About ICCT


The International Community Cricket Trust Limited (ICCT) is a not-for-profit company Limited by Guarantee (registered in England & Wales No: 5696219) and UK Registered Charity No: 1119716, of which its projects arm, On-Side Cricket Limited (OSCL) - On-Side Cricket Ltd - is a wholly-owned, not-for-profit, subsidiary.

Objects and Purposes
(i)      The principal founding Objects of ICCT are to:
  • pro-actively support and promote increased participation in non-professional 'grass-roots', recreational and local community club cricket at all levels;

  • through non-professional, recreational and local community cricket:

    • promote and help raise the levels of physical fitness and mental alertness amongst all age groups in local communities;

    • facilitate (in younger players particularly) the development of all-round and specialist personal playing skills, personal self-confidence, a sense of achievement, and the attainment of recognised sports qualifications (e.g. coaching, umpiring, etc); and,

    • promote and advance the cause of inter-racial, ethnic and cultural respect and communication within and between local communities;

(ii)     The principal founding Purposes of ICCT are to:
  • provide local 'grass-roots', recreational and community cricket clubs of all types, sizes and standards, playing at all different levels, with a dedicated, freely-accessible, professional, empathetic, 'one-stop-resource' facility able to offer a wide range of complementary practical support services and benefits to supplement those provided by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the 38 England County Cricket Boards, the ECB Trust and Cricket Scotland. (Please note: ICCT does NOT source or provide financial support, sponsorship, or playing kit for individuals).

  • develop, phase-in and administer a combination of high-profile, local, regional and national events and co-ordinated 'outside-the-box' recruitment campaigns, each of which is unique and specifically designed to help local community cricket clubs expand their player and volunteer membership bases and stimulate much greater community and public participation in non-professional cricket.

  • undertake or commission detailed local, regional and national research studies including, for example, (currently) into the causes of the high drop-out rates of - and reasons for the inability to retain - young players from recreational/community club cricket junior sections.