West Indian cricket star Carlos Brathwaite visited CTS Street Moseley Girls session on Tuesday 22 June. The project visit took place to mark Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week, with the aim to help young people reconnect with their peers through physical activity.
Chance to Shine coach Mina Zahoor finished off the evening by taking the young cricketers through a ‘Street’ Life Skills Module – ‘Team for Life’. The Life Skills Modules encourage young people to consider the important issues in their lives and supports them to develop the key life skills to deal with those challenges. The ‘Team for Life’ session focuses on helping young people to explore their individual support networks and understand how important it is to have the right people around them.
Street cricketer Humnah Nadeem, aged 16, said: “I had fun! Cricket gives me a chance to show my skills in ways that other sports may not. Carlos got involved and gave us some good advice. He told us that it’s important to show respect to everyone, and encouraged us to utilise the opportunities that we now have that girls perhaps didn’t used to have.”
CTS Street Girls session runs every Tuesday 5-6:30pm. For more information, contact Mina Zahoor - minahilzahoor@ edgbaston.com | 07584013270
