Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
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Area of Work Project owner Concise Report & 2021 2022 3 Year goal Benchmark 2020
EDI Group Tariq Awan and Sue Phelps from Equality plans completely EDI plan is firmly Membership Board added to Group. Jennifer embedded in CW embedded to CW EDI group’s plan is embedded Owen Adams assumed Chair in Operational Plan Operational planning. And in operational plan with April 2019. New Board Director GCC CW joint strategy via clearly marked up equality Sian Webber to join Group from Equality plans emerge KPI tracker areas rather than a 2020 onwards. from all CW functional standalone EDI plan for Sarah Williams to provide external groups within the network Equality plans appear scrutiny and planning LH input into Group within, Leagues plans. EDI action plans further Group rationalised to focus on embed into the game e.g. as main EDI areas well as safeguarding equality Group meets virtually in 2020 appears on club agendas.
Consider BAME Board co-option Governance publicity Transparent reports and plans ref Leagues begin to publish All leagues with equality Visibility equality work across EDI on website. Generic content on equality data data whole network on both CW MF both websites. and GC websites
General recruitment Business - Plan to advertise jobs to Recruitment practice Recruitment practice Recruitment practice totally Practice recruit more diverse totally inclusively totally inclusively inclusively developed applicants: developed developed LH - CVs anonymising - monitoring for applicants to track success embed equality into our inductions
Comms/Marketing - profile of inclusive cricket on Ability to track profile of Achieve best practice in Achieve best practice in
channels inclusivity across website marcoms around inclusive marcoms around inclusive (functionality built in) imagery imagery
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
- % of content dedicated to BAME, W&G, disability cricket, diverse communities - Consider imagery on our channels to ensure proportionate diversity
General business meetings - statements we use if we are Statements developed and Statements tested against Statements tested against interviewing/meeting people at implemented good practice good practice SG to ensure we ask if they have special needs e.g. access to building, engineering time in long meetings for people to pray?
Eq Impact assessments - Before launching an initiative. Plan of action for all areas Assess whether EIA are Assess whether EIA are - All senior team members that require EIA making a good making a good contribution trained in EIAs All senior members contribution All senior members trained - Part of general induction trained All senior members Unconscious bias and tans trained gender training Data collection - Improving our knowledge of Better understand data Implement individual CRM Develop induvial CRM for any who is in cricket around individual strands approach for cricket tin participant in cricket - Develop data within the of EAP work Wales limitations of no ECB game- wide CRM) Publish EAP and EDI - Transparency /visibility papers publishing the action plan on the website
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
girls’ softball festivals: Kwik Cricket Use the opportunity of & Lady Taverner’s Schools festivals Dynamos Cricket. Further KC – C2S girls wide Girls’ Cricket delivery and sustainability programme in secondary KC – C2S girls wide & development of girls’ schools programme in secondary cricket within schools schools/clubs SW- Work in partnership with KC – Secondary Schools MCC to ensure Girls’ Hub C2S Girls only projects sustainability with links to Softball league teams
hub & development projects to be Continue the transition onwards to work with Build on the S Wales cricket delivered with transition from all from girls’ out of All Stars cluster clubs to develop W&G group plans to grow stars and look to increase the girls’ Cricket further. girls U11 & U13s across All of number of girls’ only Wales Women & Girls MF 2019 All-stars girls = 23.67% i.e. teams from U9-U12. 2022 girls all-stars 2500 Cricket 915 2021 girls all-stars 1500 2021 girls all-stars 2000 SW- Establish NW Girls’ MW -6 Girls hubs within MW - Access to a girls Hub League/festival format each area / Dynamos within each local LA
Mapping exercise of girls’ Determine a new range of Girls’ Club participation playing cricket in which growth hubs beyond 2021 doubles in the strategy period clubs/areas has been completed by the Women & South West: postponed Girls’ Officers. 2020 to 2021 – New SWJCL U11’s & U13’s girls only league. Keep growing in 2022 and build towards U15s in 2023
