Our Story

Based at the picturesque Arundel Castle Cricket ground, the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation is a youth education charity that inspires and enables healthy living, educational attainment and social inclusion for children and young people facing inequality of opportunity or disadvantage in the wide variety of forms that can take.

Using the power of cricket, the outdoors, and our unique, education-rich setting, we provide magical, life-enhancing experiences that give young people the skills and confidence to learn, grow and succeed. Our programmes are often residential, and all include cricket but are supplemented by a range of enrichment activities including bushcraft, orienteering, yoga and visits to the beach and the castle. For many of these young people, these are first time experiences.

We believe that all young people should have the best possible opportunities in life, to be able to thrive and develop academically, physically and emotionally through their school years and beyond. Our unique programmes engage young people in sports, learning and social experiences, enabling them to overcome barriers, discover new possibilities and realise their aspirations.

Over 50,000 young people have benefitted since we launched in 1986. We focus on 3 different communities: young people from the more deprived communities of inner-city London; young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND); and young people from local communities including those struggling with their education, those currently excluded from mainstream education, and those living in care.