Sport & Physical Activity Education & Young People 2024
Chance to Shine

Impact Report 2026

Chance to Shine is a national charity using cricket to improve the lives of children and young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. In 2024-25 — its 20th anniversary year — the charity reached 600,000+ young people across 4,263 primary schools, with 58% of participating schools serving above-average proportions of pupils eligible for free school meals. Programmes are free, aligned to the national PE curriculum, and designed to build confidence, teamwork and resilience alongside physical skills. 51% of participants were girls. The charity recently reached its 8 millionth participant milestone.

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📋About

Free six-week primary school cricket programme aligned to national PE curriculum (delivered by qualified coaches in 4,263 schools); Playground Leaders training; Cricket Engagement Days; Street Cricket clubs (free, year-round, indoors, tape-ball format); Chance to Compete secondary school competition (girls' U13 and U15); Street Cricket regional and national finals; teacher training and CPD; pathway links to ECB recreational game and county cricket boards Custom geography from upload: England and Wales

📊Key Metrics

600,000+ young people took part in cricket with Chance to Shine in 2024-25; 8 millionth child reached through a Chance to Shine programme in 2026 (20th anniversary year); programmes active in 4,263 primary schools Key Metric 1
58% of schools receiving the six-week programme had a higher-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals; 51% of all participants were girls; 12,336 children received Playground Leaders training across 674 schools Key Metric 2
98% of teachers agreed sessions were active, safe, inclusive and fun; 94% of children said they had fun; teacher impact scores averaged 8.7/10 for confidence and teamwork, 9.2/10 for enjoyment of sport and physical activity Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 94% of teachers reported their school intends to have cricket in the curriculum next academic year; teachers' confidence to deliver cricket independently rose from 57% at programme start to 97% at end; teachers' ability to signpost children to continue playing rose from 58% to 94%
  • 74% of teachers reported more children playing cricket in PE; 52% reported more children playing in extracurricular clubs; 47% reported more children playing informally at breaktime; 94% agreed the programme increased pupils' interest in playing cricket outside school
  • Only 40% of children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds meet recommended activity levels (Sport England 2024-25) — compared to 54% with no characteristics of inequality; Chance to Shine directly targets the most deprived communities to close this gap

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