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Coronavirus Pandemic closes schools from 20th March 2020

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK, Sport Legacy Foundation has withdrawn its sports and mentoring programme Sport for Life International from schools in Birmingham from 20th March. We wish everyone the best in this time of national change and send all the students, their families, the teachers and

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Schools cancel cricket tours to Barbados March 2020

Several UK prep schools touring to Barbados in March 2020 have cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. They were due to visit Sport for Life Barbados at Kensington Oval before Easter. Many have said that they hope to tour in October when it is hoped that the current situation will have improved. Schools raise valuable funds for SFL Barbados’ cricket

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Chair of Trustees Lord Newby hosts dinner at the House of Lords

Chair of Trustees Lord Newby hosted a dinner at the House of Lords at the end of June to honour England cricketer Moeen Ali and confirm the Foundation’s commitment to planning his legacy programme in Birmingham. Guests joined from the Football Association, Lawn Tennis Association, National Asian Cricket Council and Central England Co-operative as well as financial sector and law

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