them 

how to play sport in a hard, but fun way. In May, Chance to Shine’s 

Vice President Mark Nicholas led a mass school assembly for 600 

children at Lord’s Cricket Ground as part of MCC’s Open Day. 

Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week is an opportunity for 

coaches and teachers to inspire pupils to play cricket in their 

school. This year, just over 1,500 schools from all over the country 

registered for the event and enjoyed cricket-themed activity both 

in the classroom and in the playground. Cricket clubs invited local 

schools to take part in Kwik cricket tournaments and a number 

of cricket stars, including Alastair Cook and Michael Vaughan, 

took part in school events. 

Chance to Shine’s specialist coaches 

provided young people with a fun, often first, 

experience of cricket. They encouraged and 

praised children regardless of their ability. 

When asked to name a cricketer that had 

inspired them to want to play and succeed 

in the game, 42% of school participants 

surveyed (474/1,112) said their Chance 

to Shine coach. 

Participants on our Chance to Shine Street 

programme also really valued their coach: 

9 out of 10 (91% or 399/438) strongly agreed 

or agreed that their Street coach was good. 

And since going to community sessions, 

92% of participants surveyed (401/438) were 

inspired by Street to continue playing cricket. 

As part of our partnership agreement with 

county cricket boards, coaches working on 

the Chance to Shine programme must be 

qualified to minimum ECB Level 2 standard 

and have completed the Coaching in Schools 

module as well as having membership of 

the ECB Coach Association. They must also 

have completed First Aid and Safeguarding 

and Protecting Children courses and have 

a current DBS certificate through ECB 

Safeguarding giving them clearance to work 

with children and young people. Chance to 

Shine and all 39 county cricket boards have 

child welfare policies in place. 

This year we were able to provide our coaches 

with quality cricket kit and clothing, thanks to 

a new partnership with Gray-Nicolls, which 

helped make sessions even more professional. 

We’re very lucky to have such overwhelming 

support from the elite end of the game. 

Members of the England’s Women team 

continue to play a key role in inspiring young 

girls and boys in their role as Chance to Shine 

Coaching Ambassadors. 

Current and former players from the Men’s 

team, including Alastair Cook, Eoin Morgan, 

Ben Stokes and James Taylor (see opposite 

page), also helped inspire the next generation 

of cricketers and fans with school and Street 

project visits. 

They are fantastic, positive role models and 

make a big impression on our participants. 

92% of participants surveyed 

were inspired by Street to 

continue playing cricket. 

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SECONDARY SCHOOL 

SATELLITE CLUBS 

Through our secondary school satellite 

club programme, funded by Sport England 

and the Treasury, we gave young people 

the opportunity to develop their own 

school cricket club, supported by local 

coaches and clubs. 

In Sport England’s 2015/2016 evaluation 

of the national Satellite Club programme, 

cricket had by far the highest proportion 

of satellite clubs per sport (18%) and most 

were delivered through Chance to Shine. 

Teesdale Comprehensive in Durham was 

one of 1,190 state secondary schools to take 

the chance to try something new. In January, 

Teesdale’s head of PE Jean Brennan contacted 

Durham Cricket Board to arrange regular 

coaching sessions for the girls at the school. 

The Chance to Shine after-school cricket club 

was an instant hit with the girls who turned 

up regularly in numbers and spread the word 

to their friends. Club regular Evie explained, 

“There’s not many opportunities for girls to 

play sport outside of school”. Like many 

of the other satellite clubs set up this year, 

the Durham project aims to make cricket 

ever-more accessible and help improve 

young people’s sporting and social skills. 

In 2016, just over 430,000 primary and secondary 

school children participated in Chance to Shine 

coaching and competition – 46% of these were girls 

and 6% had special educational needs. 

Prior to Chance to Shine, over half of the 

2,500 pupils surveyed (56%) did not play 

cricket regularly. Time and again, insight 

shows that children who don’t play cricket 

in school are less likely to play or enjoy 

it in the future. We also know that basic 

competence, confidence and enjoyment 

are the cornerstones of sustaining children’s 

participation in any sport. 

Findings from our research indicates the 

Chance to Shine Schools programme is 

successfully engaging a wide range of 

children, changing their perception of cricket 

and building confidence in their abilities. 

The vast majority of the 2,500 children 

surveyed were positive about their 

experience of playing cricket in school 

through Chance to Shine: 94% said they 

enjoyed the programme and three-quarters 

(75%) of them either agreed or strongly 

agreed that ‘cricket is interesting/exciting’. 

In 2016, Chance to Shine coaches delivered 

high quality sessions in 3,162 primary 

schools that were inclusive and appealing to 

young people. They aimed to keep everyone 

involved and active with popular games 

like diamond cricket. As one teacher put 

it, ‘They’re as tired coming off cricket as they 

would playing basketball or football.’ 

