Junior cricket grants & funding for youth cricket equipment

The Lord’s Taverners is accredited by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as the official national charity for recreational cricket.

Cricket equipment bags

We provide hard ball equipment bags with enough items to equip a full team (at u16, u13 and u11 levels and girls 15-18) at a cost of £25. Soft ball kit bags are provided FREE.

Cricket Bags Application Form

The completed form needs to be submitted to your local ECB Development Manager. For details of your local contact please click here

If you have already applied for a cricket equipment bag and you would like to check the status of your application, please click on the links shown below:

Please note:
Completed applications are processed in batches approx every 4-6 weeks. A list of applicants is compiled and sent to The Lord's Taverners Cricket Giving Committee for approval. Only after approval has been granted, can applicants be notified, in writing, of the decision.

It is at this stage that details of successful applicants are published on the website and the equipment order is placed with the manufacturers. Delivery usually takes place within 4-6 weeks of approval. Therefore, the whole process can take around 3-4 months.

Non-turf pitch grants - 2011/12 scheme

The scheme for the period 1st October 2011 - 30th September 2012 will shortly be open.

Applications can be made for grants towards the installation of non-turf pitches, practice ends and nets. Awards do not normally exceed the following levels:

Non-turf match pitch - £3,000
Non-turf practice - £2,000
Outdoor nets - £1,000

The Non-turf pitch scheme is now closed for 2012. The scheme will re-open in October 2012.

Girls' cricket

The Lady Taverners has sponsored the ECB-run national girls’ indoor and outdoor cricket competitions since 2003, giving 48,000 girls the opportunity to participate in cricket, many for the first time. The Lady Taverners competitions are the country’s only national girls’ cricket competitions, providing a vital pathway for the development of grassroots girls’ cricket.

Street20

Street20 is a super-short form of cricket that is inexpensive, easy to learn and can be played almost anywhere. Street20 sessions are run by local young people and offer regular access to regional and national competitions. Based in or around housing estates seriously affected by gangs and youth crime, Street20 provides a platform for young people to learn about making a positive impact in their own communities.

Hit The Top

Hit The Top is a disability cricket programme that provides club-playing opportunities for young people (under 18) with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and/or visual impairment. Hit The Top supports and encourages mainstream clubs to develop disability sections and gives young people with disabilities the opportunity to play competitive cricket at both local and national levels.

Street Elite

Street Elite, supported by the Berkeley Group, is a unique ‘training for work’ programme which uses shortened forms of cricket, rugby and football to inspire disengaged young people back into education, training or employment. Street Elite is currently active in six London boroughs, involving 4,000 young people living in 12 housing estates. Plans are underway to take the programme nationwide.

For more information about any of our youth cricket programmes please contact Ebony Rainford-Brent on 020 7821 2821 or email us.

Giving young people, particularly those with special needs, a sporting chance