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Wollaston Cricket Club is presently involved with the Chance to Shine Scheme. The following information from the Chance to Shine website explains the rationale behind the scheme.

FROM THE CHANCE TO SHINE WEBSITE:

Chance to shine is on the way to raising £25 million from voluntary donations and a further £25 million in matched government funding. During the course of ten years Chance to shine will reach a third of all schools in England and Wales.

Chance to shine has selected  100 clubs to deliver high quality coaching to 600 schools.

“We are not planning a one-hit wonder,” Cricket Foundation Director, Nick Gandon, insisted. “We intend to build sustainable cricket cultures in each of the schools where our coaches will operate. 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 the coaches are potentially committed to the schools for up to ten years.”

The cricket programmes consist of continuous coaching, skills awards and regular opportunities to play in organised cricket matches. "Playing fields and facilities are essential. We’re encouraging the cricket clubs linked to the schools to make their own facilities available. We’re also encouraging local independent schools and others to do the same, as well as contributing in other ways.”

The Summer Term cricket activities will be supplemented by three weeks of school holiday activities.