WE PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PCA MEMBERS
and their immediate families when they need it most.
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We provide support for PCA members and their immediate families when they need it most. To donate £10 to the Trust you can text CRICKET to 70085 or click the button below.
INTRODUCTION
Supporting PCA Members And Their Immediate Family
The Cricketers’ Trust is a registered charity created to support the life-long health and wellbeing of PCA members and their immediate family.
Today’s game is faster, more competitive, more public and more pressurised than ever before. Even the happiest professional career in cricket means long stretches away from home and financial uncertainty driven by short-term contracts.
The average cricket career comes to an end at the age of just 26.
THE CRICKETERS' TRUST
Support Network
Few careers carry so much uncertainty as that of a professional cricketer but thanks to the Cricketers’ Trust, past and present players have a vital support network which helps them to prepare for and readjust in the world beyond cricket.
SUPPORT FOR ALL MEMBERS
We Are A Community
Our sport might be individualistic, but as a community, we look after our own. Whether you play for a men’s team or women’s team, for a week or a decade, every professional cricketer in England and Wales is a life-long member of the PCA; and that means you can count on the Cricketers’ Trust for support.
Our 24-hour confidential helpline means we’re your first port of call, day or night. You’re never a number with the Cricketers’ Trust. We’re big enough to make a difference, but small enough to offer personal guidance through turbulence and upheaval.
A LEADING CHARITY
We Are Here For You
As professional cricket’s leading charity, we offer welfare, education and a helping hand during difficult times. We fund life-changing assistance for you and your closest family, whether your situation is related to your cricket career, or not. From medical care and mental health counselling to preventative educational programmes and help with addiction, we’re proud to say we’re here for you when you need us most.
A BIT ABOUT THE TRUST
Our History
Harold Goldblatt, a London-based accountant, was a key figure in the formation of the charity after being heavily involved in the creation of the PCA in 1967. He established the Cricketers’ Association Charity in 1975 which used money from over-rate fines imposed by the Test and County Cricket Board on players to help cricketers who had fallen on hard times after they left the game.
When over-rate fines were abolished, the funding for the Charitable Trust dwindled and the decision was taken to establish the PCA Cricketers’ Trust, with high-profile fundraising events to generate more revenue to help more members. The Charitable Trust and Cricketers’ Trust eventually merged.
The Cricketers’ Trust was officially registered as a charity in 2007 to help players and their immediate family in times of hardship and upheaval. With assistance ranging from medical advice, provision of specialist equipment, funding operations and proving support for other health and wellbeing issues.
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Fundraising
As the cricket family grows, so does the scope for and ambition for new and ground-breaking projects, particularly in the fields of mental health and preventative education.
Major fundraising for the Cricketers’ Trust happens all year round. Whether it’s by way of the Festival of Cricket, beneficiary events, physical challenges or bucket collections at games, there are plenty of ways to support the players’ charity.
The cinch PCA Awards is one of the biggest fundraising night of the year, with auctions and a raffle taking place alongside the main ceremony.
As the cricket family grows, so does the scope for and ambition for new and ground-breaking projects, particularly in the fields of mental health and preventative education.
Major fundraising for the Cricketers’ Trust happens all year round. Whether it’s by way of the Festival of Cricket, beneficiary events, physical challenges or bucket collections at games, there are plenty of ways to support the players’ charity.
The cinch PCA Awards is one of the biggest fundraising night of the year, with auctions and a raffle taking place alongside the main ceremony.
KEY PEOPLE
We are the Cricketers’ Trust
DIRECTORS
- Geoff Davies
- David Ford
- James Harris
- Daryl Mitchell
- Sophie Kent
- Chetan Patel
- Ian Thomas
- Marcus Trescothick
CHAIR
- David Ford
PRESIDENT
- David Graveney OBE
Registered Charity Number: 1120088
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