When asked what their favourite sports 

were, 46% of children surveyed mentioned 

cricket, making it the second most popular 

sport in the Chance to Shine schools 

surveyed after football (56%). 

95% 

Of teachers indicated those 

less active or engaged in 

sport and physical activity 

enjoyed themselves. 

3 MILLION 

NOT OUT 

In January 2016, Chance to Shine passed a 

major milestone. Ten years after the campaign 

was launched, nine year-old Ruby-Mae, from 

St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School 

in Clapham, South London, became the 

3 millionth child to enjoy cricket through 

Chance to Shine. We celebrated with a 

reception at 10 Downing Street hosted 

by Samantha Cameron. 

SEN, DISABILITY 

& HOSPITAL 

PROJECTS 

We delivered cricket sessions in 257 special 

educational needs schools reaching just 

over 30,000 SEN pupils. Teachers described 

how the programme had a positive impact 

on children, as one deputy head teacher 

explained: “Our pupils are not the most able, 

physically or cognitively, so it’s great to get 

our kids exercising, getting out and 

learning a sport.” 

Chance to Shine also continued to deliver 

a 36-week cricket programme at Great 

Ormond Street Hospital and Evelina 

Children’s Hospital at St Thomas’s Hospital 

in London, working through delivery partner 

Capital Kids Cricket. The sessions engaged 

pupils aged five to 18, with a range of short 

and long-term health problems, and provided 

them with a welcome distraction from 

forthcoming or ongoing treatment. 

CRICKET 

CAMPS 

We ran 10 children’s cricket camps during 

the Easter and Summer holidays, which were 

supported by Waitrose. Just over 800 young 

people from Manchester to Canterbury 

enjoyed a day of professional coaching at 

local clubs and county grounds. A host of 

ambassadors, including England Women’s 

captain Heather Knight, attended the camps 

and all the parents we surveyed said they 

would recommend the camps. 


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This year we expanded the Chance to Shine Street 

programme from 100 to around 150 projects, 

delivered in partnership with 20 county cricket 

boards. Just over 3,000 young people attended 

weekly Street sessions and each participant had 

an average of 41 hours of contact time. 


CRICKET UNLOCKED 

IN CAMDEN 

Our Youth and Young Adult projects gave 

participants an opportunity to play a quick 

and enjoyable format of tape-ball cricket with 

their friends and improve their skills in a safe 

environment. In our survey, 438 participants 

either strongly agreed or agreed that they felt 

safe (92%), welcome (91%) and supported 

(91%) at Street sessions. 

The Street programme provided a pathway 

for those less likely to take part in traditional 

cricket activities – 86% of participants were 

not members of a cricket club when they 

joined Chance to Shine Street. Three quarters 

(77%) of participants were from BAME 

backgrounds and the programme was once 

again popular with participants from South 

Asian backgrounds (60%). 

We continued to offer weekly Youth Street 

sessions and Young Adult tape-ball leagues 

for free, making the game accessible for all 

participants. Our research indicated that 

Chance to Shine Street engaged young people 

from the most deprived areas of England: 87% 

of participants lived in the 50% most deprived 

areas in England, and 55% lived within the 

20% most deprived areas. 

We were able to provide free sessions 

thanks to the funding we received from 

Sport England and the Treasury, plus a wide 

range of charitable organisations and private 

individuals. Lycamobile continued to 

support Chance to Shine Street in 2016 

as its headline sponsor. 

“Before the Chance to Shine Street project, 

there wasn’t much cricket here in Camden.” 

said Middlesex County Cricket Board coach 

Shakeel Ahmed. Now those children who 

want to progress their game, but are not yet 

ready to make the step up to hard-ball cricket 

at a local club, have the opportunity to attend 

regular coaching sessions. 

The ‘Street’ cricketers enjoy a great relationship 

with their coaches. They describe how the 

coaches treat them as equals. “For us it’s local 

and so we can come here easily,” explains 

10 year old Kasim, “The coaches are friendly 

with us and speak to us as if they are our age. 

If I wasn’t playing cricket I’d be sitting 

down watching TV.” 

Community volunteer Selem Ali said that 

cricket provides these young people with a 

diversionary activity and “something better 

to do other than go on the streets and get 

up to no good”. 

85% 

Of Street projects are based in 50% most 

deprived areas of England. 

(Source: Substance) 

83% 

Of Street projects are based in areas 

most at risk of crime in England. 

(Source: Substance) 

“ 

It’s fun and it’s healthy 

and I also like socialising 

with others and I enjoy 

playing cricket. 

