{"id":2504,"date":"2024-01-23T18:10:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/the-foundation\/?page_id=2504"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:26:05","slug":"united-by-22","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/united-by-22\/","title":{"rendered":"United By 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-center grid--media-right\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-610x340.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t    srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\n\t\t\t\t    data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3-1220x680.jpg 1220w 680h\" \n\t\t\t\t    data-sizes=\"auto\"  class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>                            \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Our Gen 22 project, funded by United By 22, aims to develop the skills of young people through a yearly programme.<\/h3>\n<p>We ran the project for the first time in 2024, identifying two areas in Birmingham with high youth unemployment and limited social provision, engaging with 24 women in each area. Throughout the project, participants are awarded a number of coaching and officiating qualifications while also gaining leadership and coaching experience in cricket and other sports.<\/p>\n<p>The programme continues to expand, working in additional areas of high deprivation and engaging more young people, giving them opportunities to play and gain new skills and qualifications.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"section section--padding-xs section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-start grid--media-left\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-md-1 order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<source data-srcset='https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17-1220x680.jpg 1220w 680h' media='(max-width: 992px)' >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17-610x510.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t    srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"\n\t\t\t\t    data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17-610x510.jpg 610w 510h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/17-1220x1020.jpg 1220w 1020h\" \n\t\t\t\t    data-sizes=\"auto\"  class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/picture>                            \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 order-md-2 order-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The recipient of an award at the Women\u2019s and Girls\u2019 Celebration Evening.<\/h3>\n<p>At our inaugural Women\u2019s and Girls\u2019 Celebration Evening held at Edgbaston Stadium, the Gen 22 project, funded by United By 22, was presented with the Community Project Award.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                                                                    <blockquote class=\"quote\">\n                                                            <p>Many of our students had no interest or are involved in sport. The programme has actively encouraged them to be more active and empowered. It has inspired one of our students to look into a sporting career and study sport for their post 16 education.<\/p>\n                                                        <div class=\"author\">\n                                                                <div class=\"author__info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                    <h4>Teacher<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                    <p>Birchfield Independent Girls School<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/blockquote>\n                    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--grey section--stats\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stat stat--turquoise\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"stat__number\">70%<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"stat__text\">of participants from an ethnically diverse background<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stat stat--darker-blue\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"stat__number\">25<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"stat__text\">young people completed National Programmes Activator training<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stat stat--turquoise\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"stat__number\">2<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"stat__text\">cricket sessions delivered every week<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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