CHARITY: Chance to Shine

HSF and Chance to Shine

Chance to Shine is a national charity that aims to spread the power of cricket throughout schools and communities. They take cricket to new places and use it to ignite new passions, teach vital skills, unite diverse groups, and educate young people. Since 2005 the Chance to Shine Schools programme has helped reverse the decline in cricket in state schools.

The Henry Sale Foundation supported Chance to Shine for the first time in September 2016, donating £5325 to fully fund the Cossington Street project in Leicester, which is part of the Chance to Shine Street program. The sessions took place at Cossington Street Sports Centre every Monday from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Cossington Street is in an area of deprivation which ranks amongst the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods in the country. The Chance to Shine Street session was overseen by Leicestershire Cricket Board. It had an average attendance of 14 young people per session with 45 different participants involved overall. All participants are of Indian origin and 76% of participants were not members of traditional cricket clubs when they joined.

The Chance to Shine Street program helped to bring cricket to kids new to the sport in deprived areas, encouraging the sport that Henry loved and played regularly throughout his life. The program encouraged the kids to integrate, adopt an active lifestyle, and learn the values of being part of a team. The Foundation are very proud of the support we were able to give, and look forward to working with Chance to Shine again in the future. As always, we are incredibly grateful to those who have donated and raised funds for the Foundation.