Resource Hub for Sport and Recreation Clubs

Please feel free to use this forum to network with other clubs. Ask questions of each other, share knowledge, network and share stories. 

This free 90-minute webinar (run outside regular work hours) will focus on a number of key considerations for clubs, leagues and associations when creating child safe environments. The session will incorporate practical strategies and time for Q&A.

Take away learnings will include:

• An overview of the 11 Victorian Child Safe Standards.
• An outline what is required by clubs to meet the Standards.
• Key support services and resources to assist clubs.

Date: Monday 28th November 2022

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: Zoom Webinar (a link will be sent prior 24hrs prior to the event)

Contact: Michaela Cook (Participation and Inclusion Manager) via michaelac@vicsport.com.au

Facilitator: Laura Johnston - People, Integrity & Culture Consulting

Laura is a lawyer by training who transitioned to professional services, corporate and sport industry roles in people & culture, facilitation, professional development and sport integrity. Through her People, Integrity & Culture Consulting business, Laura is a trusted Sport Integrity and People & Culture advisor to, and facilitator for many sports, peak sporting bodies such as Commonwealth Games Australia and Vicsport, as well as not-for-profit and corporate clients.

As GM People & Culture & HO Integrity for Swimming Australia from 2015-2019, Laura designed and developed the first “Safe Sport Framework” for Australian sport. Now a leading sport integrity and child safeguarding expert, Laura:

• Creates child-safe frameworks, policies and simplified resources;
• Designs and delivers engaging child safeguarding awareness workshops; and
• Leads the investigation and management of the most sensitive conduct issues.

Additional Details:

• This free webinar is open to Victorian sporting clubs, leagues and associations.
• Captioning will be available but the webinar will not be recorded.
• We encourage attendees to review Vicsport's child safety resources here.

REGISTER HERE

Manningham Council has partnered with Women's Health East to deliver a free Active By Stander workshop to the local Manningham sport and recreation community. 

• Date: Wednesday November 2
• Time:4pm - 7:30pm
• Venue: Mullum Mullum Stadium
• Who should attend: Players, club members, club volunteers, committee members, coaches, parents of young players, club staff.
• Refreshments provided
• Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/calling-out-disrespectful-behaviour-as-an-active-bystander-tickets-415090907077

Sporting clubs play in important role in our community. They can be important places of social connections and support, as well as influential structures where attitudes and behaviours, including those towards women and girls, are formed and upheld.

Sporting clubs also have an important responsibility to ensure all members are safe and free from discrimination and harassment. This can be achieved by creating and supporting fair, inclusive and respectful sporting environments on and off the playing field.  

Active Bystander training seeks to support fair, inclusive and respectful sporting environments through skilling participants to not only identify and challenge sexism, but other forms of discrimination such as racism, ableism, homophobia and transphobia. Active Bystander training equips participants to step in when they see or hear sexist or discriminatory language, jokes, behaviours or practices across a range of sports settings and scenarios.  

Research shows that promoting bystander action across your sporting club can support a range of benefits. Some examples of this include:  

• Improved club culture and relationships for all members.  
• Attract and retain talent and increase performance and morale. 
• Save money and increase profits. 
• Support positive change and enhance your reputation. 
• Contribute to the prevention of violence against women.  

This opportunity has been made possible thanks to the Change Our Game - Community Activation Grants program.

Good Sports supports, educates, and inspires over 10,000 clubs across the country to set up a better environment for players, volunteers, supporters and officials.

The program has been helping build strong clubs across the country for over 20 years. Best of all, it’s free for all Australian community clubs.

Our local sporting clubs are already fantastic – Good Sports can help them become even better with support on securing funding, meeting legal requirements like liquor licensing and tobacco laws, mental health, safe transport and more.

WHY GOOD SPORTS?

 Good Sports is designed for busy volunteers. Benefits include:

• takes the guesswork out of understanding and complying with the legal requirements relating to alcohol and drug risk management 

• get the inside scoop on grant opportunities, including tips and resources to help clubs deliver strong funding applications 

• dedicated mental health module and safe transport guide 

• helps clubs create a safe, family friendly environment to attract new member and volunteers

• easy-to-use online program you can access from any device, with heaps of free tools and resources 

• it’s free for all community sporting clubs in Australia. 

JOIN TODAY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A $300 REBEL SPORT VOUCHER FOR YOUR CLUB

 Clubs who join Good Sports before September 23, 2022 go in the running to win a $300 Rebel Sport voucher for their club. To get started, visit goodsports.com.au/join and fill out the form. To be eligible for the prize, clubs must:

• register their club for the program 

• log in to the Good Sports portal between August 15 and September 23, 2022

• and tick the box to opt-in to the competition. Our team is here to support clubs along the way if they get stuck. 

Join today Get started by visiting goodsports.com.au/join and the Good Sports team will help you make it happen. 

Have your service options become a bit stale?

Have your participation numbers dropped or you’re looking to increase your numbers?

This  face to face, full day workshop has been designed or the current and future leaders in your club – this doesn’t necessarily mean committee members, but those who will help your club grow moving forwards. These can be coaches that engage with participants, or individuals involved with clubs who have strong connections with different community groups.

This workshop will give you an overview on what innovation really means, and its benefits in community sport.

You will be taken through activities to assess your club’s current operations, and look for opportunities to ‘do things differently’ and brand your club in the community to be on front foot and bounce forward strongly.

We will give you ideas and clarity on:

• diverse income streams;
• adapting to change;
• new membership options;
• looking at things in a different way;
• mitigating risk; and 
• future thinking;

Especially having being faced with the challenges to community sport in the last few years, clubs can often get stuck in the mindset of ‘doing things as we have always done’ and bogged down in the day-to-day operations. Through this session, we will work through activities and exercises that allow you to have some ‘blue sky thinking’ for your club, and look at the opportunities that you might be able to capitalise on with the right structures and thought processes in place to be innovative.

Innovation can really help your club to improve productivity, reduce costs, uncover new partnerships and increase your club's brand awareness. This session is incredibly important to ensure that your club is truly open to all in the community, and that you can offer the participation options and services that appeal to different demographics.

Encourage those that can be actively involved in the progression of your club into the future!

‘Innovation Program’

Saturday July 2, 2022.

10:00am – 4:00pm  @ Mullum Mullum Stadium.

Refreshments supplied.

 Register here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=865368&

** This will be the FINAL workshop in the Club Development Program for 2022.

• Register your spot HERE