opening up cricket community interest company
Liverpool
Opening Up Cricket was formed in 2014 in response to the death of Sefton Park CC
wicket keeper Alex Miller and a will to promote positive mental health in our
sport. Alex took his own life in December 2012 and in the year that followed
team mates supported the work of C.A.L.M to pay tribute. This has continued but
as the season following his passing came to a close there was a thought to do
something lasting and further reaching. As a result, the organisation was
created with the aim of speaking to local cricketers about the experience of
losing Alex in the hope that more conversations about this topic could prevent
further tragedies. Now, in 2022, we have delivered over 400 sessions across the
United Kingdom and Australia. The desire to get our message to the cricketing
community remains as strong as ever. We are run by unpaid volunteers with help
from the National Lottery Community Fund who have provided a grant for sessions
costs so that groups can receive them without charge. We also owe a lot of
thanks to the support provided by clubs, leagues and partners who have supported
in many ways more to allow us to go further than the grant. Currently we are
registered as a Community Interest Company but have now applied for registered
charity status.
