Get into Cricket 4.0

Get into Cricket initiative centred around training, developing, and rewarding young people at your club across all areas of the game.

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Get into Cricket is back!

So, what are you waiting for…? 2026 is the year that YOU can start your journey as a cricket volunteer.

Our exciting programme inspires Young Leaders aged 14 to 18 to ‘Get into Cricket’ volunteering and will provide individuals with a toolkit of qualifications that will directly support their development. Involvement will also benefit the clubs they’re involved in by encouraging participants to start volunteering immediately, with incentives to complete and log voluntary hours.

Get into Cricket in 2025 inspired…

Registered participants in 2025

voluntary hours completed in 2025

During Get into Cricket you will work through the following mandatory workshops:

All Stars Cricket & Dynamos Cricket Activators Course (Coaching)
Umpiring – Online Certification and in-person workshop
Scoring – Online Certification and in-person workshop
The Grounds Management Association Workshop
Certificate in Emergency First Aid
Nutrition and Health Workshop
Club Development Workshop
Online Safegu arding Level 2

The whole programme will only cost £50 per participant.

Courses close to you… The Foundation aim to make the course accessible throughout Gloucestershire where we will deliver strategically placed courses covering the whole county.

Get into Cricket will encourage you to use the qualifications you obtain on the course to complete voluntary hours back at your cricket club.

Once you have completed all of the modules, the Foundation will offer you tickets to watch Gloucestershire CCC play in the Metro Bank One Day Cup as a way of rewarding you for your commitment. On reaching 20 hours, signed off by a club official, you will receive a Get into Cricket t-shirt from the Foundation’s partners Gray-Nicolls. Furthermore, on completion of 40 hours, you’ll get a Get into Cricket hoodie. In addition, the course will dovetail nicely with completing voluntary hours as part of other award schemes such as, the Duke of Edinburgh Award.

2026 Course Details

Dates	Times	Venue	Course
Wednesday 25 March	5.30 – 8pm	Archway School, Stroud	Activator
Monday 30 March	6-8pm	Oasis Brightstowe	Activator
Monday 30 March	11.30 – 1.30pm	Andoversford CC	Club Dev
Monday 30 March	2 – 5pm	Andoversford CC	Nutrition
Tuesday 31 March	09.30 – 12.30 pm	Apperley CC	Nutrition
Tuesday 31 March	1.30 – 4 pm	Apperley CC	Club Dev
Tuesday 31 March	11.30 – 1.30pm	Rockhampton CC	Club Dev
Tuesday 31 March	2 – 5pm	Rockhampton CC	Nutrition
Tuesday 31 March	5.30-8pm	High School, Leckhampton	Activator
Thursday 2 April	9.30 – 12.30pm	Down Hatherley CC	First Aid
Wednesday 8 April am	9.30 – 12.30 pm	Bishopston CC	Nutrition
Wednesday 8 April pm	1.30 – 4 pm	Bishopston CC	Club Dev
Wednesday 8 April am	10 – 12 pm	Tetbury CC	Activator
Thursday 9 April	6 – 9 pm	Chipping Sodbury CC	First Aid
Friday 10th April	2 – 5 pm	Tetbury CC	First Aid
Monday 13 April	3 – 5 pm	Frenchay CC	Activator
Monday 13 April	6 – 9 pm	Frenchay CC	First Aid
Monday 25 May	2 – 4 pm	Thornbury CC	Grounds
Tuesday 26 May	2 – 4 pm	Stroud CC	Grounds
Wednesday 27 May	2 – 4 pm	Hatherley & Reddings CC	Grounds

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“The Get into Cricket Scheme has been fantastic for our club.

It has been the perfect way for some of our keen wannabe youth coaches to access a variety of courses and contribute to the club. Ideal for those wanting to complete aspects of their Duke of Edinburgh volunteering too.

We found that it made a huge difference to what we were able to offer our younger age groups this season. It allowed Get into Cricket volunteers to support Under 7s and Under 9s at our weekly Friday training as well as at our summer camps alongside our qualified coaches, which was brilliant as it helped continuity of friendly faces for our younger ones transitioning to summer camps for the very first time.

Huge thanks to Gareth and all at GCF. I’m already promoting it for our U15 squad to take part next season. It’s a great initiative which should be applauded.”

Youth Manager Poulton CC

“I really enjoyed taking part in the Get into Cricket scheme.

The training sessions were interesting and taught me a lot about different aspects of the club I’d never realised about before. It gave me confidence to help out with coaching sessions and around the ground too. It was a great way to get to know other players as well and I’m keen to consider more in-depth coaching courses in the future.”

U15 Get into Cricket participant Poulton CC

Cricket Collective Awards 2023 Get into Cricket T-shirt

Nicky Clarke / Workforce Manager

Nicky joined GCF from Somerset Cricket Foundation, where she spent 4.5 years gaining valuable experience supporting clubs and leagues, in cricket operations, and with volunteer workforce development. At GCF, Nicky is responsible for supporting the development of the people who make recreational cricket happen, covering everything from grass to game!

Nicky has spent many years supporting the WEPL Board, providing expertise in using Play-Cricket, player registration, and managed migration to clubs across the West of England. She is also a qualified coach, umpire, and scorer who has been lucky enough to score at the county ground in Taunton on a few occasions, including England Lions v South Africa in 2022.

Nicky’s home club is Weston-super-Mare, where she is a long-standing volunteer and has been integral in rebuilding the women’s and girls’ section following Covid. On the rare occasions she’s not doing something cricket related, she has two boys who prefer the social side of cricket to the playing side, she likes to read, run (slowly), and is a half-marathon survivor.

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