INCREASING Participation 30 April 2014

1. INCREASING Participation 30 April 2014

2. Learning Objectives • The basic offer for cricket is within FE. • The content and purpose of ECB Activators course • How the ECB Activators course can be delivered. • - by professional staff • - through curriculum as part of BTEC • - as part of Functional Skills learning • How the ECB Activators course could help you with your participation targets.

3. The Offer Local support Activator Training Other local playing opportunities in summer

4. ECB Activators Course – The Background • ‘Retain and Player Gain a Volunteer’ • Fundamentally different to the old CYL course – and requires the tutor to do a significant amount of preparation • 3 hour course designed to support getting more people playing in teams through organising an initial event or project • Candidates are only awarded certificates after the completing 10 hours of volunteering through organising the event • Ensure that key people colleges and schools support young leaders throughout the course and help them progress onto further volunteering and training • Links directly to V Cricket Awards

5. Overall Course Objective • To give opportunity for young people at cricket clubs between the age of 14 and 25 to acquire skills and competency in leadership that will allow them to volunteer within their cricket club and/or school, colleges or university • To retain junior members in cricket by investing quality time and resources into a specialised volunteering programme. • To help raise participation levels within clubs, schools and colleges.

6. Activators Indoor 24 course • Marketing and recruiting teams • Organising / running competitions • Managing a group or team - including dealing with difficult situations • Fund raising • Umpiring / Scoring • Generating media coverage • The course is split up into 2 separate modules:- • Marketing Indoor24 within the college and recruiting teams • Organising and Officiating Matches

8. Delivery – who can tutor the course?

9. Indoor 24 in the curriculum • BTEC • Organising Events • Rules and Regulations • Functional Skills

10. Scenario 1 – Student enrichment, managing lunch time sessions. • Scenario 2 – Sessions aimed at entry level participants as part of their weekly lesson (Practical Team Sport/Tutorial session). • Scenario 3 - Increasing healthy living the sports department through a cross college departmental competition. • Scenario 4 – Functional Skills practical sessions

12. Addition - Batting Totals (team and individual) • Division – batting averages, strike rate • Percentages – individual scores as percentage of team scores • Multiplication – predict scores using strike rate • Bar graphs / pie charts

14. Addition – runs conceded • Division – Bowling averages (runs per ball, wickets per over, runs per wicket) • Percentages - bowler runs or wickets out of teams total • Pie charts / bar graphs

15. Exampleof 6 week programme (based on 1 hour lessons)

16. INCREASING PARTICIPATION • More efficient and dedicated volunteers to deliver Indoor 24 • More participation through BTEC course students • Functional Skills – part of their learning • Wider audience to take part in any enrichment activity

17. The appeal to a college?

18. Chris Lock – ECB Participation Manager t: 07776 445511 e: christian.lock@ecb.co.uk Richard Lightbown– ECB Volunteer Manager t: 07776 445522 e: richard.lightbown@ecb.co.uk