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Impact Report 2025

Bucks Cricket CIO develops cricket and community programmes across Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. In 2025, Bucks Men won the NCCA Championship with a record-breaking final (Conner Haddow's 9/73); 9 MCC Foundation Hubs delivered to 128 players; 49 girls teams played in 262 league fixtures (70% increase); 14 female umpires qualified. Chance to Shine Street Cricket teams won Nationals at Nottingham University; participants visited the Prime Minister at Chequers. Afghan Refugee Women's Cricket Group was established. Bucks won MCC Foundation County Board of the Year. Female All Stars and Dynamos participation rose 18%.

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MCC Foundation Hubs (9 hubs — U12, U14, U16, boys and girls, MK and South Bucks); Super 1s Hubs (4 locations: High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Chesham, Milton Keynes — avg 28 players/week incl. first 4 female); Table Cricket (6 SEND schools, 50 children); Chance to Shine (primary and secondary schools); Street Cricket (tapeball); Afghan Refugees Women's Group (Dinton CC, 12 women and children); English with Cricket sessions; Coffee with Cricket/Cric-Fit/Yo-Cricket (63 women, wellbeing); women's softball festivals (Wormsley and Stewkley); community showcase events; facility investment (£81,548 across 10 clubs); coach qualification courses (69 qualified) Custom geography from upload: Buckinghamshire / Milton Keynes

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 8,633 players featured in 1,539 completed junior fixtures; 2,212 All Stars and Dynamos participants (up 7%); 625 female All Stars and Dynamos (up 18%); 9 MCC Foundation Hubs (128 players, 90 training sessions, 30 match days)
Key Metric 2 49 teams in 262 fixtures in Bucks Girls Leagues (70% fixture increase from 2024); 25 women's sections across 20 clubs (up 25%); 14 female umpires qualified from female-only ECB course; 68 teams in primary competitions (65% increase); 57 Chance to Shine programmes in primary schools
Key Metric 3 Won County Board of the Year at MCC Foundation; Bucks Men won NCCA Championship Final vs Devon; NCCA Championship final record: Conner Haddow took 9/73 (first 9-wicket innings in NCCA Championship Final history); Chance to Shine Street Cricket teams reached Quarter Finals (Girls and U12s) and won Nationals at Nottingham University (U16s)

Key Outcomes

  • 7 boys and 8 girls progressed from MCCF Hubs to Bucks County Age Group squads; 5 players selected onto Vipers Emerging Players Programme from Girls Pathway; Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Indian PM Narendra Modi presented signed bat to Chance to Shine Street Cricket hub participants at Chequers
  • Bucks Women had one of their most successful seasons; 4 graduates of Bucks Pathway made 1st XI debuts; 9 graduates of Pathway selected by Vipers EPP; Tegan Stockdale top scorer with 460 runs; cricket Pathway to Professional set up supported 250+ boys and 124 girls
  • £90,000 invested in 2 Net Projects; £63,500 in 5 Non-Turf Pitches in Milton Keynes; £81,548 facility investment across 10 clubs; Chance to Shine Street Cricket participants visited PM at Chequers — historic visit; CIO — Charitable Incorporated Organisation

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Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Delivered 11,474 sessions supporting 12,949 individuals across 40 programmes, generating 324,160 total engagements in 2025
Key Metric 2
Health & Wellbeing programmes delivered 270 sessions supporting 1,168 individuals, generating 7,315 engagements
Key Metric 3
Raised £50,714.49 net through the Foundation Fixture 2025 and £36,156.03 through the Fundraising Dinner (GBP)
Talking Tactics mentoring participant Jamie's confidence, aspirations and self-esteem grew significantly through one-to-one mentoring and mental health support
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
754 unique young people registered for Sport and Life Skills programmes (+114% vs 2022-23)
Key Metric 2
16 Locally Trusted Organisations delivered the programme, up from 9 in 2022-23
Key Metric 3
2,650 sessions held by delivery organisations in 2023-24
72% of young people reported 'getting on better at school or college' following engagement
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Close to 2,000 participants supported in 2024/25 across youth, prison and environmental programmes
Key Metric 2
826 students from 10 state schools took part, 67% female, with 70% of partner schools in the most deprived areas (IMD 1-4)
Key Metric 3
184 serving or released prisoners engaged through the 'Boats not Bars' reducing-reoffending programme
85% of young people improved their mental wellbeing and 83% felt more confident through the youth programme
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21,212 people engaged with in 2024/25
Key Metric 2
17,708 people played some form of rugby through Foundation programmes
Key Metric 3
More than £9,000 raised through Foundation Day; 9,000+ given back to grassroots rugby clubs
88% of girls in the Girls Tackle Rugby programme reported feeling more confident, per independent research with Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport