1. Cricket Activator Presentation
(INSERT your own CLUB details and info)

2. Background and Introduction What is a cricket activator
Activator Project
Outline of the Course
Benefits to clubs and young volunteers
Questions
Welcome everyone to the evening and thank them for attending especially the parents
Set the general scene and encourage everyone to stay behind afterwards where you will be available to answer any questions

3. Cricket Activator:- Retaining Players & Gaining Volunteers
ECB club strategy highlights 5 key factors and particularly important is the need to recruit more volunteers and also retain adult cricketers.
The recent Sport and Recreation Alliance survey highlighted that finding and retaining players and volunteers was a major issue facing many clubs.
. You could also use the “know your volunteers sheet” to also illustrate how reliant your club is on older volunteers.
Draw attention to how under used young people are as key volunteers, whilst also highlighting that through volunteering young people could gain skills, experience and qualifications which could help them get a job or help with university and college applications.
Stress that by involving the young people at your club as volunteers will not only help reduce the burden on the current club volunteers but also help to retain the young people as players and help the transition into senior cricket
The key message that by using the cricket activator course it can help retain young players and create a warm and friendly environment throughout the club

4. To give opportunity for young people at cricket clubs
The Key Objectives:-
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 between in cricket as a sport by investing quality time and resources into a specialised volunteering programme.
Underline the reason for the course and how it is about providing a friendly and supportive environment at your club for young volunteers
Also emphasise that the course is about looking a range of volunteer roles and not just assisting with coaching sessions – it maybe that the activators help with a number of different roles or projects through the season and this could be planned in advanced and talked about in detail.
For example
Paint the scoreboard
Help score a junior matches
Help manage and organise kwik cricket sessions
Support groundsman on match days
Also underline the commitment needed for the young volunteers to attend the course and then carry out 25 hours of volunteering and the support needed for parents to help them during and after the course

5. This course will enable you to
• Understand the range of different Cricket Activator roles.
Deliver a project or event which has been identified by the club
• Understand and put into practice the expectations of Cricket Activators.
• Promote cricket, activity and opportunities to participate.
• Know the pathways for Cricket Activators and for participants to be involved in cricket.
The course is split up into 2 separate modules and will be delivered
as an interactive workshop usually over two separate 2 hour
sessions.
Give an over view of the 2 separate modules that are contained within the course so that parents and candidates have some initial information about the overall content
Explain that there will be need to be some pre-prep work completed and explain what this might be – if possible please liaise with your County Cricket Board to schedule dates and times of the course. Running these during half term and holiday periods is best and try to avoid the lead up to exams.
Also give details of your course such as date, times, venue and cost to either club, candidate or both

6. The Project
Discuss in detail the project which you have in mind and all the different roles which will be required and how this is an introduction and young volunteers can progress onto further roles within the club once they have completed the initial project.
Also mention about the V cricket awards – recording hours volunteered and the rewards which they can received at 25, 50 and 100hours.
Projects can be wide a varied such as
Organising an under 17 T20 competition
Organising Friday night kwik cricket junior tournaments on Friday Or
Fundraising or social events
NWCF
Also please discuss these with your County Board as they will be able to advise you and support you with projects and give good examples of what has worked well at other clubs
Please also take time to stress that this is the first step to volunteering and that the clubs will support the young players as the progress onto other volunteering opportunities

7. Benefits to the Club
Increase significantly the number of volunteering hours from young people within their cricket club.
Help reduce the burden on the volunteers within the club
To retain junior members in cricket between ages by investing quality time and resources into a specialized volunteer programme.
Become role models and leaders for all young people within their club

8. Benefits to Young Volunteers Cricket leadership skills.
Improved communication skills
Qualifications and life skills.
Role model to younger members of your club.
National Curriculum level as part of PE GCSE.
University Personal Statement and/or CV.
Community Sports Leadership and Sports Leaders UK award in Junior Sports Leadership.
Show the current U19 T20 short video and explain that all the young people help organise their own games and matches have attended the activator course
Highlight the wider benefits of volunteering and how it will help boost volunteers CV and applications for university or college
Mention about V awards and need to complete at least 10 hours recorded volunteering to gain course certificate
Also discuss about the wider volunteering opportunities which will also be available in the game through either CCB’s and District Groups

9. Any Questions