Wanstead & Snaresbrook CC are reinforcing their association with the Courtney Walsh Foundation with a tour to Jamaica in February.

The Club have been working in support of the Foundation during 2012 which works to provide opportunities for youths and for meaningful changes in their lives through cricket in Jamaica.through:

• Street20 Cricket - a fast moving, affordable and sustainable version of the game to be introduced to an initial 12 inner city communities.

• Disability Cricket - "enabling the disabled" will involve the development of cricket programmes for three categories of disability.  Visually impaired (blind), physically disabled (wheel chair) and learning disabled.

• Young Offenders project - using cricket in one of the juvenile correctional institutions to engage young offenders and support their transition from custody to community.

The Foundation is also planning other long-term projects which will include the establishment of a Cricket Centre to develop further the skill base of various categories in the Foundation's programmes and the construction of infrastructural practice facilities in each adopted community.

The 11 day tour, sponsored by Ark Build Plc, includes a coaching sessions for the beneficiaries of the Foundation and five fixtures, including one against a Foundation XI and another against a prisoners XI in Kingston. The Conference will be Tweeting the progress of the tour which can be followed @clubcricketconf