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Clubs with both a women's Clubs with both a Clubs with both a Clubs with both a women's and girls' sections women's and girls' women's and girls' and girls' sections =69 2020 = 27 sections sections 2020 = 40 2020 = 35 Women’s A calendar of club led South Wales Facilitate further activity Women & Girls’ Officers to Cricket Women’s Softball Cricket Women’s Softball from the new continue to embed the offer Festivals to be delivered in League festivals/leagues. of Women’s Cricket at focus summer clubs. Pembrokeshire Club Development to pilot for the first time. Hardball teams & Planning. Grow S Wales & . other Hardball teams N Wales hardball cricket to continue with networks leagues/events W&G participation doubles in the strategy SW- NW Softball period League launch (likely to be 2021) North Wales- Hardball festival Grow hardball teams SW-Establish NW to be piloted based on club Hardball hubs based Hardball teams 32 need. KC – Grow South West on need. Several forums/club meetings Women’s regional have been held with all the key league – Radyr to join clubs delivering on Women’s Newport & Briton Cricket with the target being Ferry Steel in 2020 focused development work. more likely to 2021 if no season. Hardball teams 19 Develop softball taster sessions to feed into structured W&G teams Cluster Clubs- Funding received from the ECB Develop cluster clubs Develop cluster clubs Cluster clubs ECB around the cluster club target year 2 Emphasise on year 3 year 4 model to part fund the roles of development & officer. sustainability with Each area has established what cluster clubs. clubs could form an ECB Page 4 of 14
Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
cluster club for Women & KC Sustain the new Girls’. South Wales Softball league via these clusters and softball local festivals.
Women in Diverse club governance Cricket Wales Board to Develop initiatives to more women to become leadership meet 40% embed more women club committee members in club leadership League leadership outreach Grant aid suspended pending COVID 19 Develop quality Develop quality Develop quality network funding emergencies network applications network applications applications to develop Future facility/small grant to develop to develop infrastructure in clubs for funding will have criteria infrastructure in clubs infrastructure in clubs W&G around Women & Girls’ Cricket for W&G for W&G provision. SW- Sustained Women & Workforce likely to be a key KC – Use any ECB Girls’ Officers in post area to develop across Wales. direct WGs funding wisely – ensure WGs development roles. Sustain the current contracts. Disability Cricket: To obtain an ethos of inclusion across Wales at all levels of Cricket participation as a natural procedure and ensure that people with any impairments are respected and valued for the contribution that they make to the game, under the “One Game Banner”.
Special Schools’ Delivery of school’s New disability poster to be outreach programme at 4 schools in circulated to all clubs to North Wales across the winter increase awareness of Disability Cricket by community coaches which opportunities available
LR has linked into Colwyn Bay,
Wrexham/Gwersyllt & the new
Disability Cricket Hub in Dolgellau. Schools programme to All school activity totally Hubs supported by aligned Focus on grassroots offer. align with club and hub aligned to hub growth schools programme development
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Current schools outreach 60 schools engaged needs to align more with hub KC – Local areas need model specific funding to develop this area. 45 schools engaged North Wales hubs also aware Lords Taverners Super 1 Build disability hubs to Disability Hubs Hubs that if there is a talented bid for hubs across Wales. engage with each junior networked across all player there is a pathway To include two new North league in Wales areas of Wales available Wales hubs and consolidation of existing 9 hubs across Wales three 5 hubs across Wales 2021 Super 1s bid to also include hubs in South Wales build on Aston LR Martin options
SW: Revisit Lord Taverners bid and look to find other sources of funding. Link local schools programme with local hubs – this needs to be Cricket Wales led at host club venues.
one dedicated Disability SW – Revisit Insight one dedicated Disability Accreditation. Realign with LR Cricket Club in each District. Disability Cricket Club Cricket Club Currently 5 Club mark clubs initially in each District. =9
Successful first overseas Wales & disability tour to Sri Lanka held Performance MT & in Oct 2019. Sri Lankans LR potential future visit National Development 4 6 National Development centres in Wales x4 centres in Wales x8
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
2x National team players for 2 5 One National team for the the Deaf. Deaf. Two County teams playing 2 2 Three County teams in the BACD competition playing in the BACD competition National visually impaired 25% 50% National visually impaired team (not in place) team.
