Derbyshire
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Derbyshire
COUNTY CRICKET CLUB
Derbyshire CCC has been working hard in recent times to grow the role
that they play in their local community through the Cricket Derbyshire
Foundation. Cricket Club Magazine recently caught up with their CDF
Development Officer Charlotte Flindall to find out more about the work
they’ve been doing lately.
Charlotte
told
us,
“The
Foundation has been running for
some time and I came into post in
February with the aim of having a
bigger impact and raising our profile.
We want to have a positive impact
on the residents of Derbyshire using
the power of sport based around the
six pillars of health, education, sport,
art and culture, heritage and social
inclusion.
“What we want to focus on
is education and we have been
working with schools close to where
we are situated. Derwent Primary
School is very close to us and have
set up an after-school club combined
with AllStars that looks to provide
food and teach the children about
the Cricket World Cup built in
with Geography about where the
countries involved are based.
“We were also aware of the
‘holiday hunger’ issue and so we are
also looking to relieve the stress for
parents by putting on a holiday club
two days a week for three weeks to
support what the schools do in term
time combined with multi-sport
activities.
“It is a very much a case of laying
foundations at the moment and
building our profile to allow us to
continue to develop over the coming
years. It has been a positive start for
us and now we are looking to push
on and continue to progress.
“I think the biggest challenge
for us moving forwards is growing
the foundation as at the moment we
only have a small team. There is a
lot of work to do and a lot of multi-
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tasking is required to meet all of the
demands placed on us and we are
limited in how much we can do until
we are able to grow. There are a lot of
people that we want to communicate
with and that takes time.
“We are keen to attract more
investment into the foundation.