” 

Chance to Shine Street participant 


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REVIEW OF THE YEAR 

January – Chance to Shine reaches its 

3 millionth child: Ruby-Mae 

September – International cricket stars take 

part in the ‘Yorkshire Tea20 Charity Cricket 

Challenge’ at Kia Oval in aid of Cricket United 

December – Chance to Shine pupils help 

open the London Stock Exchange 

April – WWE Superstars wrestle 

with cricket at a Newcastle 

primary school 

June – Yorkshire Tea National 

Cricket Week reaches over 1,500 

schools across the UK 

August – Eoin Morgan helps 

launch 50 new Street cricket 

projects supported 

by Lycamobile 

February – A five year deal 

with cricket equipment 

supplier Gray-Nicolls 

is announced 

May – Yorkshire Tea 

National Cricket Week 

launches at Hague Primary 

School in East London 

July – Waitrose provide mascot 

opportunities for Chance to Shine children 

at England international matches 

September – Stuart Broad claims victory at 

our Chance to Dine cricket cook-off, beating 

Jonathan Agnew, Graeme Swann and Mark 

Butcher to win his second title 

November – ECB announce that they will 

be doubling their investment in Chance to 

Shine to £2.5M at a special event with 

Sam Billings and James Taylor 

JANUARY 

2016 

April – Alec Stewart returns 

to his former primary school to 

teach the pupils the values 

of MCC Spirit of Cricket 

June – Pakistani seamer 

Wahab Riaz visits a Street 

project in Walthamstow 

August – Kevin Pietersen’s 

KP24 Foundation runs a 10-day 

residential camp at Wellington 

College for Street participants 

September – The Chance 

to Compete secondary 

schools competition finals 

take place at Edgbaston 

and Northants 

DECEMBER 

2016 

February – Chance to Shine celebrates 

turning 10 at Number 10 

November – The Chance to Shine 

Annual Awards celebrate the great and 

the good of grassroots cricket at Lord’s 

March – MPs take 

on the media in a Street 

cricket match 

May – 600 Chance to Shine schoolchildren 

take over Lord’s Cricket Ground to celebrate 

the MCC Spirit of Cricket open day 

August – Chance to Shine joins 

forces with Lord’s Taverners 

and PCA Benevolent Fund for 

Cricket United appeal 

August – 10 Waitrose summer 

camps take place across 

the country 

October – Samit Patel 

joins a Diwali Street 

cricket festival 

in Leicester 


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YOUNG CRICKET 

COMMENTATOR 

COMPETITION 

In May we launched a competition with 

Yorkshire Tea to find the Young Cricket 

Commentator of the Year. Children in 

schools all over the country sent us their 

videos, commentating on selected England 

cricket clips. Alastair Cook and Michael 

Vaughan helped judge the final, held at The 

Oval, and the winners Fred Teasdale and 

Ruby Beaumont, both 10, were given the 

opportunity of a lifetime: to commentate 

live on BBC Test Match Special during the 

England v Pakistan series! 

“CHANCE 

TO FAIL” 

Giving young people the opportunity to 

learn how to cope with setbacks in life was 

also greatly valued by schools. One secondary 

school teacher explained how “teenage girls 

are very afraid of failure these days… they 

don’t want to make a mistake” and she felt 

that Chance to Shine was “definitely building 

resilience” among her pupils. 6 out of 10 (61%) 

teachers surveyed also thought their pupils 

could increase resilience in the long term 

through playing cricket. 

In his key note speech at the Chance to 

Shine Annual Awards in November, former 

professional cricketer and BBC commentator 

Ed Smith said, “Chance to Shine has a 

wonderful name... But an alternative title, 

equally true though not as catchy, would be 

Chance to Fail. One of the most important 

things sport does is to provide chances to 

experience failure.” 

Our vision is not only to give young people 

the opportunity to play cricket, it is also to 

help them learn through cricket. 

We want to give children the skills that 

support academic achievement and 

employability, such as problem-solving, 

collaboration and communication. When 

asked how their pupils had benefited from 

the programme, more than three-quarters 

of the 567 teachers surveyed (78%) said 

they had developed team-working skills. 

A smaller proportion of teachers (10%) 

believed their pupils had developed literacy 

and numeracy skills and this area will be a 

key focus for us in 2017/18. Working with the 

Youth Sports Trust, we are developing cricketthemed 

digital resources for teachers, linked 

to the National Curriculum, to help bring 

cricket to the classroom. 

We also want young people to experience 

the longer-term benefits of sport participation, 

including increased well-being (confidence, 

happiness), character development (resilience, 

fairness) and self-efficacy (motivation, drive). 

The majority of teachers (69%) thought their 

pupils had improved confidence from playing 

cricket, while nearly half (46%) believed the 

children felt more positive about themselves. 

Teachers gave examples of life skills that are 

not taught explicitly in lessons but came 

naturally in the sporting setting such as 

leadership and tolerance, perseverance 

and commitment. 

