“I am excited about doing my cricket course and becoming a coach. I think I can help more kids come off the streets and show their talent through cricket.”

Hussain, 15
Tower Hamlets

What your donations are worth

The money you give to the Appeal has a immense impact on the causes we strive to support. Every penny you give goes straight to the Cricket Foundation and the London Symphony Orchestra – if you want to find out more about the Appeal and why we are talking about the Cricket Foundation and the LSO click here

This is the Appeal video, if you want to see more of the Appeal in action click here or take a look at the Battle of Waterloo.

This is what your support pays for:

£5Buys one child a place on a community cricket evening session
£15Pays for a child to attend an LSO schools concert at the Barbican
£50Pays for 10 youngsters on the StreetChance community programme
£100Pays for an LSO player to make a visit to a primary school
£500Pays for 2 hours per week of in-school coaching for 50 youngsters over a 12 week term
£1,000Pays for a child to go through a year of the Next Generation scheme
£5,000Pays for 2 full days of StreetChance competitions, during the school holidays, providing coaching and matches for 200 children
£10,000Enables 5 special needs schools from across East London to be involved in LSO On Track
£15,000Pays for 10 youngsters to be trained as community cricket coaches through the StreetChance apprentice scheme

Pitch Perfect, through StreetChance, will give thousands more young people the opportunity to play cricket, in areas lacking green spaces, that are hard to reach through traditional clubs. To find out more about Streetchance Click here.
 

 

 

See more photos from the Battle of Waterloo here.

 

Get in touch if you want to support us or have any questions. lordmayorsappeal@lso.co.uk

Miranda on 0207 382 2563

 

Proceeds of the Lord Mayor's Appeal 2010 are distributed equally between the LSO and the Cricket Foundation. LSO Registered Charity Number: 232391, The Cricket Foundation Registered Charity Number: 1123385