Streatham & Marlborough Cricket (in East Dulwich) - Feedback Requested

[daniellis]

Hi,

My name is Dan Ellis and I?m Club Captain of Streatham & Marlborough Cricket Club (SMCC) in East Dulwich/Forest Hill borders. We're located on the corner of Lordship Lane and Dulwich Common, opposite the old Harvester Pub.

SMCC is looking to canvass the local community to establish what awareness there is of the club and its activities and to seek opinion regarding our activities. As well as giving you some information about what we?re doing and what we?re trying to achieve in the future.

Over the past few years, we feel we?ve made some real progress in building the club to where it is today. Over 300 local men, women and children represented the club in approximately 250 games last summer and more than 2,000 non-club members also used the facility for sport. Our coaches also go into local schools to provide coaching. We pride ourselves on being fully inclusive and are Clubmark accredited, which endorses our commitment to fostering and promoting the sport of cricket to all in a safe and sustainable way. We are a not-for-profit sports club with a mission to provide cricket playing facilities for the local community to engage in adult league cricket, social cricket, junior/colts cricket, girls/womens cricket and disabled cricket. Our fundamental club vision is to provide playing and coaching facilities for cricket that will serve the long-term needs of all sectors of our socially diverse community.

The main barrier to us fully delivering in all these areas has been the deteriorating state of our pavilion, which is a crippling expense and seriously threatens the future existence of the club. To this end, we are in first stages of a major project to rebuild the pavilion and (hopefully) deliver a facility that the local community can be truly proud of.

There will be a number of exciting fundraising events throughout the summer but, at this stage, we?d like to engage with the community to see if anyone has any comments? Anything we can do better? Anything we are doing well?

Feedback would be greatly appreciated and will help shape the direction of your local cricket club!

Cheers

Dan

P.s. More information on http://www.streathammarlboroughcc.co.uk

[Bic Basher]

Have you ever done anything with the local kids on the Lordship Lane Estate? It's right across the road from your club, but feels like a different area completely.

I know Southwark Youth Service have done sporting activities by getting Millwall FC coaches in the summer, but it may be an opportunity for some of Dulwich's poorest kids into a sport they'd never think of participating in, which would benefit the whole community who are on your doorstep.

If you contact the Lordship Lane Estate housing manager Samantha Ranasinghe (her number is on the information boards scattered along the Estate) she should be able to put you in contact with the Estate's Tenants and Residents Association.