Resource Hub for Sport and Recreation Clubs

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Love the Game

In 2014, the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation launched the Love the Game Sporting Club Program in response to community concern about the convergence of sport and gambling. The program helps reduce young people’s exposure to sport betting advertising and raises awareness of the risks of gambling harm for young people growing up in this normalised environment.

Through the program, the Foundation works with more than 500 Victorian community, and elite, sporting clubs and bodies to raise awareness of gambling harm and counter the normalisation of gambling in sport. Participating clubs agree to a Charter that confirms their commitment to refusing sponsorship from sports betting operators and reducing the exposure of young people to gambling promotions and activities related to the club

• Find out more / Join Love the Game
• Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation

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Athletes, officials, coaches and spectators often spend prolonged periods of time outdoors participating. Too much exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation can lead to sun damage, sunburn and skin cancer. And the more you’re exposed, the greater your risk. Sports groups should encourage use of the five forms of sun protection (Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide) to help protect those involved all year round.

Sun Smart have created sample sun protection policies for sport clubs and community groups.

• SunSmart website
• Vicsport sun smart resources

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Vicsport aims to promote good policy and practice to protect the health and safety of participants, officials, coaches, parents, volunteers, staff, sports trainers and spectators, whilst supporting continued participation in sport and active recreation. Hot weather resources have been developed in partnership with Sport and Recreation Victoria the Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention. The resources can support organisations to mitigate the risks of exertional heat illness during hot weather. The resources are relevant for state sport associations, regional sports assemblies, local governments, clubs, leagues and associations.

• Access hot weather resources

Sport Medicine Australia have created hot weather guidelines for sporting clubs, associations and the physically active.

For more information and advice on recognising, managing and mitigating heat health risks in sport and recreation visit Sport and Recreation Victoria's heat guidelines.

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Governance videos for tennis clubs | Tennis Victoria

Tennis Victoria has produced 2 videos to demystify governance at sports clubs. The videos are not just related to tennis and can be applied to other community sports as well. A valuable resource that features Club Respect, Leisure Networks, Lex Sportiva and local tennis clubs.

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Mental health issues are very common. They're the number one reason for New Zealanders and Australians to visit their GP.

Physical activity has a critical role to play in preventing the onset of mental health illness and it’s treatment.

MHeLP is a cutting edge Mental Health eLearning Program developed under the guidance of international mental health and exercise experts.

Designed for the New Zealand and Australian leisure and community support sectors the program equips workers and volunteers with strategies to support themselves and others in times which are challenging to our mental health.

It is completely free, self-paced and earns learners two continuing education credits (CECs).

We encourage your participation and ask you to promote participation with others.

Sign up to MHeLP

Find out more about MHeLP

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In 2021 Manningham Council partnered with Sports Community to deliver a 3 part development series on the topic of creating a strategic plan.

The webinars looked at WHY clubs need to have a strategic plan and the steps involved in creating one. Webinar 2 deep dives into the importance of consultation when creating a plan and the final webinar looks at how to turn your club goals into success.

Click on the links below to access the recordings of the webinars.

Webinar 1 - Unlocking the power of strategic planning

Webinar 2 - The who, what, when and how of consultation

Webinar 3 - Turning club goals into success

Useful resources and templates for creating a strategic plan can be found under 'Useful Documents' on the home page of the resource hub.

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Sport Australia is committed to helping sports deliver clear aligned strategy and direction across all levels of the sport. They encourage national sporting organisations to develop unified and inclusive strategies in partnership with their key stakeholders that set the direction at all levels of the system.

Participation planning is the operational tool for bringing the aligned strategy to life. Start by building a strong planning foundation and carry it through the duration of the planning process to create a quality plan. It's also important to engage stakeholders in the planning process to shift the sport to the desired state. Read more and access key resources via the Sport Aus website

• Sport Australia - Participation Planning

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Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health have created a toolkit for sporting organisations. The four-part suite of resources has been designed to help sporting organisations support the mental wellbeing of young people aged 12-24 years.

• Access the Orygen community sport clubs Mental Health toolkit

It includes the following resources;

• Toolkit: containing eight actions, this toolkit aims to provide sporting organisations with a clear framework and some practical tools to ensure that they are supporting young peoples’ mental health and wellbeing.
• Checklist: once you have read the toolkit, use the checklist to tick off the ways your club can provide a safe and inclusive environment for players guide:
• A practical guide to identifying and helping young people with signs of mental ill-health
• A video: a discussion featuring a young person, coach and research expert on how to have conversations about mental health in community sport.

Good Sports summarize what mental health in sport is and talk about why clubs need to include mental health in their policies.

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Being an inclusive clubs means being welcoming to everyone, regardless of someone’s ability, gender, sex, cultural background, religion or age. Everyone has the right to be involved. Creating an inclusive environment at your club is not just about opening your club doors and saying 'come on in everyone', it involves breaking down barriers to participation and behaviour change within your club. It benefits everyone when club participants represent and reflect the whole community.

