Perhaps the change of name from Gamechanger Fund to the less memorable Building Belonging in Cricket Fund was down to a realisation it may not by quite so, er, gamechanging. So does anyone have a spare £850 million?
If you haven’t already, please like, comment or share to help save some clubs* It’s getting noticed.
Sam is looking for your advice as a new young club leader, especially in recruiting and retaining juniors* working with local schools. But there’s also an interesting potential insight into the club internship he has designed for himself, as a sports management student, wanting to put theory into practice.
Discussions from last week:
- Were clubs’ leasehold and rental agreement travails high on the agenda at the Recreational Game Summit 2026*?
- Were clubs represented at the first of the Premier League consultations on the road* held at Headingley last week?
*You should have no problem accessing the asterisked links above so long as you’re a member and logged on to LinkedIn. Not everyone realises we are a closed private LinkedIn group so only members can see your posts and comments in the Group and not your colleagues, clients or other LinkedIn connections.
You can also click LinkedIn group page, log-in from there and scroll through all the content including these other current discussions:
- ECB state school offer
- Scrap promotion & relegation in lower divisions?
- Representing clubs at league meetings
- Investing in a Cobra
- Do you need to invest in new facilities?
- Is it time for a more effective officiating pathway?
- Network members access big club funding
- Play Cricket reliability
- Knight-Stokes cup finalist schools
- End-of-season performance review of hybrid pitches
- DIY approaches to scoping and installing square irrigation
- Holiday Activities and Food programmes
- The “Missing Middle” in junior age groups
- Robots cutting grass
- Maiden Cricket in the Dragon’s Den
- Cricket capacity requires cultural mindset shift
- Sustainability of leagues
- Over-regulation and underfunding
Links to past discussions, sorted by theme and listed in chronological order, can also be found on the Members’ Portal along with a treasure trove of club development resources, signposted information and sources of support including webinar recordings and club admin product reviews.