In Touch with a Day in Parliament

Feb 15, 2010

Cricket for Change's, Andy Sellins, Acting Chief Executive and Adam Hall, Development Manager, were invited to speak to the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee about the charity's work.  The invitation to speak came from Tom Brake, the local Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington.

They both spoke passionately and proudly about the charity's programmes and the development of its activities in the future.

All the members of Home Affairs Committee (which was  looking at The Government’s Approach to Crime Prevention) that were present were highly impressed and enthused with Cricket for Change's aims and achievements.

Radio Four's 'In Touch' with USA Blind Cricket

Following the recent visit to New York by the Cricket for Change Development team to help set up Blind Cricket in the USA, Andy Dalby-Welsh, Director of Programmes, was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's, 'In Touch', programme to say what happened on the visit and what plans are in store for the future of Blind Cricket in the USA.

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Notes to Editors:

  • ‘Cricket for Change’ – “Using cricket to change the lives of disadvantaged young people" - have improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in London and worldwide for 30 years.  
  • ‘Cricket for Change’ was born as the London Community Cricket Association (LCCA) in the aftermath of the 1981 Brixton riots to use cricket to bring back some harmony among the different ethnic groups in the Inner City. It has since become the world's leading community cricket charity.
  • The main work of ‘Cricket for Change’ is carried out through its ‘Street20’ and ‘Hit the Top’ programmes, both within the UK and internationally. In the last 18 months they have worked with the ICC and UNICEF developing programmes in Israel, Sri Lanka, Jamaica and they are shortly heading to New York to use their expertise to introduce the game of Blind Cricket to America through support from British Airways. 
  • ‘Hit the Top’ is a world leading and groundbreaking programme for young people with a disability. With Hit The Top, young people with a disability are able to access cricket provision comparable to their able-bodied peers.
  • Over the last 5 years we have helped set up blind cricket programmes in Uganda, Panama, Cuba, Rwanda and Zimbabwe as well as throughout the Caribbean where we helped set up the West Indies Blind Cricket Team who competed in the last World Cup and who have become a powerful pressure group for blind people in the region. The programmes in Africa were in conjunction with Sightsavers International who used the programmes to promote their work both in the UK and in Africa.
  • Website: www.cricketforchange.org.uk and E-mail: office@cricketforchange.org.uk
  • To view Andy Sellins and Adam Hall follow this link on Parliamentary TV which was broadcast live on Tuesday 9 February 2010 at 10.30am.  Cricket for Change's time begins 1hr 23mins into the broadcast.
  • To listen to Andy Dalby-Welsh on BBC Radio 4 follow this link on the ‘BBC iPlayer’, the interview begins approximately 14 minutes into the broadcast.

Contact Details
Andy Sellins, Acting Chief Executive, Cricket for Change
Mobile: 07960476733
E-mail: andysellins@cricketforchange.org.uk

Andy Dalby-Welsh, Director of Programmes, Cricket for Change
Tel No: 07786 238168
E-mail: andydw@cricketforchange.org.uk

Adam Hall, Development Manager, Cricket for Change
E-mail: adamhall@cricketforchange.org.uk

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