NEW ARRIVALS SPORT AND RECREATION FORUM Office for Recreation and Sport 6 th December 2005

NEW ARRIVALS SPORT AND RECREATION FORUM Office for Recreation and Sport

6th December 2005

KEY PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS

MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE OF SA

SPORTS SUBSIDY PROGRAM

PRESENTERHASAN

ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• MRCSA is the peak organisation providing settlement services to new arrivals in SA.

• MRCSA is managed by a voluntary board of management comprising reps from ethnic, new arrival communities, and people with specialist skills.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION• Supporting young refugees to participate in active

recreation and sport activities

• Developing guidelines and application process for sport subsidy

• Promoting subsidy program to eligible young refugees (especially young women)

• Working with local sport teams, SA Amateur Soccer League and individuals to link in to the existing mainstream league structure

MAIN PARTNERS

• Sporting Clubs and Groups

• Sporting Associations

• Youth and Migrant Services

SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Refugee Week Soccer carnival – no. of teams participating

• Increase in young women’s participation in sport • Increase in uptake of subsidy

• Not only assisting financially through sport subsidy but also connecting new arrivals with sport clubs and venues and negotiating membership fees with clubs.

CHALLENGING ASPECTS• young women

• supporting young people to understand Australian system

• access to venue

• transportation

• structured sporting system through social (eg. soccer)

• organisational administration (eg time, culture and expectation)

3 LESSONS LEARNT

• working with communities

• women's participation

• sporting clubs (need for education)

FUTURE DIRECTION

• promoting and targeting young women

• sport expo - come and try event

• liaising with the sport clubs

• education and training

MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF SA

SHARING THROUGH ACTIVE RECREATION

PRESENTERSPHIL ALLAN &

MELISSA NYVELD


• Our VisionThe MCCSA is the peak organisation reflecting, representing, supporting and advocating, on behalf of our culturally and linguistically diverse communities, for the achievement of a peaceful, equitable and prosperous multicultural South Australia.

• Our MembersOur current membership is in excess of 200 organisations and individuals, with growing representation from smaller and emerging communities. However, through our programs, services and partnerships we reach a wider segment of our population.

ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW• Main Functions

Advocate on behalf of our members on key issues such as ageing, health and wellbeing and participation and representation

Deliver a range of programs and services for the benefit of our members and other people from CALD backgrounds

• PartnershipsWe have formed strategic partnerships including MOUs with key organisations such as DECS, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, Education Adelaide, Riverland Multicultural Forum and UniSA to deliver quality innovative programs

• Recreation and Sport ProgramsSharing Through Active RecreationAfter School Sports ProgramBreakout (Self Development Through Recreation)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Encouraging participation by CALD youth

• Linking CALD communities and clubs

• Sport specific / ASSP / Move It programs

• School-based initiatives

• Consultancy Service

MAIN PARTNERS

• CALD communities • Sport Associations and Clubs • Councils • Schools • Other sport/recreation service providers • UniSA / TAFE SA / Sport SA


• Support by BASA and SACA

• Breakout (Self Development Through Recreation)

• 3 Ball Basketball

• Surf Life Saving program at Mansfield Park PS

• Friendships

CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Linking youth with clubs • Getting youth active and committed • Time required to set up programs • Funding limitations • Sustaining programs in the future

3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Support and participation by local sporting clubs is crucial

• Location of programs is important

• Face to face communication is ideal medium

FUTURE DIRECTION

• Establish more club based programs

• Expanding 3 Ball program • Ongoing partnerships with similar

organisations • Help sporting associations to develop

best practises

BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF SA

NEW ARRIVALS PROGRAM

PRESENTERMELISSA LANGE


• Basketball Development Team Consisting of Manager and 4 Development Officers

• Inclusive Basketball Programs (New Arrivals, Intellectually Disabled and Indigenous) and Aussie Hoops (School Clinics 100 to 200 schools/ year, 10 Game Time Centres & Miniball Competitions involving 300+ teams) and Holiday Camps and Coaching Courses

• Social Competitions - 8 Venues

• District Junior and Senior Competitions - 13 Clubs involved

• Elite Competitions - NBL and WNBL and State Teams

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Free Training Program - Thebarton Senior College Thursday's

• Subsidised Social Basketball Teams - Wayville Sports Centre Tuesday's

• School Clinics - NAP & ELS Primary and High Schools

• Community Clinics MCCSA - 3 Ball

MAIN PARTNERS

• Office for Recreation & Sport

• Migrant Resource Centre of SA

• Multicultural Communities Council of SA

• NAP Schools - Thebarton Senior College & ELS Adelaide TAFE & ASSE

• Para West Indigenous Sports Academy

SUCCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• 2004 SA Recreation & Sport Award for Community Participation Initiatives

• Securing Player Subsidy with MRC

• Entering Teams in Social Basketball Competition

• Bi-annual Game with Para West Basketball Team for last 2 years

• Transition of players into other competitions including District

CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Cost/ Funding

• Transport

• Regular of attendance of Participants (Times of activities)

• Language/ Culture/ Social Issues

• Sportsmanship & Abiding by Rules

3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Provide activities in locations and at times that are accessible for New Arrivals and that are continuous that run over a period of time to enable them to grow

