EDI Action Plan

BUILD DIVERSE TEAMS

1. Diversity of gender and ethnicity on Board of Directors
2. Diversity of gender and ethnicity on Staff
3. County Pathway to reflect the cricket playing ethnic diversity
4. County Pathway to ensure State School educated players can overcome barriers of less access to coaching and facilities
5. Ensure CCB job advertisements/descriptions are inclusive and have balanced interview panels

CREATE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
6. Create a culture of listening, understanding and engagement across all Bucks Cricket environments
7. All CCB Staff undertake ECB Anti-Discrimination Training. Managers undertake ECB Inclusive Leadership training
8. Work with Clubs to understand and overcome systemic and cultural barriers to inclusion and equity 

INITIATIVES FOR EQUITY

9. Bucks Women’s Team provided closer aligned status to Men’s NCCA team – capped player system, coaching, facilities, catering, free kit, training and matches

10. County Pathway:
a. Bucks Boys and Girls provided with equal programmes – coaching hours, no. matches, costs 
b. State School Hubs to top-up coaching access pre and post season U14-U16
c. Bucks Youth Cricket Trust bursary funding available
d. ECB funding to provide free trials
e. ECB and Bucks to reduce costs for County squads
f. Coaches at Trials provided with relevant information (Club/School/Birth Quarter),all players to wear Club kit (no Bucks clothing) and increase number of player U13 and younger in Pathway to reduce systemic bias.

11. Free Community Programmes: 4 x Super 1s Disability hubs, 7 x Street Cricket, 12+ All Stars & Dynamos

12. Facility Development: Focus on Milton Keynes Council Pitches and Clubs’ Female Friendly Facilities

13. State School Secondary School Coaching: Focus on Milton Keynes and Girls, with appointment of Development Officers for both since April 2022

14. Aiming to deliver MCC Foundation Hubs for State School cricketers in Milton Keynes and Aylesbury (MCCF funding dependent). Bucks Cricket funding a pilot programme in MK in 2023

15. Bucks Youth Cricket Trust free wicket-keeping sessions for Club juniors, with elite coaches, in memory of Jeremy Suter (Beaconsfield CC)

16. Free Coach Development courses: In 2022, £7.5k of ECB bursaries for coach development, Bucks Cricket funded Foundation Course in Milton Keynes and two free Support Coach courses 

BUCKS CRICKET 2023

CLUBS 2022

Staff (full or part time): 33% female, 13% ethnically diverse
 

Non-Executive Directors: 33% female, 11% ethnically diverse
 

External Contracted Coaches on the Pathway/Skill Zones/Community programmes: 14% female, 25% ethnically diverse
 

100 Affiliated Clubs
48 with Junior Teams in Bucks competitions
2 with Junior Teams in other County comps
4 running All Stars but not Teams
8 Women’s Hardball Teams from 7 Clubs
25 Girls Teams in competitions from 13 Clubs
0 Disability Teams
Coaches certified on ECB Courses in 2022: 27% Ethically Diverse, 10% Women

COUNTY PATHWAY 2023

COMMUNITY 2022-23

Boys U11-U18:
276 Total Players in Boys Pathway (96 players in County Squads U12-U18)
32% Independent Schools, 42% Grammar, 32% State Non-Selective
43% Asian, 7% Mixed, 49% White
Relative Age Effect on Selection: Q1 34%, Q2 27%, Q3 23%, Q4 17%

Girls U11-U18
101 Total Players in Girls Pathway (71 players in County squads U11-U18)
34% Independent Sch, 36% Grammar, 31% State Non-Selective
15% Asian, 4% Mixed, 78% White
RAE on Selection: Girls Q1 36%, Q2 21%, Q3 29%, Q4 15%.

6 Street Cricket (free) projects: Wolverton, Bletchley, Girls Only Bletchley, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Chesham

4 Super 1s (free) projects: Bletchley, Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Chesham

6 Urban All Stars Programmes (free) in 2022: 176 participants

12 Urban Dynamos Programmes (free) in 2022: 299 Participants

Schools 2022: Coaching in 58 Primary Schools and 22 Primary Competition Days. Coaching in 8 Secondaries (7 in MK)