In 2016, young people continued to learn 

how to win and lose graciously through our 

MCC Spirit of Cricket campaign. Our coaches 

rewarded good sportsmanship with stickers 

and certificates and they encouraged respect 

for the umpire, teammates and opposition 

during coaching sessions and competitions. 

“ 

I have seen children with behavioural problems 

who have really struggled with school life absolutely 

thrive through cricket, and seeing smiles on parents’ 

faces when they see their child learning new 

skills in a team is amazing. 

” 

Stuart Elsworth, head of science at 

St Christopher’s Primary School 


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We’re proud of our record of training 

young people on our Chance to Shine Street 

programme and the fact that so many of our 

Street coaches were former participants. 


CROSSING 

CULTURAL DIVIDES 

This year, 205 participants undertook funded 

training and volunteered as assistant coaches 

on the programme, with 110 Young Leaders 

receiving training and mentoring through 

the ECB’s Coach Activator course. In addition, 

72 participants completed Coach Support 

Worker qualifications and 23 participants 

undertook Level 2 coaching qualifications. 

Many trained participants will go on to 

support future county cricket board delivery 

across Chance to Shine and other programmes. 

The Street programme continued to give 

many young people and young adults the 

opportunity to learn social skills as well 

as cricket skills. Nine out of 10 participants 

surveyed said they had met new people, 

through the programme, while 86% told 

us they had made new friends. 

The close bonds forged between participants 

were evident at weekly Street sessions and, 

in particular, at competitions. The programme 

has helped them learn strong team-work skills 

and 88% of participants said they felt they 

were “part of a group that worked together”. 

Chance to Shine Street has also had a 

positive impact on people’s well-being: 

more than two-thirds (68%) of participants 

said they had ‘felt happier’ since going to 

Street sessions, 50% ‘felt healthier’ and 43% 

were ‘motivated to do well’. 

We worked with our corporate partners to 

run careers advice and CV skills workshops 

for participants to help prepare them for 

future employment. 

68% of young people 

and young adults felt 

happier since going to 

Street sessions. 

The Chance to Shine Street 

project in Easton, Bristol – 

run with the Gloucestershire 

Cricket Board – is working 

innovatively to help integrate 

young men arriving from 

Afghanistan into the 

local community. 

When Chris Munden, the cricket board’s 

project and programmes manager, was 

contacted with a request 18 months ago from 

social worker Anna Sopwith, he welcomed 

a group of under 16 Afghan boys on to the 

Street programme. 

Not only were these talented cricketers 

being given an opportunity to play the game 

they love, they were also learning important 

language and social skills. In an already 

ethnically mixed group with boys of Indian, 

Pakistani and Caribbean heritage, the Afghan 

lads were welcomed warmly. The group 

mixed well and the Afghan incomers were 

beginning to pick up some English and in 

turn becoming more outgoing. 

“Getting these boys into full-blown local 

cricket clubs straight away could have been 

too much for them,” explains Munden. 

“The language barrier, the costs, the cultural 

differences might have been too great. Our 

programme has allowed them to gradually 

get involved in the game in a way that 

they can enjoy.” 

“ 

It’s not just been 

all about cricket, 

we’ve learnt a lot 

as people as well. 

” 


205 Street participants 

received coach training from 

Chance to Shine in 2016. 


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AN UNEXPECTED 

CRICKET FAN 

Teacher Sharon Lee from St John’s Primary 

School in Surrey was, by her own admission, 

a cricket novice but Chance to Shine has 

changed all that and now she’s a champion 

for the sport in her school and beyond! 

“Cricket was completely new for us before Chance to Shine came to 

our school three years ago. The children didn’t have any knowledge 

of it and we hadn’t any staff who understood the rules or the skill 

development needed. 

I was made Sports Leader in that first year of Chance to Shine and 

I didn’t know the rules of Kwik cricket and those tactical aspects of the 

game, so (the coach) Simon came in and did an extra session with us. 

“ 

To be able 

to spend time with 

a quality coach has really 

helped us all to develop our 

confidence in cricket. The 

expertise in having a coach 

specifically for the sport 

has been fantastic. 

” 

Jean Brennan, Teesdale School 

I’m the least sporty Sport Coordinator in the world but now 

I’m a complete cricket nut, a ridiculously unexpected fan! 

It’s an excellent sport for bringing the very best out of children.” 

Teachers are crucial to the success of Chance to Shine, 

in particular for sustaining cricket in schools after our 

coaches have left. 

This year, our coaches reported that teachers 

were actively involved in 87% of all Chance to 

Shine sessions. 

In return, teachers expect our coaches to 

help them develop their knowledge and 

confidence to deliver cricket to students. 

