{"id":2999,"date":"2024-02-05T10:55:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T10:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/the-foundation\/?page_id=2999"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T21:20:53","slug":"skills-blast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/skills-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"section section--padding-md section--media-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid align-start grid--media-right\">\n                                            \t\t\t<picture class=\"col-md-6 image order-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<source data-srcset='https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC05108-610x340.jpg 610w 340h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC05108-1220x680.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\/07\/DSC05108-610x510.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\/07\/DSC05108-610x510.jpg 610w 510h, https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC05108-1220x1020.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-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"385\">Formerly known as Community Day, the event was rebranded as <strong data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"197\">Skills Blast<\/strong> in 2025, continuing a tradition of bringing communities together since 2015.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"555\">Through Skills Blast, we aim to unite generations and communities across Warwickshire and Birmingham, celebrating diversity and encouraging people of all ages to get active.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"752\">We host the event on the Edgbaston Stadium outfield, where children can take part in skills sessions followed by cricket games on the same turf as professional players.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                                                                    <blockquote class=\"quote\">\n                                                            <p>\u201cEvents like the Skills Blast can inspire young people from every background to get active and realise their dream of a career in sport.\u201d<\/p>\n                                                        <div class=\"author\">\n                                                                <div class=\"author__info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                    <h4>Richard Parker<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                                    <p>Mayor of West Midlands<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2999","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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