Inclusive programs your club can participate in

Inclusive Clubs Project

Manningham has partnered with Access Health and Community, the City of Boroondara, Women’s Health East and Leisure Networks to participate in the Inclusive Clubs Project. The project includes six free two-hour workshops with the completion of an inclusion assessment and action plan. The aim of these workshops is to build the knowledge of club officials on how to make their club more inclusive by creating safe, equal and respectful environments for all members, particularly women and girls. If your clubs wants to be involved please get in touch with councils recreation team.

• View presentation on the 2024 Inclusive Clubs Program

Good Sports Program

The Good Sports program provides sport and recreation clubs with tools and resources to build a safe, welcoming, family friendly club environment. Good Sports has been proven to reduce harm and positively influence health behaviours, as well as strengthen club membership and boost participation. The Good Sports program is implemented voluntarily through community sporting clubs, helping clubs to promote healthier, safer and more family-friendly environments.

Our Club: A Place for Everyone

The ‘Our Club’ campaign is a club strengthening initiative for Eastern Football League clubs. Building strong and connected communities is important for everyone. Local footy clubs provide an opportunity to bring people together, increase participation in sport, promote social connection and create a sense of belonging.

Manningham's community profile

Are you wanting to find out more information about Manningham’s community profile? Profile.id provides you details on Manningham’s current population demographics.

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• Play by the Rules: Clarifies what inclusion means, explores sports that have integrated the 7 Pillars of Inclusion model into their inclusion strategies and provides tips and ideas on ways your club can advance diversity and inclusion.
  
  
• Sport Australia: Aims to build the capacity and capability of sport to provide safe, ethical and inclusive sporting environments.
  
  
• Everyone Wins Tool Kit: Vic Health have created the 'Everyone Wins tool kit', which provides practical tools and resources to help sports clubs become more inclusive and welcoming of everyone in their community. The toolkit specifically aims to help clubs increase the involvement of women and girls, Aboriginal people and people from multicultural communities. The tools provided in this toolkit help clubs build on their existing strengths.
  
  
• Doing Sport Differently Principles: VicHealth and La Trobe University’s Centre for Sport and Social Impact have developed six key principles to guide the design and delivery of sport-based programs that target less-active people. These resources are designed to help sport clubs and organisations to ‘do sport differently’ to attract, engage and retain less-active people in sport.
  
  
• Victorian Participation in organised sport: Vic Health undertook research which provides a picture of participation in organised community sport within Victoria.

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This Girl Can

This Girl Can is about celebrating women getting active, regardless of age, background, ability or body shape. Each year Manningham Council works with sport and recreation clubs to offer free activities for women and girls to encourage them to get active and have some fun in a supported and friendly environment.

Every woman’s journey and experience with sport and physical activity is different. This Girl Can have created visual journey maps to better demonstrate and help others understand a women’s experience with sport and physical activity throughout the lifespan.

Creating a Place for Women in Sport

Manningham, Yarra Ranges, Maroondah, Knox Council, Inspiro and EACH, are providing resources for sporting clubs to achieve gender equality. The Creating a Place for Women in Sport self-assessment is a practical tool for community sport and recreation clubs to identify strengths and opportunities to promote equality. The tool aims to support clubs to look at different areas of their environment, and recognise their progress in achieving gender equality at their club.

There are no right or wrong answers; the tool is an internal resource to be used as a ‘temperature check’ at a moment in time. It provides an opportunity for clubs to learn and discuss ways it can create environments where women and men can equally participate.

Once clubs have completed the self-assessment tool, we encourage clubs to complete the Gender Equity Action Plan Template in order to drive change moving forward. Council's Recreation Participation Officer can work with clubs to complete the self assessment tool and the action plan.

• Pre-Tool Survey - The pre tool survey is shared with the broader membership base for greater feedback.
• Self Assessment Tool - Review and discuss the six different areas of the self assessment tool and create your personalized club action plan for gender equity.
• Gender Equity Action Plan template
• Club Evaluation survey - complete the club survey to evaluate the implementation of the self assessment tool and the action plan.

Change our Game

Change our Game is an initiative of Victorian Government. In 2015, the Government released a report from the independent Inquiry into Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation. The report shed light on gender inequality in Victorian sports and recreation. The report outlined a way forward, helping change and improve sport and recreation for all involved

Change our game provide a range of grants and funding to support women and girls at all levels in sport and recreation in Victoria each year

Resources to assist your club in becoming more inclusive of women and girls

• Clearing House for Sport: Covers a range of topics on women and sport, from governance, factors influencing female participation, data and statistics and provides a number of successful case studies.

• Inclusive Sport Design: Provides tips around program design, for including women and girls in community sport.
• Womens Sport and Fitness Foundation: Discusses the barriers to sports participation for women and girls.
• Vic Health: Present evidence on female participation in sport & physical activity