First of all, to gain any accreditation, you must first be accredited to your local County Board. To gain accreditation from your local County Board, your club must have at least one team that plays in a league that has your local County Board accreditation. Once you have gained accreditation from your local County Board, you are then able to become accredited to the various ECB statuses that are available to help you grow and run your club. By being accredited, you can access the various benefits that the ECB provide centrally for all accredited clubs. Individual County Boards may provide further benefits however it is important to note that these may cost. 

- Access to support for pitch and ground maintenance including County Board Equipment Trailer, Technical Specifications, ECB Pitch Advisers, Groundsmanship courses/qualifications and Groundsmanship Association

- Special deals from ECB Sponsors including Sky

- Free web site on Play-Cricket.com

- Distribution of each Issue of Play-Cricket News

- Access to the ECB Club Development Plan online resource

- Opportunity to nominate club volunteers for recognition via the NatWest OSCAs (Outstanding Service to Cricket Awards)

- Access to the ECB ‘Safe Hands – Safeguarding Young People in Cricket’ Child Welfare policy and related training

- Opportunity to achieve Community Amateur Sports Club status (CASC)

- Ability to apply for Work Permits for overseas professional players

- Insurance products at discounted rates through Allianz Cornhill via brokers Marshall Wooldridge and Kerry London

- Opportunity to enter ECB Club Competitions including the Cockspur Cup (National Club Knock-out) and the Indoor Six-a-Side Competition, both with Finals played at Lord’s

- Access to advice and guidance from the ECB Help Desk or from County Boards and Cricket Development Managers (CDMs)

- Access to ECB Directives, Regulations and guidance covering a range of topics including safety, fast bowling, discipline and club administration

- Opportunity to attend District Development Group meetings

- Access to ECB Officials Association courses for umpires and scorers

-  Access to ECB ‘Best Practice’ case studies

-  Ability to utilise ECB Job Descriptions covering a variety of key volunteer roles

 As an ECB Accredited Club, you also have the opportunity of achieving ECB Clubmark and Focus Club Status.