Build on the partnership with Dementia Friends and 4 clubs Cricket clubs to be inclusive Sporting Memories dementia friendly and safe environments for communities work that has people affected by dementia started and could be extended 8 sporting memory clubs 2 clubs Older People & Use the momentum of clock cricket Engage with one more 2 more Health boards All health boards Dementia Friendly AH in Aneurin Bevan HB health board work Explore how heritage can support Set up Friends of Make resource available Grown membership across older people Glamorgan/Wales Cricket to clubs to co-host club Wales Heritage heritage sections Set up online accessibility of heritage products e.g. Podcasts Online ‘Winter Talks’
Clubs website
Governance Re set BME cricket stakeholder Re fresh current strategy Identify key enablers and Mature offer for BAME cricket group influencers
Set up Glamorgan Advisory Group Black, Asian Minority Ethnic Data AA/ MF 2020: Club Membership = 8% ASC; Any Asian 6%. ASC; Any Asian 7% ASC; Any Asian 8% Work BAME. Any mixed white & Black Wales Population 5.9% African Caribbean: 1% All Stars 2019: Asian any: 3.53%; Any mixed white & Black African Caribbean: 0.39%
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Pop ups Cardiff: Pop Ups / Ambassadors X7 Pop ups Cardiff X8 Pop ups Cardiff. X10 pop ups Continued Develop National Lottery Develop National Lottery Summer programme; being X5 Pop ups scheme scheme more stand alone; better data Focus on Indian Community capture. Newport: 1 x pop up 1x Pop up KC – would like 2 pop ups Newport 3 pop ups funding for a pop-up club in Swansea (Hafod /Sandfields area)
Swansea 1 pop up New Cohesion Cup KC this 1 pop up Swansea looks like it will be postponed to 2021 in Swansea – start with 4 teams. Cardiff City Cup delivery Growth on BAME specific Cricket Cohesion Cup Grande Finale City Cup / Cohesion Cup competitions options involving Cardiff Community Policing: Emergency Services Fun Day Participation Newport Publicity; winter training for 12 at New Cohesion Cup plan in place with RM and NISV. W&G Newport CC School visits St Woolos, Pillgwenlly, and Maindee Primary School: City Cup linked to Newport BAME Cricket Festival (15); all stars CC (4); Weekly Junior Cricket Coaching (Summer 25); City cup team (prepared but not involved). Girls Butetown Pavilion project & Need to connect into Girls hard ball set up . Grangetown girls football tasters of wider clubs. cricket to girls from Somali and Arab Girls softball set up ethnicity who frequent the pavilion, Women Initial pilot sessions Bolly Crik in 2021 Mirror cohesion cup to Women’s Connect first; Softball league BAME w&g embrace BME women to take Streetgames; community leaders; Plan for women’s BAME part build relations with clubs; leader softball wider plan development Page 8 of 14
Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Volunteers/ Train New Activators in the Recruit to F1 courses . workforce community Redeployment of trained removing barriers that may exist volunteers: with travelling – Deploying participants & gain new recruits with focus on growing Newport BAME Cricket and Women & Girls BAME Cricket Focus Funding Funding Applications – being more Service national lottery Service national lottery creative grant grant Optimise national lottery grant ALL Stars Cricket Successful Grangetown scheme: Grow ASC in ALL S Asian Vibrant ASC programmes & Dynamos build on 2018 April open day 75 clubs across key clubs 2020 plus to expand all-stars Cricket children turned up – 38 sign ups & centres in non-club locations 2019 Roath (Gymkhana & but also to ensure all BAME Grangetown (Bay Tigers) cricket clubs run their own All Stars Centres and Dynamos Use Foodbank initiative Cricket centres
Profile Build on CWC19 ref filing etc & ticket engagement Build on bank of films Role models for Role models as volunteers created participation across W&G Sport Wales – school sports survey recognised a BAME increase and captured our project on camera Connecting with Guard of honour at Sophia Gardens Use of the Hundred / T20 Use of the Hundred/ T20 Use of the Hundred / T20 the professional International ticket allocation MCB Blasts Blasts Blasts game
Refugees & 2019: Via the Glamorgan Stadium Build on 2019 programme Work with six groups Using BSBT programme Asylum workers visit programme, connected with with closer links to these (refugees and trafficked International cricket and Refugee and Asylum seekers by groups e.g. Rainbow individuals) seeking solace strong networks Deprived partnering with local community centre / Oasis / Refugee communities MF and church groups to offer days Council / Space 4U opening the game where participants were able to feel involved, safe, and more settled in a new country. Page 9 of 14
Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Charities T20 Blast programme of charities T20 Blast programme of T20 Blast programme of T20 Blast programme of charities charities charities
Want to open workshops working with prisoners’ families supporting them and offering a remedial and fun time as they visit the stadium; NEETS 2018: Course for 10 NEET young Develop funding and Develop funding and Develop funding and resource people with Vi-Ability see film here resource to support this resource to support this to support this engagement engagement engagement 2019 Experiences for The Prince’s Trust NEETS at the stadium via its Fairbridge scheme We have run three sessions so far for 30 people Home Office Secured funding from the Building Look to engage LEA ‘paid’ Look to engage LEA ‘paid’ Look to engage LEA ‘paid’ a Stronger Britain Together (BSBT) workshops workshops workshops programme Evidence impact more Food Poverty Develop food poverty partner Continue Food poverty Continue Food poverty Continue Food poverty Citizens Cymru in COVID 19 relationship relationship relationship If possible, represent SHEP School Holiday enrichment programme Expand SHEP engagement Expand SHEP engagement Expand SHEP engagement within the Cardiff local education authority offering cricket for children who are on free school meals and have nothing to do in the summer with little parental support; Police & Armed Created experiences at the stadium Build on armed services Build on armed services Build on armed services Services for a wide range of police and fire covenant: Armed Services covenant: Armed Services covenant: Armed Services brigade cadet groups from across Day T20 match Day T20 match Day T20 match South Wales including indoor Woody’s Lodge match tournaments; many of which are from deprived
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
communities from across South Wales Non-Club All stars centre Link with BAME Link with BAME Link with BAME engagement locations https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wale engagement engagement Wicketz s/44633047 all stars and BAME Grangetown & Roath in 2019 Wicketz funding secured via Lords Centres in Llanrumney and Centres in Llanrumney and Renewed funding Taverners Rhondda Valley Rhondda Valley Centres in Llanrumney and Develop Gabby Rhondda Valley Basketeer’s work Grow centres across Wales programme Llanrumney growth Ferndale Abercynon Time Credits 2019: Partnered with Time Credits Resume programme to Resume programme to Resume programme to to develop a family engagement engage communities that engage communities that engage communities that programme with six primary would not normally watch would not normally watch would not normally watch a schools in socially deprived a professional game a professional game professional game neighbourhoods in Cardiff, Barry, Aberdare, and Monmouth. The programme involved after-school cricket clubs, overseen by Glamorgan community coaches, together with parents and their children. In all, 200 children were involved and the reward for them and their families, through time credits, was a voucher to visit Glamorgan’s T20 matches at Cardiff Evidence Clearly articulate impact of cricket Clearly articulate impact of Clearly articulate impact of Cricket evidences its huge outreach in changing lives cricket outreach in cricket outreach in impact on underrepresented changing lives changing lives groups with a body of evidence that shows the life changing effect it can have
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Talent, Pathway Current Glamorgan cricket BAME = Implement Advisory group Implement Advisory group Implement Advisory group & Professional 10% of Wales age group squads recommendations recommendations recommendations Game Set up Advisory group to review any current unknown barriers and blind spots in preventing the
smooth progress of talented BAME players
Run outreach foodbank project activities Whole family Baby Dragons: introduced an U4 Develop family offers with Develop family offers with Develop family offers with offer area in T20s to offer options for all advent of dynamos cricket advent of dynamos cricket advent of dynamos cricket within families. The All Stars ticket offer to clubs More than Rugby & Have a More than Rugby & Have a More than Rugby & Have a Go for internationals was well Go sessions in the summer Go sessions in the summer sessions in the summer received. Family Days at Blast/Kids Family Days at Blast/Kids Family Days at Blast/Kids go The Professional go free. go free. free. Game Education The Museum of Welsh Cricket has 2021 rebuild programme 50:50 balance of tours open access to as many high become the first fully accredited and re balance towards Wales / Foreign schools FSM schools as possible cricket museum in the UK more welsh-based schools Stadium tour pupil figures for 2018 MF are 4,966 (Wales) & 8,149 (overseas) = 13,115. 2019 = 15.978
