Creating safe, welcoming cricket for refugee children and families rebuilding their lives in London.
Their father, Bahawar, worried each time his two sons and daughter left home to play the game they loved because of Taliban bombs and abductions. The 54-year-old former British Army interpreter knew only too well the dangers they faced. Two years earlier another son, Fahim, had been abducted and beaten near the park by the Taliban because of his work for the UK military…
In April 2021, with funding from the City Bridge Trust, we launched our Refugee Cricket Project with regular cricket sessions for young refugees living in and around Waltham Forest. As part of a 5 year project, we aim to expand with sessions for refugee and asylum seekers across London. Refer a refugee or asylum seeker: CKC
Beginning in late 2018, Capital Kids Cricket have been working with the Alsama Project, a Lebanon based charity, to deliver cricket sessions for the children living at the Shatila and Bekaa refugee camps.
When you cannot speak the language, you can still speak cricket.
— CKC refugee programme lead
Capital Kids Cricket is a registered charity using cricket, life-skill workshops and mentoring to improve the health and wellbeing of disadvantaged children and young people across London.