Our latest Impact Report is now live 🎉
In 2023 we achieved amazing things together, empowering more young people than ever before through our free and inclusive cricket programmes!
Discover more about the impact we've had 👇
Cricket is about knocking down more than just wickets! To celebrate
#CWC19
, we’re bringing together young people from different backgrounds to show cricket can break down boundaries.
Find out how you could join in:
National hero
@captaintommoore
has been made an honorary member of the Lord's Taverners!
We delivered a commemorative bat and tie from the charity in recognition of his incredible efforts!
More:
📸Capture the Light Photography
#SportingChances
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Sir Trevor McDonald has accepted our invitation to be the next President of the Lord's Taverners!
Full story 👉
#SportingChances
📻 Our
@BBCRadio4
Appeal launched today!
🏏 Hear
@adamhillscomedy
tell Sam's story about how Super 1s has impacted his life as a wheelchair user
🙌 Your donations raise vital funds for young people like Sam
⬇️ Listen again on
@BBCSounds
& click to donate
#R4Appeal
#TeamTavs
Great day so far in Luton to launch our Cricket 4 Good partnership with the
@cricketworldcup
! Huge thanks to
@sambillings
and Devon Malcolm for coming down, getting involved and inspiring the 80+ young people from our Luton Wicketz project today!
#SportingChances
#CWCTrophyTour
💬 "I’m just glad we’ve managed to do the first part... and it is just the first part so, 2 more to go!"
Ben Nevis ✅
See how
@LloydScottMBE
did it in this behind-the-scenes feature! 👇👀
Keep going Lloyd! 👏👏 Donate:
Watch 🎥 | Huge congratulations to everyone who took part in the
#Super1s
finals at
@HomeOfCricket
! Some fantastic cricket on show 🏏🏏
Thank you to the legendary
@ShaneWarne
for presenting the awards! Take a look at the video below 👀
#SportingChances
We're very happy to announce a game changing £2m partnership with
@ECB_cricket
that will make Super 1s & Table Cricket accessible in all 39 counties, Scotland & Wales over the next 4 years as part of the biggest ever investment in a disability cricket programme.
#SportingChances
🎥 A very talented
@ECB_cricket
@englandcricket
PD side taught our celebrity team a lesson or 2 at the beautiful
@TringParkCC
. Chasing 150, they cruised home & took the win by 7️⃣ wickets. Well played lads! Brilliant side & role models for young people on our cricket programmes 🙌
Everyone at the Lord’s Taverners is extremely saddened by the news of the passing of
@englandcricket
legend Bob Willis.
Our thoughts are with Bob’s family and friends.
Cricket has lost a great.
RIP.
We've all experienced isolation & loneliness recently but imagine living with these feelings every day.
Our
#isol8
campaign is raising awareness of the impact these feelings have on disadvantaged & disabled young people
Donate £8👉 & share Kian's story
On the great man's birthday, listen to
@ivivianrichards
talking about his favourite test match innings.
As usual, England were the ones on the receiving end of Sir Viv's onslaught - remember this knock
@david215gower
?
#SportingChances
Everyone connected with the charity is devastated to hear of the passing of long-term friend and Taverners supporter Jonnie Irwin.
Our thoughts are with Jess, Rex, Rafa, Cormac and his family and friends at this very difficult time.
RIP Jonnie.
🔗
Today we celebrate HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, our Patron and Twelfth Man.
Click the link to read through our tribute magazine, dedicated to our Twelfth's Man contribution to the Lord's Taverners charity 👇
#ThankYouSir
Be the Change, Be a Regular Giver
Our work with disadvantaged and disabled young people across the country has never been more vital and the impact of Covid-19 has left many of those we support isolated and even more alone.
To become a regular donor 👉
🎥 It's
#FeelGoodFriday
! Here's something that will make you smile heading into the bank holiday weekend 😊
@adamhillscomedy
had a huge admirer at the Table Cricket regional finals in Manchester earlier this week 🙌🏏
#SportingChances
We are delighted to have been named as a official Cricket 4 Good partner
@cricketworldcup
2019 that will celebrate the scale, reach and diversity of our national cricket programmes
#CWC19
#CWCTrophyTour
Today 19 year old Lloyd Martin became the youngest known person with Down syndrome to complete a marathon.
Thank you for showing us what’s possible, Lloyd. ❤️
We have been working with
@ECB_cricket
,
@UKinPakistan
,
@CTurnerFCDO
and local partners to enable schools affected by flooding in Pakistan to rebuild their sports curriculums 🏏🇵🇰
A huge thank you to IAG Cargo for their support! 🙌
Not long now until our Christmas Lunch with
@jbairstow21
! 🎊
Get your tickets now for our festive fundraiser where we will also be joined by
@MartinBayfield
,
@chamberlinsport
and Charlie Ross - with more to be announced 👀
Don't miss out 👉
With
@CountyChamp
back tomorrow 11 players are getting behind our
#RunsforChange
&
#WicketsforChange
fundraising initiatives.
You can donate per run or wicket they get & help us make a difference to disadvantaged & disabled young people across the UK.
👉
💬 “I’m both delighted and extremely honoured to be taking on the role."