Riverside Challenge: engage 700+ Riverside Challenge: Riverside Challenge: Riverside Challenge: engage children in high FSM schools close engage 700+ children in engage 700+ children in 700+ children in high FSM to Sophia Gardens high FSM schools close to high FSM schools close to schools close to Sophia Sophia Gardens Sophia Gardens Gardens Fusion partnership to boost the Develop new projects with Develop new projects with Develop new projects with literacy and Physical well-being of Fusion to support schools Fusion to support schools Fusion to support schools in pupils. A five-minute video in deprived communities in deprived communities deprived communities celebrating the heritage of Sophia Gardens as a public park and
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
recreational centre was created. See here
Develop a festival approach for the Develop a festival Develop a festival Develop a festival approach Swansea/ Newport/ Colwyn Bay approach for the approach for the for the Swansea/ Newport/ Glamorgan game. Swansea/ Newport/ Swansea/ Newport/ Colwyn Bay Glamorgan game Colwyn Bay Glamorgan Colwyn Bay Glamorgan game game
Advanced level Achieved intermediate level Work on equality data Work on equality data ATTAIN ADVANCED LEVEL IN progress Develop 2020-23 Action Plan gathering & EIAs gathering & EIAs 2023 Equality Standard LH Staff Equality training
Youth boards Hearing the voice of the child Replicate N Wales Use Social media Clear channels developed to under discussion experience across SW and responsibly to develop hear the voice of the young SE feedback on cricket Wales’ person North Wales has established a cricket products Young Ambassadors and leadership Consider youth area Youth Voice Boards IW programme who are meeting boards and representative regularly and will be delivering to Main CW Board events. The young people are aged 14-18 with an interest in volunteering in cricket.
LGBT sport Cymru group. endeavouring to engage Develop equality data Cricket in Wales is clear about Banner at Sophia Gardens. more with this network effective strategies to engage LGBT MF rainbow laces players & BTEC. Pride Cymru opportunity in the LGBT community and CW commitment to Stonewall summer holidays embed into the game website.
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Cricket Wales & Glamorgan Cricket Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group (EDI) 2020 - 2023: 3-year plan last update: August 2020
Role of the CW Board and EDI Group about Equality: Provide robust scrutiny, constructive challenge, and leadership support in respect to the development of equality and diversity within the Cricket Wales strategy Ensure equal cricket outcomes for people from all sections of society Ensure the creation of an inclusive and diverse workplace Challenge the quality of Cricket Wales' contracting and procurement processes with respect to equality and diversity Act as champions for people from all backgrounds and their interests Promote equality, diversity and inclusion and reduce inequalities Ensure that Cricket Wales meets equality related legislation in all its activities
Role of the SMT about Equality (internally and externally): Lead the Joint Strategy with Glamorgan Cricket in delivering the equality outcome aimed at broadening the game. Determine appropriate allocation and distribution of resources to achieve the equality outcome aimed at broadening the game Support the Area Managers, Talent Manager, W&G Officers, Disability Officer, BME Co-ordinator, Welsh Language Ambassador, Community Coaches and Pathway Coaches to deliver on the equality outcome. Communicate directly with all staff and Board Directors on equality matters Accountability for achieving the equality outcome aimed at broadening the game All Cricket Wales and Glamorgan staff have responsibility for ensuring that everyone is treated fairly. Cricket Wales Area Managers have responsibility to 'lead, inspire and influence' the voluntary cricket network in their Area while Community Coaches and Pathway Coaches are accountable for applying the principles of equality in all sessions they deliver and within all partnerships in which they work.
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