Facilities & Funding
The County Grant Fund is now paused for any further applications until further notice as all the funding available from the ECB has been allocated.
If your club would like to discuss a facility project, please still get in contact your local Development & Coaching Officer or Facility Support Officer Dave Atkinson who may still be able support you with other external funding avenues.
Our Facilities Strategy
The CCB has recently (2024) completed its County Facilities Strategy (CFS) in partnership with the ECB. The CFS is a ten-year plan which involves engagement with key stakeholders, including, leagues, active partnerships, county pitch advisors and Sport England.
To inform the strategies, the ECB has set out guidelines to ensure that the following facilities are considered throughout the development of the strategies:
- Traditional facilities (pitches, outfields, pavilions, practice areas)
- Non-traditional facilities (multi-use games areas, tapeball/softball spaces, courts/cages)
- Indoor facilities (multi use halls, cricket specific halls, match play venues)
The CFS is to be used to shape investment decisions and priorities for CCB moving forward.
ECB County Grant Fund 2025
Thank you to all Cheshire clubs who have applied to the ECB County Grant Fund for 2025. The Cheshire Cricket Board Funding Panel will be in touch shortly to confirm the outcome of your application and any next steps.
Please note this fund is now paused for further applications until further notice. If your club would like to discuss a facility project, please contact your local Development & Coaching Officer or Facility Support Officer Dave Atkinson.
18 February 2025
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ECB's Creating Welcoming Environments provides guidance for cricket clubs to help make cricket facilities more inclusive and welcoming to all, by creating better environments for everyone using them and to encourage a more diverse range of people to join cricket clubs and get involved in the game at a recreational level. Club facilities are an important factor in ensuring that everyone, regardless of age, sex, sexual orientation, race, faith or disability, feels comfortable within the club environment.
Sport England
Each year, Sport England invest more than £250 million of National Lottery and public money to help people play sport and take part in physical activity.
Thanks to Sport England funding, a number of Cheshire clubs have been able to develop their facilities for members and guests.
Click here to access the latest information from Sport England including the popular Return to Play: Active Together crowdfunding initiative and the new Places and Spaces fund, both of which can attract pledges of up to £10,000.
Sport England have re-introduced their Small Grants programme, with awards of between £300 and £15,000 available for eligible projects. The scheme aims to help inactive and less active people become more active, and will prioritise projects working with people living in areas of disadvantage (Indices of Multiple Deprivation areas 1 to 3). Further information, including examples of what the scheme can fund, can be found here.
ECB Interest Free Loan & Fundraising
The England and Wales Cricket Trust (EWCT) Interest Free Loan Scheme provides finance to clubs for capital projects to help them build and ensure a sustainable future. Clubs with a junior section can borrow up to £50,000 and adult-only clubs may borrow up to £20,000, subject to certain terms and conditions. To find out more about the scheme or download an application form, please click here.
Fundraising is a vital – and fun – way to generate extra income for your cricket club and fund future development. There are funding schemes in place through the ECB and other sources for capital and smaller projects but clubs must also find additional ways of generating income. This is where fundraising comes in. Discover all you need to know about fundraising to make your club more financially secure on this page, including ideas, tools and resources to set you on your way.
National Lottery & Community Funders
Though not cricket or sport specific, financial support is available courtesy of the National Lottery and other community funders.
National Lottery Awards for All
Grass Pitch Improvement Fund
Sport England Movement Fund
Sport England Match Funding
Tesco Stronger Starts
Arnold Clark Gear up for Sport
Central Social & Recreational Trust
BlueSpark Foundation
B&Q Foundation Grant
Morrisons Foundation - Community Grant
Morrisons Foundation - Match Funding
Olympism365 Innovation Hub
Cash For Kids
Biffa Community
Veolia Trust
Asda Foundation
Easyfundraising
Top Cashback
Defibrillator Fund - The Club Cricket Charity
In partnership with ECB the Club Cricket Charity provides defibrillators to cricketing organisations across the country.
If you wish to apply for a portable defibrillator then please contact donna.black@club-cricket.co.uk for an application form.