BME/IMD/Inner City Objectives
Strategic
• Audit the Yorkshire Region and identify top 20% IMD areas
• Target Inner City/IMD area schools with large percentage population of BME pupils
• Support initiatives such as MCC Spirit of Cricket
• Monitor annually BME progression at all levels from club to district to county
• Develop and sustain cricket in the communities – currently: Leeds, Bradford, Keighley, Batley/Dewsbury Huddersfield, Wakefield, Sheffield, Rotherham,Middlesbrough
• Publish widely successes of BME initiatives
• Forum to monitor the Annual Action Plan
Participation
• Develop and sustain the existing BME/Inner City Centres ensuring that all coaches are qualified and insured through ECBCA
• Increase BME/Inner City Opportunity and participation involving new BME/Inner City Centres
•Organise Inter/Kwik Cricket/Hard Ball Festivals at all Centres
• Organise 20-20 Overs Inter-BME Centre Match Play with final at Headingley for the Farid Karolia Cup
Club Links
• Develop and sustain formal links with all Development Centres to Focus Clubs and/or Affiliated Clubs with Junior Sections
• Target clubs in IMD/BME areas to form junior sections
• Link all BME Centres and Clubs to YCB Cricket Development Groups
Pathways
• Monitor BME “feed” into Pathways and progression to District Cricket and County Age Group Teams
• More BME coaches to coach on Pathways Scheme
Coach Education
• Forum to appoint a Course Organiser for Coach Education
• Organise Coach Education Courses through BME Forum :
• Recommend to Coach Education Centre any nominations for UKL3 – Head Coach
• Monitor progression of BME coaches
• Promote ECBCA membership
