Welcome

Cricket Without Boundaries (CWB) is a UK cricket development and AIDS awareness charity. It is run almost entirely by the dedication and enthusiasm of its volunteers.

Since its formation in 2005 CWB has become one of the world's leading Cricket Development and AIDS awareness charities. It is dedicated to helping, educating and developing local communities around the world through the spread and growth of cricket. It is about personal empowerment, both for adults and for children.

Working primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa it has sent projects to Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. In the process CWB has coached tens of thousands of children in some of the poorest communities in the world as well as training several thousand adults to become ICC qualified cricket coaches. CWB is committed to taking the game of cricket to a new generation of coaches and children in Africa, as well as supporting existing cricket development.

The charity has two main goals:

(i) To spread cricket through coaching children and teaching adults how to coach; and

(ii) Linking the sport to HIV/AIDS awareness and incorporating these messages into every day coaching sessions.

Working in partnership with the National Cricket Associations in each country, the relevant British High Commissions and the ICC, CWB follows a simple, 3 stage sports development structure to try to ensure some form of sustained development of the game: 1) Coach education; 2) Schools coaching, and 3) Tournament.

However, CWB is not just about sustainable cricket development. Of equal importance to the charity is the use of cricket as a tool in the fight against the modern plague that is HIV/AIDS. In an area of the world where almost 25 million people are living with HIV/AIDS and around 2.7 million adults and children are infected each year, we cannot ignore the opportunity to combine sport with clear health messages for both coaches and youngsters.

CWB's training sessions involve discussion and practical demonstrations of simple cricket and non-cricket related drills that deal with HIV/AIDS, both in terms of prevention and treatment. But it is not just about staying healthy, it is also about ensuring equality of treatment for those with the disease. Stigma is a huge challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. That is why CWB sessions are about inclusiveness for all people, whatever their status.

We hope you enjoy finding out about what we passionately believe is a great charity!