• Be flexible and have realistic expectations

• Provide activities that interest participants eg games vs structured skill trainings and boys vs girls needs

FUTURE DIRECTION

• Girls Program including both Trainings and Games

• Regional New Arrivals or Community Based Social Competitions through 3 Ball Centres with MCCSA (Kilburn, Pennington, Campbelltown and in future down South)

• Develop pathways to District Basketball Clubs via Scholarship or similar program

• Annual New Arrivals Basketball Carnival/ Come and Try Day with NAP & ELS Schools

SA AMATEUR SOCCER LEAGUE

PRESENTERALEX CICHANOWSKI


• To provide Amateur Players a competition run to the highest standard without limitation as to age, religion or location

• To provide for the the benefit of Amateur Soccer in South Australia a strong, united voice within the Soccer administration in this country

• An autonomous body comprised of its member clubs each of which has equal voting rights in the affairs of the League

• Member clubs from various origins

• Current club membership (85) has approximately 4000 registered senior players

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• To encourage and assist new clubs and individual members wishing to participate in organised Amateur Soccer

• Having regard for the Amateur nature of its membership and therefore keeping costs at the lowest possible level

MAIN PARTNERS

• Office for Recreation and Sport

• Migrant Resource Centre SA

• Member clubs

• Local councils

• Church and welfare groups

SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS• 8 team New Arrival competition (2004)

• 2 teams fully participated in SAASL (2005)

• 49 individual registrations (2005)

• 2 additional teams are applying for 2006 competition

CHALLENGING ACPECTS

• Communication

• Travel

• Facilities

• Equipment

3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Tolerant officials

• Gradual Progression

• Provide options

FUTURE DIRECTION

• Information handbook

• Distribution

• Information evenings

• Representative team

ADELAIDE SECONDARYSCHOOL OF ENGLISH

AFTER SCHOOL SPORT CENTRE

PRESENTERANTI MACRI


• Adelaide Secondary School of English - new arrivals program for students aged 12 - 16

• Current student population approx. 360 (refugees, migrants, international students)

• Continuous enrolment & assessment - different pathways for students

• We prepare students for mainstream high schools & living in Australian society (services)

• We have a Student Services Team & offer a range of support programs

• We work closely with other support agencies & also employ Bilingual School Support Officers

PROJECT OVERVIEW

• Our aim is to provide students with an opportunity to participate in a range of different sports and to try to link them with clubs

• The After School Sport Centre operates on Monday (for girls) & Thursday (for boys) from 3.15 - 4.15pm

• Different sports (usually 1- 2 per term) are offered & a club visit is usually included at the end of the term/change in sport

• 2004 - 2005 sports have included basketball, soccer, football, cricket, netball, athletics, volleyball, indoor soccer, badminton & table tennis

MAIN PARTNERS

• Multicultural Communities Council of SA - supporting students to make links with clubs

• Migrant Resource Centre of SA - Sport Subsidy Grant

• Various coaches/clubs


• At least 100 students have participated in a session/sporting activity

• Feedback from students participating is always positive

• Many students have joined clubs - usually after they have been in Australia for a while.

• Many students have applied & received funds from the MRC to join a club/purchase equipment e.g. soccer boots

• Staff support has been great

CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Consent forms-not always completed correctly

• Linking with clubs - students travel from all over Adelaide, transport is an issue

• Time needed to follow up forms, make phone calls etc

• Availability of suitable coaches in the afternoon • Many students choosing "familiar/favourite" sports, and perhaps

only trying something different once

• Inconsistent attendance/increasing numbers as term progresses

3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Timing is important - changed from 3.30pm start to 3.15pm start

• Program needs to be flexible - can't plan too far ahead due to changing student population & interests,

• Need to establish/develop relationships with suitable coaches/clubs

FUTURE DIRECTION• An introduction of a small cost (max $1.00) per session

to ensure we can continue to pay for coaches etc

• Continue to offer a range of activities, ensuring student needs/interests are being met

• Need to continue working with suitable coaches - i.e. work effectively with new arrivals

• Need to investigate a better way to link with clubs - transport is an issue

THEBARTON SENIOR COLLEGE

PRESENTERSRowan Mumford &

Issac Wexler


• Large New Arrival Population

• Youth Population Growth

• Sporting Background

• Large population of Active students

• Lack of Understanding of SA's Sporting System

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Our Sporting Aim • Sport Surveys • Come 'n' Try • Tournaments • Community Sport Involvement

MAIN PARTNERS

• Staff of Thebarton Senior College • Basketball Assoc of SA

• Other Sporting Associations

• Migrant Resource Centre SA

• Multicultural Communities Council SA


• Participation of Students • Community Involvement • Tournaments • College Team • Friendships/Mateship

CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Our Lack of Understanding • Time!!! • Money!!! • 'Students' • Sporting Associations

LESSONS LEARNT

• Working Within a Multicultural Environment

• Better Response to a 'Mate' then a Teacher

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

• Continue to Boost Community Sport

• Increase the Active Involvement within the Students

• College Teams

• Build a Trophy Cabinet

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NEW ARRIVALS SPORT AND RECREATION FORUM Office for Recreation and Sport 6 th December 2005