We are delighted to share that Bucks Cricket has successfully achieved ECB Ready to Invest status!

Since becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in October 2023, we've created a connection to every level of the game across our county - from grassroots programmes to performance pathways.

Through our work, we:

- Represent Buckinghamshire from beyond Milton Keynes in the North, and Marlow in the South

- Deliver over 4,500 hours of coaching and 250+ matchdays

- Inspire over 10,000 children with annual primary school cricket programmes

- Support 98 affilliated cricket clubs, helping them to be vibrant, and community-centred

- Break down barries to participation, including through our 9 street cricket hubs, 4 accessible women's projects and 4 disability hubs

Tom Raymond-Hill, Head of Network, Recreational Game - ECB, praised our work, saying: "This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of your team at Buckinghamshire, both executive and non-executive, that you have achieved compliance with the CPA standards and have investible strategic and operational plans.

"We recognise the considerable effort it takes to achieve this, and upon our peer review, we found no concerns when awarding you this status.

"ECB RTI is a new part of CPA2, designed to ensure we celebrate success and support RCBs in becoming more attractive to external investment. 

"As part of this, we will also be looking to provide you with a supporting letter, which you can use alongside any of your funding applications, helping provide comfort that you have all the requirements of governance, safeguarding, EDI, finance, strategy, and operations to potential partners."