Cricket Without Borders Partnership
In 2021, through a fortuitous collaboration with Wendouree Cricket Club's Cricket Without Boundaries program, a donation of almost a container’s worth of educational items and sporting equipment was delivered to our partners Young Achievement Sports for Development. In total, the consignment comprised 10 cubic metres (138 bags and boxes) of donations which included almost 1,000 items of sports clothing, 150 pairs of shoes, 100 sets of cricket gear, 40 tennis racquets, 200 tennis balls, 2,500 text books, 400 sets of pencils, 500 grey lead pencils, 500 pens, 600 exercise books and 100 pairs of knitting needles and 30kg of wool.
This project has already been hugely impactful. Much of the cricketing equipment donated has been put toward YASD’s Over The Boundary (OTB) program which offers mentorship and cricket coaching to young people in marginalised communities and promotes the inclusion of women in sport by making the game of cricket accessible and fun for young women and girls. In October 2021, OTB put on the tri-T10 tournament, a safe space where young women can play cricket without fear of judgement.
This project has already been hugely impactful. Much of the cricketing equipment donated has been put toward YASD’s Over The Boundary (OTB) program which offers mentorship and cricket coaching to young people in marginalised communities and promotes the inclusion of women in sport by making the game of cricket accessible and fun for young women and girls. In October 2021, OTB put on the tri-T10 tournament, a safe space where young women can play cricket without fear of judgement.
YASD will retain part of the equipment for its sports training programs run out of Hatcliffe 3 Primary School which reach up to 250 children per week. YASD reports that they are overwhelmed by the number of children that take part in their activities and that with more sports equipment they will be able to have more socially distanced children playing at the same time.
The school equipment has been donated to Hatcliffe 3 Primary School, a school with which YASD is closely aligned and out of which it runs many of its programs. Hatcliffe 3 has an enrolment of nearly one thousand pupils and is operating with a distinct lack of resources. Textbooks will be reserved for teachers and as many of the children that are enrolled come from families who cannot afford food, so school needs can become a burden to them and often means going without. The donation of textbooks and stationery will go some way toward alleviating this burden.
We wish to formally thank Natarsha Scott and the team at Wendouree Cricket Club's Cricket without Borders, Grassroots Cricket and the Australian Cricket Institute for their efforts and goodwill and for enabling these opportunities to be provided to the children and community of Hatcliffe.
You can read YASD's report about the impact of this project here:
The school equipment has been donated to Hatcliffe 3 Primary School, a school with which YASD is closely aligned and out of which it runs many of its programs. Hatcliffe 3 has an enrolment of nearly one thousand pupils and is operating with a distinct lack of resources. Textbooks will be reserved for teachers and as many of the children that are enrolled come from families who cannot afford food, so school needs can become a burden to them and often means going without. The donation of textbooks and stationery will go some way toward alleviating this burden.
We wish to formally thank Natarsha Scott and the team at Wendouree Cricket Club's Cricket without Borders, Grassroots Cricket and the Australian Cricket Institute for their efforts and goodwill and for enabling these opportunities to be provided to the children and community of Hatcliffe.
You can read YASD's report about the impact of this project here:
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