Partner with Us

To date, The Leading Edge has trained more than 50 players—and that, all on a very limited start-up budget too.

Now that we’re officially recognised as a bona fide non-profit company (K2021833699), we’re working hard to secure the support of a handful of anchor partners. With the support of these key partners, we can expand our programme, but funding is needed if we’re to successfully scout and register another cohort of 40 players onto the programme for the forthcoming 2022 season.

Presently, we have a few inaugural silent partners whom we are extremely grateful and thankful to for injecting a sizable initial financial investment, thereby contributing to successfully getting The Leading Edge ‘off the ground’ so to speak. Using aeroplane parlance: We’ve only just taken off, and now we want to fly high!

We are also most thankful to the Somerset College parent and teacher community— many have helped us thus far. Without their initial pledges of support (in a variety of ways), we simply would not be where we are today: making this special appeal for your support as an official anchor partner or regular partner.

How You Can Help

Become a partner

Support The Leading Edge Sports Foundation as one of our primary anchors or regular partners.

Donation

Support us and be part of The Leading Edge family. Help us to make a difference to underprivileged children.

Share with friends

When you ‘Share with friends’, you help us to advertise and promote The Leading Edge Sports Foundation. Thank you for sharing!

Become a Partner

We appeal to you to consider supporting The Leading Edge Sports Foundation as one of our primary anchors or regular partners. It is our intention that—as an anchor partner—your pledge of financial support will be significant, such that our association will bear your name in a primary way. As a regular partner, your involvement will officially be recognised (if you wish) on our website and related marketing and public relations material.

For example, marketing and public relations message would carry the following: “The Leading Edge Sports Foundation, with proud partner/s ABC Company, etc.”

In other words, The Leading Edge is seeking to negotiate and secure the support of key partners that will be willing to pledge sufficient funding to sustain the primary activities of the programme for a 2 to 3 year period—similar for example, to the way in which primary sponsorships are negotiated for our national cricket teams.

Invite: You are more than welcome to contact us if you would like to partner with us in this awesome initiative. We will no doubt share more details relating to our needs, our budget, our strategic plans, etc.

Donate

Apart from the support which we plan to get from our Partners, The Leading Edge cannot survive without the regular donations received from many who continue to faithfully support us.

For this reason, we appeal to the general public, parents and the Somerset College community to please consider making a once-off or recurring donation in cash or kind. Your donation will go a long way to making it possible to acquire cricket kits (such as bats, balls, pads, etc.), cricket clothing for the players and coaches, hosting cricket matches, travel to other schools to play matches, etc.

Winston Churchill once said “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” We share this approach to what we do: whilst we are still working hard to generate sufficient support to sustain our programmes and operational activities, we strongly believe we will get there.

Invite: Why not support us and be part of The Leading Edge family—you too will be helping us to make a difference to underprivileged children living within our communities in the Helderberg region. This way, we all get to give each and every child that attends The Leading Edge programme, the leading edge they’ll need in order to succeed.

For more, please contact us and we will gladly provide you with any additional information that you might request before you decide to support The Leading Edge Sports Foundation.

FAQ's

Are you a qualified non-profit company?

Yes, we are a duly registered South African non-profit company (NPC): 2021/833699/08 | K2021833699

Will I get a tax benefit if I become a once-off or regular donor?

Not at the moment because we are still in the process of completing registration with the South African Revenue Service (SARS). We anticipate this will be approved soonest, so watch this space.

How much of my donation goes directly to programmes for the children and how much of it goes to admin (salaries, etc.) for running the foundation?

90% of all donations will be invested directly into programmes for the children/players. Only 10% of donations received will be apportioned for administration. All management offer their services pro-bono, so there are no salaries being paid out to any of the volunteers.

Whom can I contact if I want to know more about donating and donations?

Please contact Operations Director & Programme Manager, Hilton Toro: Mobile +27 (0)72 933 4858 Email: hilton@theleadingedge.org.za

Who is responsible for running the organization and/or making financial decisions? Who serves on the board of directors?

The board of directors work as a team—as such, all decisions are taken jointly. Board members are: Hilton Toro, Wayne Bosch & John Firth

Can I donate to your organization in other ways than just money?

Yes indeed. You can donate anything that can assist the organisation— for example, with transportation, food for our coaching clinics, clothing for the players, cricket kit, school resources, your time, etc.

What reporting and transparency do you provide regarding the application of my donation?

We will regularly update you on our programme/s and how all donations received are being invested—via an annual report.

From an information technology perspective, what does the foundation do to protect donor information?

We are strictly guided by the South African Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act. In no way will we ever disclose any names or information about our donors or benefactors—unless, for some reason, the donor has given us permission to do so. This will always be pre arranged and documented.

Who are your competitors, and with whom do you collaborate?

In South Africa there are many cricket academies scattered all over the country—e.g. reputable foundations such as the Gary Kirsten Foundation. However, we like to consider our developmental model rather unique in that we have an added academic component to our programme. As such, we pride ourselves in taking a holistic child centric approach when it comes to the sports and academic activities that each player/child is exposed to when joining The Leading Edge programme.