A RECYCLING hub to donate cricket kit has been set up in Bradford as part of a new project to get people into the sport.
Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF), the official charity of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC), have started a number of new cricket kit recycling hubs in the region to continue to help support accessibility in the game.
New Cric-Kit recycling hubs will open at Park Avenue Cricket Ground in Bradford, Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds and the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club - where people can donate and receive cricket kit.
The Cric-Kit recycling programme, launched last September, in partnership with Zero Waste Leeds, who run the Together for Sport initiative, aims to create awareness and a culture across Yorkshire and the UK whereby donating, recycling and reusing sports clothing is done more frequently to help break down barriers in communities to participation.
Kendal James, YCF participation manager and founder of the scheme, said: “We are delighted to be expanding our Cric-Kit scheme with the introduction of the new flagship recycling hubs in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield.
“With the continued rise in the cost of living this could be a very difficult and challenging year for a lot of people and buying cricket equipment is expensive - it’s the biggest barrier to taking part in cricket. “By working together with the Cric-Kit hubs we're using our platform to play our part in helping accessibility in the game and we look forward to working closely with the hubs over the coming years.”
From the beginning of March through to April 2023, the three Cric-Kit hubs at Headingley Cricket Ground, Park Avenue Bradford Cricket Ground and the Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club will accept cricket kit donations with another donation window running later in the year from September until October.
All donations will be recycled and reused across a number of community programmes run by YCF in Yorkshire. The expansion of the Cric-Kit programme has been supported by the Yorkshire Sport Foundation, who have funded Cric-Kit storage units for donations, at each of the three locations – in Leeds, Bradford and Sheffield.
It was one of the first events in the city to create awareness around recycling sports kit and distributed roughly 1,100 pieces of cricket equipment and garments, donated from across Yorkshire Cricket, which would have cost around £18,700 if bought new, according to Together for Sport research.
To donate, go to bit.ly/CricKit and to find out more about Cric-Kit and how to get involved, email kendal.james@yorkshirecricketfoundation.com
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