Say hello to our new Tavs XI captain,
@GeorgiaAdams01
! 👋
Welcome to the team Georgia! 🏏👏
Huge congratulations to
@CallumFlynn4
who has been named the Lord’s Taverners Disability Cricketer of the Year!
The allrounder picked up his award at the Cricket Writers Club lunch today!
Full story:
#SportingChances
Ben Nevis ✅ Scafell Pike ✅ Snowdon ✅
@LloydScottMBE
completed his last ever fundraising challenge, climbing the three highest peaks in the UK wearing a 130lbs deep sea diving suit 👀
Here's how he did it 👇
Donate:
We'd like to say a huge thank you to all the cricketers who've participated in our Runs & Wickets 4 Change campaign & to those who pledged! 🙌
Since 2020 we've raised over £20,000 which will help young people with disabilities & from disadvantaged communities through cricket 🎉
They just gave everything against each other in one of the closest finals we’ve ever seen, but there’s a lot of respect and camaraderie between the two teams.
What it’s all about.
#SpiritOfCricket
#SportingChances
Everyone at the Lord’s Taverners is saddened to hear of the passing of Nicholas Parsons, CBE.
President from 1998 - 1999, Nicholas has been a huge supporter of our work.
We would like to extend our condolences to his wife Annie and his family during this difficult time.
We're very sad to hear of the passing of our Patron, Twelfth Man & former President, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
He took great interest in our charitable work & presented the Lord's Taverners County Championship trophy to the winning county for 43 years.
He'll be greatly missed.
It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.
Our Autumn kit donation window is now open!
From 1-15 Oct, if you’ve got good quality unwanted kit lying around in the clubhouse or at home, why not donate it & help young people in the UK & abroad play sport for the first time.
Find out how to donate 👉
📢 | 9⃣, 4⃣8⃣9⃣, 3⃣7⃣
We're in the final week of the 2020 season & in touching distance of the £10k fundraising mark! Thank you to all 30 players who are helping us during a time where fundraising opportunities are limited.
Help us reach our target 👉
“As a charity we have been honoured by the support of such an enthusiastic and active Patron who has contributed so much to our efforts to enhance the lives of disadvantaged and disabled children over the past seven decades."
📹 💬 "The quality of the experience relies on good quality equipment."
We want to provide 1,000 sets of new
#TableCricket
kit to more than 10,000 disabled young people 🏏
A donation of £500 will cover the cost of a new kit for a school. Donate below 👇
@adamhillscomedy
🎥Watch 🎥
We create opportunities for young people with disabilities to enjoy cricket 🏏
Take a look at this short film showing the impact Super 1s and Table Cricket can have on the lives of disabled young people.
#SportingChances
#FeelGoodFriday
A very happy birthday to one of cricket's greatest -
@ivivianrichards
!
Here are some favourite memories of ours of you coming to our programmes and events through the years!
#SportingChances
#Legend
💬 “Just because someone has a difference, shouldn’t mean that they can't be an amazing person, so just accept them as who they are and help them become the best version of themselves”
Jacob from
@SomCricketFDN
shares his Super 1s experience to inspire others to join 👏
Help us reach 14,000 followers!
Win a minibat signed by Sir Alastair Cook & Graham Gooch - over 21,000 Test runs!
FOLLOW
@LordsTaverners
, & RETWEET for a chance to win!
When we get to 14k, we'll pick a winner!
Ts+Cs:
#Giveaway
#Giveaways
#Competition
🎥 | Lloyd Scott will be taking on the ultimate solo adventure of facing the
#3PeaksChallenge
dressed in a 130lb deep sea diving suit starting on October 4 at Ben Nevis!
Take a look at his story below 👇
To support via
@giveasyoulive
👉
🏆 |
@ECB_cricket
LD bowler
@Alexjervis12
has been named Disability Cricketer of the Year at the
@CricketMediaUK
awards!
As part his award, Alex will become a sponsored player of the award-winning manufacturer of high-quality cricket bats & equipment
@WoodstockCricCo
For more⬇️
Congratulations to Lord’s Taverners Disability Cricketer of the Year
@liamobs123
!
Liam received his award at the Cricket Writers Lunch on the back of his fantastic performances for the
@englandcricket
physical disability side.
There was a surprise visitor to our partner Project Front Foot this week, as
@nassercricket
and his
@SkyCricket
team dropped in at the Gymkhana Sports Ground in Mumbai's Dharavi slum.
Your donated kit is helping young people there play cricket!
#SportingChances
We would like to thank
@jbairstow21
for coming along to our Christmas Lunch fundraisers in London and Leeds this month, and for all his support of the charity this Christmas 🙌
We are delighted to invite Jonny to be an honorary Taverner.
We can't wait for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy starting on Saturday!
Delighted that
@NW_Thunder
captain
@AlexHartley93
will be raising money for disabled & disadvantaged young people with every wicket she takes!
Donate 👉
#WicketsForChange
#RHFTrophy
We had an incredible National Table Cricket Finals at
@homeofcricket
on Friday 🙌
See
@englandcricket
superstar Reece Topley being shown the ropes of table cricket by
@FairfaxSchool
& hear about the amazing impact it has on young people with a disability ❤