Women & Girls
2023-24 Female Leadership Development Contestable Fund initiatives
By NZC Thursday 03 August 2023, 11:30 pm

The Female Leadership Development Contestable Fund is one of the key initiatives in the Female Leadership Development Framework, which aims to encourage locally led activity with national support.

The contestable fund successfully commenced during the 2021-22 season, with 10 leadership development initiatives supported throughout New Zealand.

New Zealand Cricket are delighted to be supporting 14 initiatives through the Female Leadership Development Contestable Fund this cricket season.

Initiatives supported are focused on amplifying and enhancing the off-field visibility and capability of, and on championing and developing, females, across the key areas of governance, administration, umpiring and coaching.

This season there are five new initiatives, and nine initiatives that will again be supported after being previously delivered.

 

Young Leaders Courses:

This season will see eight ‘Young Leader’ programmes delivered across the motu, providing young female leaders with a range of development opportunities.

Cricket Wellington’s Young Leaders Course, launched during the 2020-21 cricket season, has a proven track record of providing opportunities for more women to serve in cricket leadership positions.

Over the past three seasons, 51 young women have graduated, many of whom are now active throughout Cricket Wellington’s network.

Otago Cricket Association and Canterbury Cricket Association have recently taken a collaborative approach to their ‘Young Leader’ courses, sharing planning and expertise across regions to provide the best possible development for young wāhine.

These programmes will be run in Auckland, Canterbury, Hawkes Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Otago, Taranaki, Wairarapa, and Wellington.

 

Coaching:

Three coach-specific initiatives will be delivered in Canterbury Country, Cricket Wellington and Northern Districts this season.

These programmes aim to break down the barriers for women and girls to begin or accelerate their coaching journey, and to provide them with all the necessary skills to be successful.

 

Governance/Leadership:

Two Women in Leadership Forums will be delivered across the Otago and Central Districts regions this season, providing an opportunity for female leaders to connect with other current and future leaders.

Auckland Cricket will launch their ‘Better Boards, Stronger Sport’ programme for the first time, aiming to achieve more gender-balanced club cricket boards.

This aligns with NZC’s ‘Women in Governance’ project - introduced in 2017, which has seen a growth of women in governance roles across NZC, MA and DA Boards from just 11 in 2016 to 85 at the end of the 2022-23 season.   

 

 

MA / DA

Initiative

New

Auckland Cricket

Auckland Cricket’s Better Boards, Stronger Sport

Existing

Auckland Cricket

Rangatahi Female Leadership Programme

Existing

Canterbury Cricket

Magicians Young Leaders Programme

New

Canterbury Country

Waimak Wāhine Cricket Club 

Existing

Central Districts Cricket Association

CD Cricket Female Leadership Forum

Existing

Cricket Wellington

Young Leaders

New

Cricket Wellington

Women in Coaching

New

Hawke's Bay Cricket Association

Female Leaders Programme

Existing

Horowhenua-Kapiti Cricket Association

Breaking Boundaries: Young Female Leaders Programme

Existing

Northern Districts

Inspire Coaching Programme

Existing

Otago Cricket

Suzie Bates Leaders Course

Existing

Otago Cricket

Women in Leadership Forum

New

Taranaki Cricket Association

TCA Female Coaching and Umpiring Pathway Cadet programme

Existing

Wairarapa Cricket

Future Leaders

 

For more information on NZC’s Female Leadership Development Contestable Fund, click here.

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