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All Year Round Indoor School Facilities published their Delivery Report!2 years ago
By Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club
Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club is a local community club providing the opportunity for Minis ,Juniors,Ladies and Mens cricket.We have 50 juniors,50 Senior Mens and 20 Ladies players.
The Indoor School is approximately 6 metres wide and 30 metres long and has one practice cricket lane in it. It is made of brick and a corrugated roof and is over 80 years old. In 2019 we raised funds from various events and invested £7,000 in repairing the Indoor School Building with new lights and a new insulated roof. We had a team of volunteers who then spent 6 weekends cleaning tidying and painting the indoor walls floors and roof to make the facility useable.Despite this wonderful work we have a 15 year old bowling machine,10 year old safety netting and 10 year old artificial matting.We therefore need two new bowling machines new artificial matting and underlay and new surround safety netting.We have been in direct contact with junior schools in Southport - St Philips,Our Lady of Lourdes and Farnborough Rd,Christ the King,Birkdale High School, and Scarisbrick Hall School and local cricket clubs who will all participate in using the facility along with local cricket clubs.
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Why it's a great idea:
We are based in Southport as part of the Sefton Borough and it is our primary goal to make the indoor school the heart of our coaching and development programme for our community.A key strategic goal is to grow the membership and making the facility available available to all the nearby clubs and schools as well as our own members to achieve that goal.As Chairman the family strategy is key for a sustainable future of the club and having an open facility for everyone will help deliver that. We have Junior Cricket from Under 9’s through to Under 18’s a Ladies Team and three Senior Mens teams that play cricket from April to September.We need an indoor facility so that we can practice all year round.We have placed the family and the community at the heart of our strategy and development plan so getting this kit is really crucial to our proposition.We think exercise is good physically for all ages but we also believe that it is good for emotional and mental well being.
Steps to get it done:
The club is governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and has been accredited with the ECB Clubmark thereby ensuring all appropriate measures are in place to run a safe and secure environment.The club also raises funds for local charities such as Opening Up and Queenscourt Hospice. Will give the club the ability to reach out into the community and engage with schools and clubs to attract players from all ages and background and to have an enjoyable experience learning and developing the skills required to play the game of cricket. This will be an all year round facility with maximum useage expected.
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £8,490
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VolunteerWe are Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club and are located on the North West Coast just 10 minutes from the beach.
We run teams from U9's through to U18 in the junior section and also have 3 Mens teams and a newly formed Ladies team which we are very excited about
We are a community grass roots club and have been accredited with the ECB Clubmark which is a robust standard and ensure best practice is at the heart of everything we do including the very important area of child welfare.
I took over as Chairman last december and have created a new Strategy and Development Plan which puts the family at the centre of everything we do.We need to be inclusive and diverse and create a strong proposition for everyone in the community.
At the heart of that proposition is our facilities and it is in that context that we need to improve the Indoor School with new equipment.
Last Winter we organised a band of volunteers to tidy,paint and clean the building up and then through a wonderful phase of fundraising from members including a half marathon run in Lisbon we raised £7,000 to repair the roof and put in new lighting.
We now need to raise £7,900 to acquire new netting,underlay and to re screed the floor as well as two new bowling machines for all the teams.
With this we can then engage all the local clubs and schools and produce an all year end indoor school that we can all enjoy.
We have secured financial support from our local Sefton Council of £3,950 and raised a further £1,000 which leaves £2,900 to find.
If you can donate towards this wonderful initiative we would be so grateful - it will be delivered by October 2020 and will make a huge difference to our coimmunity.
Thank You.
Andrew Carney
Project Owner: Southport & Birkdale Cricket Club The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
Contractor: MJP Flooring The team responsible for building or installing the project.
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