This professional development is a key 

reason why many schools take up 

Chance to Shine, according to 85% of 

the 567 teachers we surveyed. 

Teachers received both informal training, 

often during INSET days, when our coaches 

trained groups of teachers at their school. 

A more formal, off-site ‘ECB Cricket for 

Teachers’ course was also offered to staff 

who wanted to progress further. 

For many teachers, Chance to Shine is as 

much a journey for them as for their pupils 

and they’ve enjoyed learning the game 

of cricket from our coaches alongside 

their students. 

Schools highlighted the professionalism and 

expertise of the coaches, as well as the benefit 

of having an outside specialist who the 

children respect. Teachers picked up lesson 

ideas from their coach and we also provided 

them with a set of pocket-sized coaching 

cards to help them deliver fun cricket games. 

Following feedback from teachers, who 

felt they needed more support after their 

Chance to Shine coach had moved on, we 

are developing a digital portal for teaching 

staff which will provide them with all the 

resources they need to continue delivering 

cricket in their school. 

77% of teachers noted 

gaining a fair amount or 

great deal of confidence 

to deliver cricket as a 

result of Chance to Shine. 



CARLTON BOLLING 

COLLEGE GIRLS’ TEAM 

Competition runs through the veins of Chance to Shine. 

Over 100,000 structured school cricket matches were played 

in 2016, a third of them (34%) against other local primary 

and secondary schools. 

A young cricketer, Zainab, 

(pictured below centre) from 

Bradford describes the thrill 

of competing and euphoria of 

winning with her team mates: 

“Two years ago, our coach Zaheer gathered 

a random group of girls, including myself, 

who played nothing more than even the 

lowest forms of school cricket and with hard 

work, determination and nerves of steel he 

turned us into what we are now – the most 

competitive and feared school cricket 

team in Yorkshire! 

The Carlton Bolling girls destroyed all 

stereotypes attached to Asian Muslim girls, 

winning the indoor Yorkshire competition 

by beating the best school in the North 

of England. 

Our winning moments were foreshadowed 

by the hours and hours of loyal training, 

making the most of the school’s basic 

facilities, and the wise words of our coach, 

who was always so confident, so encouraging. 

He sparked within us the self-belief and 

hunger for success, and it was with that 

desire, the desire to learn, to be recognised, 

to succeed – that we went out with our 

heads held high and conquered. We beat all 

competition until there was nothing but tears 

of happiness and cries of joy.” 

106,684 structured school 

cricket matches played in 

2016, of which 34% were 

inter-school. 

Teachers highlighted the success of the 

programme in taking children on a journey 

from having no knowledge or experience 

of cricket to being able to compete in a 

tournament. Schools without any previous 

history of playing cricket entered several 

teams into local competitions for the very 

first time. 

At the heart of our competition offer to 

schools is ‘Chance to Compete’, a fast-moving 

8-over format played in less than an hour, 

which is tailor-made for state secondary 

schools. Teams from across the country took 

part in local, county, regional and national 

under 13 and under 15 competitions as 

an introduction to the hard-ball game. Our 

Chance to Compete Finals Days took place at 

Edgbaston and Northants County Grounds, 

giving children the unforgettable experience 

of playing in a professional environment. 

Competition is equally important for our 

Chance to Shine Street programme, where 

86% of participants are not members of a 

cricket club when they first join. We provided 

young people and young adults in some of 

the most disadvantaged areas of the country 

with a welcoming and safe environment 

to improve their skills and compete with 

their peers. 

Our Street Young Adult indoor tape-ball 

leagues, funded by Sport England, continued 

to be an important element of the programme. 

In 2016, we ran 139 indoor league teams 

across the country and 43 of the teams 

were new for this year. 

68% of pupils say they like 

competing against others. 



TAXAL & FERNILEE 

PRIMARY SCHOOL 

Chance to Shine has had a great impact at 

Taxal & Fernilee Primary School, particularly 

in terms of encouraging children to transition 

to clubs outside of school. Derbyshire County 

Cricket Board’s Tom Coxhead, who leads the 

sessions at the school, says: “We get a lot of 

children coming to the after-school clubs, 

and a lot of them go on to play at their local 

cricket clubs. Clubs are starting to really see 

that the Chance to Shine programme works.” 

Nathan is one such child who has tried out at 

a nearby club, with great success. “I played my 

first game for the under 13s and I took a wicket 

and was man of the match. I hope one day to 

play professionally!” New players like Nathan 

are demonstrating to local junior club teams 

the value of the work Chance to Shine does. 

RISING STARS 

We want to inspire children and young people not just to start 

playing cricket, but also then to play it regularly throughout 

their lives. Our aim is to give young people a pathway to 

continue with cricket, be it at an after-school club, their local 

cricket club or a community-based project like our Chance 

to Shine Street programme. 

