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FIRST YOUTH ACTION TRIAL - Saturday February 13 2010, 10:00am to 2:00pm
The first trial of the Youth Action will take place on February 13th at Arden Street Oval (204 Arden Street, North Melbourne).
This year’s popular North Melbourne Football Club’s annual Family Community Day next Saturday February 13 for the first time will be adding leading edge sport science technology to its usual programme of children’s Rides, Multicultural entertainment shows, henna painting, an animal farm – and of course having your photograph taken with your favourite football player.
Moomba Park Tennis Club submitted an application for a direct grant of $1250 from Sports Without Borders to help young under privileged kids from a wide range of cultural backrounds to join local tennis activities to develop their self esteem and help them integrate into their community. We were very happy to assist.
Catch all the highlights from the 2010 FFA Futsal National Championships from Canberra on SBS 1 Sunda
The Harmony message is about celebrating our commitment to embracing traditional Australian values - justice, equality, fairness and mateship.
The Harmony concept is a national initiative and represents the bonds that hold us, as Australians, together.
It starts with you, upholding your culture and traditional heritage while embracing respect for and appreciation of others. This includes taking a stand against racism, prejudice and intolerance.
Project aim is to increase the participation of young refugees and newly arrived migrants in sport.
SWB has experienced an increase in interest from local community sporting organisations seeking assistance in meeting the needs of young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The DPCD grant enables SWB to increase the work with community sport and promote the services offered. These services include:
The 2008/ 2009 year proved to be very successful- in terms our new partnerships, funding, launches and most important our grants to newly arrived Australians.
In the context of what we seek to achieve for the youth of Australia it is so incredibly important that our future be sustained by further grants and innovation.
With the Australian festive season upon us Sports Without Borders (SWB) moves into its fifth year of operation and together with our sponsors, partners, staff and most importantly the thousands of children that we have collectively helped I wish to share with you some of the momentous achievements.
The Human Rights are Aussie Rules Project is a schools-based education program teaching children about human rights through principles of fair play and good sportsmanship
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Sunshine Heights Cricket Club
Lindsay is helping to develop good football habits at an early age, and has honoured his father to boot.
Houli’s parents migrated from Lebanon to Melbourne’s western suburbs 30 years ago and Houli’s parents were initially unimpressed with his desire to play Australian football. His persistence and graduation through the AFL game development pathways was so consistent that his parents were won over to the game once they saw their son’s role model potential for the Lebanese and wider Islamic community. His parents were also impressed with the inclusive model put in place at Essendon under Kevin Sheedy in which their son’s religious commitments were respected and worked into the club culture.
North Melbourne Football Club and Kensington Flemington Junior Sports Club Inc $5000
The grant will be used at the Learning & Life Centre, which will focus on providing a range of services to young people in the North Melbourne, Kensington and Flemington area. The club has and continues to be heavily involved with young people in these areas, many of whom are new Australians who endure a disadvantaged lifestyle. SWB financial assistance and offering of goods will allowing NMFC and the Kensington Flemington Club to continue their involvement in the broader community
Sports Without Borders is committed to closing the migrant and refugee sport participation gap, club by club and player by player, and today you will witness Five successful grant applicants receive the financial assistance they need to combine with their passion to enable them to follow their sporting dreams.
