Wicketz is a community cricket programme targeting young people aged 8-16 living in areas of deprivation and hard-to-reach groups without access to sporting opportunities and the benefits sport can bring. By establishing sustainable community cricket hubs, it is possible to provide year-round weekly cricket sessions with a focus on developing crucial life skills.
The programme aims to:
- Develop participant's physical and mental well-being
- Promote positive life choices
- Enhance the future prospects of participants
- Increase community cohesion
- Create sustainable community club environments
Wicketz tackles issues that negatively affect its participants and communities. Through sport, it improves prospects of participants by developing their social and personal skills such as leadership, communication and self-esteem. This is achieved through reactive learning within cricket sessions, relevant in-house health awareness and the delivery of workshops from local and national organisations, on topics specifically targeted at local issues, including healthy living, gang and knife violence, rail safety and hate crime.
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