Pupil and teacher surveys indicate 

that since Chance to Shine and 

playing cricket in school, a sizeable 

proportion of pupils have either 

continued to play cricket, or would 

like it. 

36% 

Over a third of pupils surveyed (36%) 

reported to play more cricket outside of 

school since Chance to Shine – a similar 

proportion (34%) said they wanted to. 

21% 

A fifth of pupils (21%) reported to have joined 

a school related cricket club – almost a quarter 

(24%) said they wanted to. 

14% 

14% reported to have joined a local cricket 

club, while a quarter said they wanted to (25%) 

Our coaches worked closely with schools to 

forge links with their nearest cricket club and 

encouraged children to join the club junior 

sections. To help introduce children to the 

club environment, coaches ran community 

and transition sessions for 32,000 children 

at their local club. 

During curriculum and after-school club 

sessions, coaches have identified talented 

boys and girls and introduced them to both 

their local club and county age group set up. 

Though our primary purpose is not to find 

future cricket stars, by reaching such a large 

number of children we often unearth some 

hidden gems like Caleb, Faraz and Muskan 

(see opposite). 

Caleb Winfield 

Caleb from Chinley Primary School in 

Derbyshire is a natural cricketer who took 

to the game instantly. After showing promise 

at the school sessions, he attended trials at 

Derbyshire, and was selected for their under 

11 side, became captain of the team and 

achieved best county bowling figures of 5–6. 

Caleb says,“It’s a good feeling, wearing the 

badge, playing for them. I want to play for 

Derbyshire when I’m older and maybe play 

for England!” 

Muskan Ratti 

Muskan is the first girl from Featherstone 

High School in Middlesex to play cricket 

at an outside club. She plays for Indian 

Gymkhana’s under 10s and under 13s 

boys teams, as well as their ladies team, 

and hopes to go on and play for England. 

She believes every girl should give cricket 

a go if they get the chance. “My message 

to young girls is ‘Play the sport, maybe 

you have a hidden talent.’” 

Faraz Dar 

Faraz joined our Chance to Shine Street 

Youth project in Cheetham Hill, Manchester 

in 2011 when he was 15. Now 20, Faraz 

has made the progression from participant 

to coach. We funded Faraz’s Level 2 cricket 

coaching in return for 40 volunteer hours 

and he has since become a paid assistant 

coach working across Street Youth 

programme and Young Adult league. 


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FINANCIAL 

REVIEW 

Income 2015/16 Expenditure 2015/16 

Consolidated financials 2015/16 2014/15 

Total Income £5.084 M £5.390 M 

Total Expenditure £5.556 M £5.950 M 

47% Government 

26% Cricket partners 

15% Public fundraising 

5% Trusts & Foundations 

7% Chance to Shine Enterprises 

84% Operations 

8% Support costs 

8% Fundraising 

INCOME 

In the 2015/16 period, we generated 

£5.1m in income, 5.7% lower than the 

previous year. The main driver for this 

was the reduction in funding received 

from Sport England due to the conclusion 

of the lottery funding received 

between 2013 and 2016. Lottery 

funding has been partly replaced by 

Treasury funding to bridge the gap to 

the next Sport England funding cycle 

which commences in 2017. 

Gifts and donations, excluding our 

annual donation from the ECB, were 

down on the previous year at £0.8m 

versus the £1m raised in 2014/15. 

Income from ECB was ahead of 

previous years at £1.31m; in addition to 

their annual unrestricted donation of 

£1.25m we also received funding for 

projects in South Asian communities. 

Income from commercial activities 

was £0.4m in the year, in line with 

2014/15. This was achieved due to the 

introduction of our Waitrose Summer 

Camp programme, as well as the 

continued success of our Chance to 

Dine event, our annual golf day and 

the Lycamobile sponsorship of the 

Street programme. 

EXPENDITURE 

Overall, there was a decrease in 

expenditure on charitable activities 

in line with the decrease in income. 

During the year we spent £4.7m on 

charitable activities versus a spend 

of £5m in 2014/15. Payments to county 

boards were in line with those agreed 

with boards in their two year funding 

agreements which commenced 

in 2014/15. 

Costs of generating income reduced in 

the period by 10.7% to £0.7m through 

careful management of overheads. 

TRUSTEES STATEMENT 

The summary financial information 

shows our consolidated income and 

expenditure for the year ended 30 

September 2016. The income is taken 

from the full financial statements 

which were approved by the Trustees 

on 26 January 2016. In order to gain a 

full understanding of the financial 

affairs of the charity, the full audited 

financial statements, Trustees’ annual 

report and the auditor’s report should 

be consulted. 

Copies can be obtained upon request, 

or can be downloaded from our 

website at www.chancetoshine.org/ 

about-us/where-your-goes. 

