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Lord's Taverners

Lord's Taverners Impact Report 2024/25

Lord's Taverners is a UK youth cricket and disability sports charity empowering young people facing inequality to fulfil their potential. Its 2024/25 Impact Report reports 33,323 young lives transformed through its Wicketz, Super 1s and SEND schools cricket programmes, with strong gains in confidence, inclusion and independence, and a growing Youth Ambassador programme shaping the charity's future direction.

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Wicketz community cricket for young people aged 8-19 in deprived areas; Super 1s disability cricket for ages 8-25 with a three-phase employability model; Cricket in SEND Settings using softball and table cricket; Youth Ambassador programme giving young people a role in governance Custom geography from upload: England

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 33,323 young lives transformed in 2024/25 through Wicketz, Super 1s and Cricket in SEND Settings programmes
Key Metric 2 984 SEND settings delivered cricket this year, reaching over 28,000 young people with a disability
Key Metric 3 29% of all programme participants are now female, including 13 girls-only Wicketz hubs

Key Outcomes

  • 97% of Wicketz participants felt more included and 97% felt more confident
  • 97% of Super 1s participants felt more included and 87% felt more independent
  • 59 employability workshops delivered in 2024/25 (up from 52 the previous year), engaging 197 participants across 17 counties

Geography

UK-Wide

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