Our affiliation package for cricket clubs in Somerset

Our club support offer is a support package available to clubs who affiliate to the Somerset Cricket Foundation. There are four main benefits: funding, training opportunities, playing, and support and advice.

Want to find out more?

Our club support offer is open to all cricket clubs in Somerset. For more information, please contact our league and club support officer using the online form below.

Club Support Offer benefits

Funding
  • Eligibility to apply for ECB funding: county grant scheme, grants & interest-free loan
  • Access to funding and offers from ECB and SCF partners
  • Access to bespoke funding to support the growth of women’s & girls’ cricket
  • Professional support and advice from SCF & ECB staff
Training and Opportunities
  • Access to courses for coaches, volunteers, and officials
  • FREE attendance at club seminars, workshops & webinars
  • Reward and recognition opportunities through the ECB Grassroots Cricket Awards & ECB Coach Awards
  • Club based Young Officials training and Intro to Scoring Training.
  • Opportunity to become a Champion Club that promotes and supports the development of and access to opportunities within disability cricket
Playing
  • Eligibility to enter SCF and ECB competitions, including U16 smash, U19 T20, SCF KO Cups, entry to affiliated leagues & indoor competitions
  • U9 & U11 Countdown Cricket Festivals
  • New for 2023 U13s and U15s County Cup
  • Eligibility to enter women’s & girls’ leagues, festivals & cups
  • Reduced rates for lane hire on our club net evenings at the Centre of Excellence in Taunton
Advice and Support
Safeguarding
  • Access to free Safe Hands Workshops for Club Safeguarding Officers
  • Support and Advice from the County Safeguarding Officer
  • Designated Safeguarding pages on SCF website with regular ECB updates and policies & Procedure Advice.
  • Access to the Safe Hands Management System which clubs can claim free public & employers liability by engaging with the system.
Additional Benefits*

  • Unlimited Free County Championship Tickets to Club Cricketers Day on 7th April.

  • 10 Free Tickets to any One Day Cup Match.

  • Members of registered clubs in Somerset will be able to claim 10 tickets for the price of 9 to any Vitality Blast fixture, and 10 tickets for the price of 8 to any One Day Cup or LV= County Championship match
  • Unlimited Tickets to Western Storm v Northern Diamonds on 10th September for clubs with Women & Girls teams
  • All registered All Stars and Dynamos in Somerset will receive one free U18’s ticket and one free Adult ticket to Somerset County Cricket Club’s family day fixture on Sunday August 20th. Over 50 child friendly activities will run alongside Somerset vs Glamorgan
  • Clubs have ability to apply to be a guard of honour at selected White Ball Cricket Matches.

All details on claiming these benefits will be circulated once clubs have affiliated and when SCCC open ticket purchasing for 2023
* Subject to availability

To take advantage of the club support offer:

  1. Complete the club contact questionnaire via your club’s play-cricket website. By completing this questionnaire on the admin page of your play-cricket website, the contact information is automatically available to all the leagues and competitions that you enter (who use play-cricket). It is important that your club completes the questionnaire so your club does not miss out on important communications from SCF and leagues. The questionnaire is now live in the admin section of your Play-Cricket site.
  2. Please pay your club invoice for affiliation, which our accounts team sent to club treasurers in January 2022. This invoice will be based on the following bands of affiliation: non-league cricket clubs – £50, league clubs with no more than 2 teams – £75, league club with 3 or more teams – £125

The contact details you provide in the questionnaire will be kept in accordance with our GDPR policy. Your club will then need to decide whose contact details (if any) you’d like to be available to visitors on your play-cricket site choosing the appropriate privacy settings for each contact.

CAN’T ACCESS YOUR PLAY-CRICKET SITE OR DON’T HAVE ONE?

We have produced a help guide for the few clubs who haven’t got an active play-cricket site or no longer have access to their site to enable them to do this: Play-Cricket Help Guide. All affiliation fees collected are used by the Somerset Cricket Foundation to improve our support for cricket clubs and recreational cricket in the county.

Get in touch

If you’d like to speak to us about our Club Support Offer, please contact us using the short online form below. By doing so, we’ll also keep you informed of new club initiatives, competitions and opportunities. You can unsubscribe at any time.

If you have any questions about filling in the form, please email us at info@somersetcricketfoundation.org.
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