Cricket sessions a big hit for vulnerable women in East London

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Adam Hopkins says the Marks Gate Relief Project is using cricket as a force for good

“These women have come a long way from being homeless to being able to sustain themselves socially, emotionally, and economically,” Asma Haq of the Marks Gate Relief Project (MGRP) proudly tells The Cricket Paper.
Along with her husband Saud Siddiqui, Asma created MGRP and has been running community cohesion activities and women empowerment and social welfare projects to support the local community in Barking and Dagenham.
A philanthropist from a chemical engineering background, Asma moved to London from th...

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