LV= SOS Kit Aid At Sticky Wicket, 27th July - please bring your unwanted rugby and cricket kit to The Event Industry's Summer Day Out...
The Lady Taverners thanked outgoing President, Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint, in style with a special celebration at The Long Room at Lord's Cricket Ground on Monday 11 July. Two hundred guests came to celebrate with Rachael, who has stepped down from her role as President after 11 years of tireless work for the charity.
A major new national initiative, Street Elite, which has been specifically designed to harness the power of rugby, cricket and football to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people, was launched on 5th July at the House of Lords.
Prior to the launch of the new initiative, youngsters from Westminster City School and Greycoat Hospital School took part in Street Elite’s shortened formats of cricket, rugby and football in a multi-use games area beside a new Berkeley Group development in central London.
Disadvantaged young people from London who have limited or no access to sport received cricket and rugby kit donated to LV= SOS Kit Aid this weekend at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The day represents the next step in the award-winning scheme’s ambitious pledge to recycle an incredible 20,000kgs of sporting equipment by the end of the year.
Film critic and cricket fan, Barry Norman CBE, has been confirmed as the new President of the UK's leading youth cricket and disability sports charity, The Lord’s Taverners. He takes over from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host Chris Tarrant, who has stood down after a busy two years at the helm.
Youngsters with disabilities from across the country are set to take part in the finals of the Macquarie National Table Cricket Competition on Friday 17 June at Lord’s Cricket Ground, all vying for the chance to be crowned 2011 champions.
Having won their respective regional heats earlier this year, 12 teams will battle it out for the national title...
Disadvantaged young people from London who have limited or no access to sport are set to receive cricket and rugby kit that will be donated at the next LV= SOS Kit Aid Day at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday 19 June. The day represents the next step in LV= SOS Kit Aid’s ambitious pledge to recycle an incredible 20,000kgs of sporting equipment by the end of the year.
The Lord’s Taverners today welcomed the Centre for Social Justice’s landmark new report, More than a Game: How sport can transform the lives of disadvantaged young people, published tomorrow.
Young people from Bristol celebrated the first regional day of the recently launched national LV= SOS Kit Aid scheme yesterday (Wednesday 11 May). The pioneering scheme, which is led by youth sports charity, The Lord’s Taverners, saw schools, clubs and members of the public donate their unwanted cricket and rugby kit for re-distribution to disadvantaged children, improving access to a wider range of sports.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is delighted to have signed a charity partnership with The Lord's Taverners, the cricket based charity whose objective is to give everyone a sporting chance.
More children from across the UK and overseas than ever before are set to have access to sport thanks to a groundbreaking new kit recycling initiative which was unveiled bby former England rugby star Matt Perry and cricket legend Mike Gatting OBE at The Stewart Hedlam School in Bethnal Green, East London.
Cricket charities, The Lord's Taverners and Cricket for Change, will arrive in Basildon on Tuesday 29 March for the Essex launch of a new three-year partnership which puts cricket at the centre of the bid to build a 'Big Society'.
'The Lord's Taverners Cricket for Change Programme' will extend the game's reach beyond schools and clubs, making it accessible to 7,500 youngsters from socially-deprived areas in 15 UK cities through a nationwide network of 150 local community groups.
Macquarie Group launched its groundbreaking partnership with leading youth disability sports charity, The Lord's Taverners, at its London CityPoint offices by staging a unique table cricket exhibition with young people from the South London Special League. This video contains interviews from representatives of both the Lord's Taverners and Macquarie Group.
Macquarie Group launched its groundbreaking partnership with leading youth disability sports charity, The Lord's Taverners, today at its London CityPoint offices by staging a unique table cricket exhibition with young people from the South London Special League.
The Lord's Taverners and Macquarie Group are pleased to announce a joint partnership which will offer sporting opportunities to young people in the UK. Macquarie is the first corporate partner to be involved with all Lord's Taverners activities, from fundraising events, cricket matches and golf days to grassroots youth cricket and disability sport.
2009 World Triathlon Champion Alistair Brownlee and his brother Jonathan, reigning Under 23 World Triathlon Champion...
