Tape ball cricket charity helps unite inner-city community-Selambe

Funded by a grant from Chance to Shine, the team won the national championships last year and is run by Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation.”I live personally two minutes away from Stapleton Road, in Easton,” Mr Raja continued. “In the nineties, it was sort of a no-go area, one of the really dangerous roads in the UK.”Mr Raja said he was “fortunate” to have had the charity, which works to inspire young people from underserved backgrounds into the sport.”Not only myself, but other members of the cohort are seen as role models for the younger generation,” added Mr Raja.”Ultimately, one thing you realise with the youth, and having spoken to them a lot is they just need a sense of belonging, somewhere they can go and feel comfortable.”