The above represents income of the charitable 

company and the charity’s trading subsidiary, 

Chance to Shine Enterprises Limited (CTSE). CTSE 

runs fundraising events and manages sponsorship 

contracts on behalf of the charity. Public fundraising 

includes amounts raised from appeals and campaigns 

and from one-off donations made. 

The above represents expenditure of the charitable 

company and CTSE. Operations include the Chance 

to Shine Schools and Street programmes and the costs 

of a regional operations team. Fundraising includes 

the cost of fundraising campaigns and staff costs 

relating to the fundraising team and CTSE. Support 

costs are all other costs of the charity, including 

finance, communications, governance, office and 

administration costs. 


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HONOURS BOARD 

Chance to Shine Trustees 

Sir Danny Alexander 

Donald Brydon, CBE 

Martin Darlow 

Charlotte Edwards, CBE 

Anshu Jain 

Garri Jones 

Will Lawes 

Doug McAllister 

Sophie O’Connor 

Alison Oliver 

Caspar Rock 

Sir John Savill 

President 

The Lord King of Lothbury, KG GBE 

Vice Presidents 

Duncan Fearnley 

Mark Nicholas 

Sir Tim Rice 

Honorary Vice Presidents 

Graham Able 

Nick Anstee 

Adrian Beecroft 

Judy Coles 

John Dodge 

Simon Dyson 

Peter Gale 

Tim O’Gorman 

Russell Perry 

Mike Soper 

Oliver Stocken, CBE 

Patrons 

Adrian Beecroft 

Amit Bhatia 

Tim Bunting 

Peter Davies 

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild 

Lloyd Dorfman, CBE 

Stefan Green 

Anshu Jain 

Sir Tim Rice 

Clive Richards, OBE 

Guy Weston 

First XI 

Richard Allan 

Donald and Corrine Brydon 

Alastair Cook, MBE 

Mark Richer 

Openers 

Neil Berkett 

John Chatfeild-Roberts 

Peter de Putron 

Simon and Lynn Dyson 

Andy Gray 

The Lord King of Lothbury, KG GBE 

David Kyte 

Greg Lock 

Mark Loveday 

Aadarsh Malde 

Crispin Odey 

Richard and Amanda Rowse 

Club Members 

Johnnie Boden 

Andrew Bound 

Tim Cockroft 

Simon Fielder 

John Holroyd 

Gaius Jones 

Michael Jones 

Charles Manby 

Michael McLintock 

Lord Nash 

Derek Raphael 

Luke Swanson 

Martin Taylor 

Moni Varma 

Graham Ventham 

Dominic and Rachael Wong 

Club Supporters 

Peter Allen 

Tony Alt 

Matthew Annable 

Rachel Ansell 

Suneel Bakhshi 

John Ball 

Duncan Barber 

Lionel Barber 

David Barnett 

Clive Beagles 

Jasper Berens 

Rodger Booth 

Sir Ron Brierley 

Hugh Briggs 

James Brocket 

Marcus Browning 

Richard Carson 

Gerald Chronnell 

Alan Cockerham 

Will Cooper 

Kathyrn Davonport-Dunn 

Michael Davie 

Peter and Pam Deal 

Stephen Edlmann 

Mark Evans 

Allan and Becky Fairlie-Clarke 

John Fingleton 

Lord Fink 

Dave Fishwick 

John Fordham 

Paul Freeman 

Alan Friend 

Tom George 

Peter Goodwin 

Penelope Gorman 

Julian Granville 

John Harkin 

Robert Harley 

Peter Harrison 

Nick Hoult 

Peter James 

Robin Jones 

Diana Keen 

Alan King 

Peter King 

Mike Kirkman 

Mike Kucharek 

Vikram Kumar 

Terence Kyle 

Jim Leaviss 

Richard Mander 

Luke Mason 

Doug McAllister 

Adam McConkey 

Rob McMeekin 

Ian Mills 

Andy Mitchell 

David and Patricia Moran 

Ed Murray 

Robert Padmore 

Horace and Jane Palmer 

Michael Parkinson, CBE 

Derek Peppiatt 

Michael Posen 

David Powell 

Trevor Price 

The Lord Remnant 

The Hon Philip Remnant, CBE 

Caspar Rock 

Mike Rodgers 

Kathleen Rudd 

Simon Savage 

Professor Sunil Shah 

Julian Shingler 

Gerald Slater 

Richard Smith 

Peter Smyth 

David Sole 

Warren Soulsby 

Anthony Spratt 

Nick Stewart 

Jason Stocks 

Peter Stormonth Darling 

Richard Sykes 

Andy Thompson 

Lindsay Tomlinson, OBE 

David Tyler 

Steve Walford 

Robert Warne 

David Woodhouse 

Edward Wray 

Mary Wright 

Charitable Trusts and Foundations 

29th May 1961 Charitable Trust 

The John Armitage Charitable Trust 

The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust 

Champniss Charitable Trust 

