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 CMYI Multicultural Sports Newsletter January 2008
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CMYI?
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Multicultural Sports Network Update
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The Multicultural Sports Network held its first ever regional meeting in Ballarat on Wednesday 28 November. The meeting commenced with a presentation from three sporting associations – Basketball Victoria, Australian Football League, and Football Federation Victoria. Each association covered best practice models for their sport to make them more culturally inclusive, and a range of resources that have been translated and other supports their sport could offer in regional Victoria. Chris Billings from the City of Yarra covered the challenges of working with partnerships and some of the challenges of establishing relationships with newly arrived communities.
The meeting also highlighted some of the models that are operating in neighboring Geelong, including partnerships developed by the Corio Bay Cricket and Sports Club, the Geelong Sudanese Association, and Diversitat. The program is an example of some of the innovative and resourceful programs that are operating in regional Victoria. This project played to the strengths of a regional setting, with the worker making one-on-one contacts with families, and pooling equipment by developing relationships with local St Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army shops.
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 download PDF (334kb) of CMYI's Multicultural Sports Tip Sheet No 10, which explores some of the information presented at the meeting.
We will be holding one more regional Multicultural Sports Network later this year.
The next meeting will be held in Melbourne and will explore the recently-released Human Rights and Equal Opportunity report, What’s the Score? A survey of cultural diversity and racism in Australian sport. This report aims to provide the basis for organisations to consider future policy strategies aimed at both addressing racism within sport, as well as promoting an inclusive and non-discriminatory attitude by players, supporters and the public.
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Date: Wednesday 12 March
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Time: 9am to 12.30pm
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Location: Theatrette, Co.As.It. (189 Faraday Street, Carlton)
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download the Sports Network flyer (198kb) for more details
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Changes in the CMYI Multicultural Sports and Recreation Team
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There has been a bit of movement in the Sport and Rec team of late, and that combined with some new initiatives means that there are also some positions available in the team.
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Farewells:
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- Jacinta Dykes has taken an exciting role as the School Focuses Youth Services Co-ordinator with the City of Maroondah. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Jacinta for all her great work in organising the Sports Network, website updates and Sports Newsletters over the past two years, and wish her well with her new role.
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- Many of you may already know that Alex Prado has been promoted to the role of Co-ordinator of Arts and Culture at CMYI. The Sport and Rec team’s loss is the gain of the wider organisation and young people, as Alex will be working on some really exciting new projects this coming year.
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- Sophie Franet will be heading off on maternity leave in mid- March, but will be at the next Sports Network meeting if you are keen to come along and wish her well. A replacement for Sophie has been recruited, and once this is formalised we will announce it on the website.
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New Appointments:
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- Nyadol Nyuon has been appointed as a Project Officer to focus on the Western Metro region of Melbourne and to also make up part of the Sport and Rec training team. Nyadol will be an amazing addition, who brings a wealth of personal experience to her work. Nyadol, herself a refugee from Sudan, is a keen sportswoman with a leaning towards basketball and volleyball. She has also had a lot of presentation experience through her volunteer work with Oxfam, World Vision and the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. It’s a great pleasure to welcome Nyadol to the team.
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Out and about - recent events
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Newly arrived young people get a taste of authentic Australian beach culture at Edithvale Life Saving Club. The series of days were part of an initiative between Life Saving Victoria and CMYI to introduce communities to water safety in a fun way.
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 CMYI was very grateful to the Minister for Sport and Recreation and Youth affairs for extending an invitation to a group of our young women to attend the Australian Open earlier this month. The girls had a brilliant time.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND MELBOURNE
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Smartplay - playing safe sport
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Smartplay is Sports Medicine Australia's sports injury prevention program, funded by VicHealth and the Department of Planning and Community Development (Sport and Recreation Victoria).
Every year around one million Australians are injured playing sport or undertaking recreational activities. Injuries not only put health at jeopardy but they act as a barrier to participation. It is estimated that one in five adult Australians are prevented from being physically active due to injury.
However this doesn’t have to be the case, with half of all activity-related injuries able to be prevented. So don’t succumb to injury, play smart and prepare for activity the Smartplay way!
To check out Smartplay resources including sport specific, injury specific and general injury prevention fact sheets, go to the Smartplay website or contact Annabel Sides at Sports Medicine Australia on (03) 9674 8704 or annabel@vic.sma.org.au.
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Yarra ‘Chill Out’ leisure program
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Yarra Youth Services and Yarra Leisure are pleased to announce the return of 'Chill Out', a leisure program for young people aged between 12 and 17 years of age.
The aim of Chill Out is to introduce young people to Yarra Leisure, to encourage physical activity in young people, and for participants to have a positive experience using the leisure centres and become familiar with the environment and behaviour expectations.
This year, Chill Out will be held on Wednesday afternoons from 4pm to 6pm at Fitzroy Swimming Pool, commencing Wednesday 6 February for the duration of the first school term. Activities will include use of the pool, group fitness space and Smith's Reserve (the park next door). The best news is that the program is free!
For more information please email Chrissy Billings on billingc@yarracity.vic.gov.au, Kathy Peterson on petersok@yarracity.vic.gov.au, or call (03) 9205 5756.
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PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
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Sports Tip Sheet 10: Resources and models to assist access to sport in a regional setting for Newly Arrived and Refugee Young People
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| CMYI (2008)
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| This information sheet is based on a Multicultural Sports Network Meeting held in Ballarat in November 2007. The meeting highlighted many of the challenges faced by newly arrived migrant and refugee communities in accessing local sporting clubs and leisure centres.
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Young people in Australia’s immigration program
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| CMYI (2007)
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| This information sheet provides an overview of the size and make-up of Australia’s immigration program, the processing and entitlements across the different migration streams, and some context regarding young people’s common settlement experiences.
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Does age really matter? Understanding and supporting young people who have discrepencies in their documented date of birth
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| CMYI (2007)
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| This info sheet includes background information about why young people arrive in Australia with different dates of birth on their official documentation, what the implications of this are in terms of settlement and services, and some tips for supporting a young person through the process of changing their documented date of birth.
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Considering consulting? A guide to meaningful consultation with young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds
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| CMYI (2007)
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| Consultation is a tool regularly used by government and non-government agencies to gain an insight into the views and opinions of the whole or specific segments of the community. Many of those who wish to consult with young people acknowledge that they lack the knowledge and confidence to engage appropriately with young people from diverse backgrounds. CMYI has developed this publication to be a simple tool to guide the process.
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