Bat For a Chance is a cricket charity set up three years ago by 18-year old Will Gaffney. It aims to help Men, Women and Children around the world
Joined November 2020
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5 May 2025
From World Cup winner to changemaker
Welcome @JofraArcher to Bat For a Chance as our newest Global Ambassador🤝
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Every child deserves the chance to play cricket 💙🏏
Through Changing the Batting Order, we’re providing 1,000 free cricket starter kits to underserved schools and community groups across England, Wales, and Scotland.
Click the link to find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/bdesedc3
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Through our collaboration with @CATCH_Trust, BFAC is supporting The Catch Academy in Cape Town 🙌
Launched with the support of Gary Kirsten, the programme is helping coaches create safe, supportive spaces for young people in their communities.
🔗 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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Every bat, pad and helmet has a footprint 🌍
By extending the life of cricket kit, BFAC is cutting waste, lowering emissions, and opening the game to more young players.
For the planet. For the future of cricket.
Support the cause 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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Through the Catch Academy, 80 township coaches have already been supported, while gaining qualifications, mental wellbeing support, and pathways into employment.
Proud to support alongside @Gary_Kirsten and the Catch Trust 💙
🔗 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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The BFAC team spent last week in Cape Town visiting a programme we’re proud to support with Gary Kirsten’s @catchtrust 💙
The Catch Academy in Khayelitsha is training local cricket coaches, and creating real opportunities in township communities 🙌
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With England currently touring Sri Lanka, we’re proud to highlight the communities and young people we support across the country 💙🏏
Proud to stand alongside @FOGoodness— one repair, one workshop, one opportunity at a time.
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/yef9kc36
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Through our refurbishment programme in Sri Lanka, young people gain skills, communities gain access to cricket, and bats get a second life 🏏
Help us keep the game accessible for all 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…
#CricketForSocialChange #BatForAChance #SustainableSport #GiveBack
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With England set to begin their white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, we continue to use cricket as a force for social change across the country🏏
Through our bat repair workshop with @FOGoodness & @KushilFOG, we’re supporting sustainability and communities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yef9kc36
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From the UK to Timor-Leste 🌍
We’re incredibly grateful to our partners: @moonwalkr_ppl & @graynics for providing discounted bats, and the Timorese Ambassador to the UK for making this happen — partnerships like these make lasting impact possible.
📹 Footage courtesy of RTTL
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Thanks to your support, 2025 was a truly unforgettable year for Bat For A Chance 💙
Our latest newsletter shares the stories, milestones, and people behind our growing global impact 🙌
Read the full newsletter here 👉 tinyurl.com/uanne3jv
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As we step into 2026, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated, volunteered, supported, and shared our mission throughout 2025 💙
Click here to know more and join us to be a part of social change in 2026 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…”
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24 Dec 2025
Wishing you a Merry Christmas on behalf of our Global Ambassador, Maia Bouchier 🎄
Maia, proudly supports Bat For A Chance as a Global Ambassador, helping us use cricket to create opportunity and change lives.
Support our work this Christmas 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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22 Dec 2025
Christmas wishes from Gary Kirsten at the Catch Trust 🎄
Founded by former international cricketer & coach Gary Kirsten, the Catch Trust supports young people in disadvantaged communities across South Africa.
Please donate this festive season 👉tinyurl.com/4xcw6ufd
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19 Dec 2025
Festive wishes this Christmas from Bat For A Chance Ambassador & Women’s World Cup Winner @Tammy_Beaumont 🎄
Your support helps us continue delivering impactful projects through cricket.
Donate cricket kit or funds here 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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17 Dec 2025
A Christmas message from @butcher_roland, President of Barbados Royals Cricket Club 🎄
Through his support of BFAC, Roland champions projects that deliver access, opportunity, and lasting impact through cricket.
Help us continue this important work 👇
batforachance.org.uk/support…
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12 Dec 2025
5 Years. 22,000 young people supported. 80 projects across 30 countries. 🌍🏏
Together we’re unleashing the power of cricket for positive change — and this is just the beginning!
Click on the link to find our how you can be a part of our journey! 👉 tinyurl.com/y9a8mrn5
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2 Dec 2025
We’ve teamed up with BB Refurbished, run by inspiring 16-year-old, Bobby Lawson, who will be collecting unwanted, damaged, or broken bats and giving them a new life for players who need them most 🏏
📩Drop us a message if you’d like to donate!
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27 Nov 2025
Wouldn’t it be incredible to see someone with your donated bat make it to international level?
Join @Tammy_Beaumont and donate this Christmas to Bat for A Chance!
Click here to donate now 👉 batforachance.org.uk/support…
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25 Nov 2025
Tough to buy for at Christmas, or struggling for present ideas? Give the gift of cricket to players in need - both in the UK and around the world - by donating to Bat For A Chance this year!
Click the link to find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/3dz655pw
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10 Nov 2025
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