Charterhouse in Southwark 

C H K Charities Ltd 

John Coates Charitable Trust 

The Earmark Trust 

The Eranda Rothschild Foundation 

The Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust 

J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust 

The Holliday Foundation 

The Kirby Laing Foundation 

Angus Lawson Memorial Trust 

London Stock Exchange- 

Group Foundation 

John Lyon’s Charity 

The Monument Trust 

PF Charitable Trust 

Basil Samuel Charitable Trust 

Sandra Charitable Trust 

The Charles Skey Charitable Trust 

John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust 

Tudor Foundation 

Wates Foundation 

Wembley National Stadium- 

Charitable Trust 

The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust 

We would also like to thank the 

numerous other trusts that have 

supported Chance to Shine this year 

Corporate Supporters 

Abbots Ripton CC 

Alma PR 

Anglo-American 

Arbuthnot Latham 

Ashurst 

Brewin Dolphin 

Browns at the Quay, Worcester 

Chatsworth Country Fair 

Computacenter 

Conrad Consulting 

Cricket Society 

Dairy Crest 

Deloitte 

Enterprise Rent a Car 

Fenchurch Advisory 

Financial Times 

We are very grateful to all the other people and 

organisations who also continue to support us, and to 

those who supported our First Innings and made our first 

decade possible. A full list of our Life Members can now 

be found on our website. 

Friend Studio 

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 

Gray-Nicolls 

Grove Property 

Hardys 

Harrogate CC 

High Peak Cricket Society 

Kerry London 

La Manga Club 

Lawson Rutter 

Leconfield Property 

LiveNation 

London Stock Exchange Group 

Lycamobile 

M&G Investments 

Maidenhead & Bray CC 

Man Group 

Nolan Partners 

Nomura 

Omada Consulting 

Pinsent Masons 

Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club 

Smile Group Travel 

St James’ Place 

Sunningdale Golf Club 

Sunset+Vine 

TalkTalk 

The Berkshire Golf Club 

The FA 

The RFU 

TriNorth 

UBS 

Waitrose 

Willis Towers Watson 

Yorkshire Tea 

Ambassadors 

Jonathan Agnew, MBE 

Moeen Ali 

James Anderson, OBE 

Michael Atherton, OBE 

Ed Baines 

Jonathan Bairstow 

Tammy Beaumont 

Sam Billings 

Henry Blofeld, OBE 

Geoffrey Boycott 

Chris Broad 

Stuart Broad 

Mark Butcher 

Clare Connor, OBE 

Alastair Cook, CBE 

Norman Cowans 

Giles Coren 

Kate Cross 

Charlotte Edwards, CBE 

John Emburey 

Farokh Engineer 

Steven Finn 

Stephen Fry 

Jonny Gale 

Mike Gatting, OBE 

Ed Giddins 

Graham Gooch, OBE 

Lydia Greenway 

Ainsley Harriott 

Matthew Hoggard, MBE 

Simon Hughes 

Heather Knight 

Devon Malcolm 

Davina McCall 

Sarah-Jane Mee 

Alison Mitchell 

The Miz 

Eoin Morgan 

Mushtaq Muhammad 

Niall O’Brien 

Samit Patel 

Kevin Pietersen, MBE 

Rachel Priest 

Matt Prior 

Ebony Rainford-Brent 

Jason Roy 

Gladstone Small 

Ed Smith 

Alec Stewart, OBE 

Ben Stokes 

Andrew Strauss, OBE 

Wahab Riaz 

Mark Ramprakash 

Graeme Swann 

James Taylor 

Chris Tremlett 

Jonathan Trott 

Michael Vaughan, OBE 

Lucy Verasamy 

Mark Wallace 

Lauren Winfield 

Danielle Wyatt 

Dolph Ziggler 


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PARTNERS 

FUNDING PARTNERS 

COMMERCIAL PARTNERS 

TRUSTS 

COUNTY CRICKET BOARD PARTNERS 

EVENT PARTNERS MEDIA PARTNERS CRICKET UNITED PARTNERS 

Chance to Shine delivers our programmes in partnership with the 

39 county cricket boards in England & Wales. We are grateful to all 

of them for their commitment to spreading the power of cricket.

“ 

Cricket helped 

integrate me into 

the community. 

Chance to Shine, 

The Laker Stand, Kia Oval, Kennington, 

London, SE11 5SW 

020 7735 2881 

www.chancetoshine.org 

” 

Chance to Shine 


© Chance to Shine 2016 – all rights reserved. 

Registered charity number 1123385

Chance to Shine Annual Review 2016

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