Cricket and English

Action accessible to all including newly-arrived migrants

PROJECT OWNER

Name of the project owner : Cricket Lingo

Status of the project owner:  Local Association

Area of work of the project owner: Sport / Migration / Youth / Social integration / Professional integration / Intercultural exchange / Health / Gender equality
Website of Cricket Lingo

PROJECT

  Germany

Geographic scope of project: Local

Project objectives: Develop competences for active citizenship / Accede to skills for labour market/employment / Promote social diversity / Develop language skills / Educate and transmit values through sport / Practice a physical activity for physical/mental health / Develop intercultural relations and/or intercultural competency / Promote access to voluntering in sport

Types of sport or physical activity carried out: Cricket (training and emphasis on technique, physical, mental, skill and tactical solutions)

Partnership / supports: Other partner (German Cricket Federation)

Project duration: 2 years

Project status: Completed

Supervising staff: Professionals / Volunteers

Summary of the project: We will provide an open and welcoming environment which will encourage integration and being respectful to all cultures. The core principles of the cricket workshops are to instil teamwork, integrity, openness, mutual respect and trust. These values play a key role in not only cricket’s sporting values but also in society. In order to be successful in cricket and in life, the importance of hard work and ambition has to be instilled if the project is going to be any success. Cricket Lingo will help make a transition from the negative aspects of their current situations and turn them into positive and tangible outcomes. 
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TARGET GROUP

Country of origin: Turkey, Palestine, Jordan, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Nigeria, Colombia, Germany 

Type of migration: Refugee / Asylum seeker / Economic migrant / Environmental migrant / Migrant in transit

Target beneficiary: Men only / Women only / Children / Teenager-Young people

Target age group: 11-20 / 21-30 / 31-60