Cricket charities teamed up with the Metropolitan Police Service, the Home Office and Barclays Spaces for Sports to launch a new initiative today (Tuesday 15 July) to help tackle youth crime in London.
‘StreetChance supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports’ is a three-year project being delivered initially across ten London boroughs*. The initiative uses cricket to engage young people from a range of backgrounds in areas affected by youth crime and anti-social behaviour. The project aims to instill positive values in young people such as self confidence, team spirit and mutual respect, and enhance relationships with others, including schools, police and the wider community.
It is a partnership between Chance to shine, Barclays Spaces for Sports, Cricket for Change, the Metropolitan Police Service and Positive Futures; a social inclusion project funded mainly by the Home Office.
StreetChance supported by Barclays Spaces for Sports will aim, in the first year, to involve 5,000 young people in and out of school time across London.