Embracing Inclusion
With your support of our People With a Disability programs, we can create a sense of belonging for all participants and parents as we bring families into a safe and welcoming environment that offers customised learning and capacity development opportunities.
Our programs are specifically tailored to those with a disability and allow participants to be themselves with people who have a lived experience, from early childhood right through to senior and elite pathways.
Together we can ensure everyone has the chance to belong as we bring families on a journey and open the world of sport to all.
Star Blast
This inclusive program, catering to children living with all disabilities, offers a chance to experience a modified version of Woolworths Cricket Blast and develop stronger connections with community.
It is offered through mainstream Community Cricket clubs and ensures families who have a child with different abilities can be a part of their local club and feel a sense of family connection.
Belt Up Integrated Cricket League (ICL)
This competition sees teams who are fully immersed in their local club and community given the opportunity to play a modified format of cricket in a competitive environment while growing confidence.
Through building their social capacity, participants maintain and grow their mental and physical wellbeing, with the competition offered at all levels.
Inclusion Academy
WA Cricket’s Inclusion Academy is the highest level of state representation available to players with a disability. We support player growth through ongoing training of cricket skills as well as enhancing their interpersonal capacity.
WA Cricket’s Inclusion Academy provides a high-performance environment for selected inclusion pathway players across each of our WA representative disability teams including – Intellectual Disability, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and Blind and Vision Impaired.
Program Partner | Autism Association of Western Australia
WA Cricket Foundation’s Program Partnership with the Autism Association of Western Australia delivers Autism in Cricket to communities passionate about inclusion in sport. The Program is designed to break down barriers to participation and support individuals with autism to get involved in their local cricket club. The program Autism in Cricket recently receiving international recognition, making us very proud partners of this initiative where participants and their families have a chance to connect and belong.