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 CMY Multicultural Sports Newsletter - March 2009
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CMY?
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Multicultural Sports Network Update
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The April meeting of the Sports Network is nearly upon us! The meeting topic is Fair Play: Kicking conflict out of sport, and provides an opportunity for sport and recreation providers, community, health, local council and youth service workers, to come together and explore the prevalent issue of conflict within sport.
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Date: Wednesday 15 April
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Time: 10am to 1pm
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Location: Co.As.It conference room (189 Faraday Street, Carlton)
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RSVP: Contact CMY on (03) 9340 3700 or info@cmy.net.au by Friday 10 April.
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After every Sport Network Meeting a tip sheet is created as a resource for the sector. Tip Sheet 12, Sport and recreation for migrant and refugee young people with a disability, reflects the Sports Network meeting from October 2008 and comes in two parts. Download copies from the Publications and Resources section.
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 For more information contact Carolyn Favier - cfavier@cmy.net.au or (03) 9340 3700. Proudly supported by the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development.
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Multicultural Sport and Recreation Team update
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From the Co-ordinator
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Shane Cooke is in the midst of mapping out the vast amount of partnership work, support and consultation that the Sport and Recreation team offer to sporting and recreation providers across Victoria. Watch this space…..
The CMY Sport and Recreation team had a very productive and energetic planning day at the end of January and some very exciting proposed projects were discussed by the team, more info to follow soon.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank ALL our partners from SSAs, RSAs, and recreation providers to local clubs to Local councils for their continued support of the great work the Sport and recreation team undertake across Victoria. Partnerships are the cornerstone of our community focused development work and through partnerships sustainable and long term outcomes are been consistently achieved.
If you would like more information about the Sports and recreation team, please contact Shane at scooke@cmy.net.au or 9340 3700.
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Flemington Estate Women’s Participation in Sport and Recreation Project
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 Led by Doutta Galla Community Health Service and funded by Department of Planning and Community Development Sport & Recreation, the project is partnered by community organisations, local government, Victoria Police and CMY to increase the participation of local women in sport & recreation opportunities. The project recently facilitated a young women’s camp, surfing lessons, dance program and much more.
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Training
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CMY’s Sport and Recreation team have extensive experience in offering culturally-aware training packages that look at barriers for participation and strategies to engage young people from newly arrived and refugee backgrounds in sport and recreation opportunities.
Funded through PICSAR, CMY’s Sport and Recreation team can offer training sessions to State Sporting Associations, Leisure Centres, Community organisations and local clubs at the grassroots level.
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If you would like more information about the training available, please contact Carolyn at cfavier@cmy.net.au or 9340 3700.
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New project announced
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The CMY Sport and Recreation team has recently received a grant form Sport and Recreation Victoria to deliver the LEAP (Leadership, Employment, Active Participation) project. LEAP was formed as the CMY Sport and Recreation team had identified and advocated to SRV that female participation in sport and recreation was low.
CMY's Claudia Abakah will deliver this project in North-Western Melbourne including Kensington, Ascot Vale and North Melbourne, in partnership with the YMCA. The project aims to increase participation of newly arrived migrant and refugee women within the YMCA. This participation will cover gym and swimming activities, and will also offer employment and work experience opportunities within YMCA.
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Team players...
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The Sport and Recreation team: just what ARE they doing with themselves??
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Nick Mac Hale - nmachale@cmy.net.au
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- Futsal: Under 16’s Tuesday 4–6pm, $2 per player. 16’s and over on Tuesday 6–8pm, $2 per player. Games take place at Progress Hall, Coolaroo.
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- Hume Youth Action Group: Giving young people in Hume a voice. Meeting for young people held on Thursday 19 March, 4:30pm @ Kangan Batman TAFE.
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- Hume Youth Week: Sports programs will include soccer, rugby and basketball.
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- Back Yard Rugby program: starting late March at Gibbs Reserve, Dallas.
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- Banksia Gardens Holiday Program: running over the Easter break, $5 a day, loads of activities!
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Claudia Abakah - cabakah@cmy.net.au
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Transitions project- City of Casey
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- Women’s only swimming program (Friday nights 8pm-10pm at Casey ARC).
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- Community Information Session (27 March, 5.30pm -8pm) - Presentation and discussion on the benefits of sport and recreation and active participation. Sporting associations and local clubs to provide information on how to access their sport and support available for individuals and the community. Resources and funding opportunities will also be explored.
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- National Youth Week 2009 Activities (30 March-5 April) - International sport and recreational games and activities to be trialled by students at two schools in the City of Casey. Students will gain some general facts about other countries/cultures/communities. The day aims to promote diversity and encourage appreciation of people from different backgrounds. It will be interactive, educational and fun! 2 April during lunch break at Hampton Park Secondary College; 3 April during lunch break at Endeavour Hills Secondary College.
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- Teenage School Holiday Program (17 April) - Outdoor soccer tournament for boys/girls at Hampton Park Soccer Club. Opportunity for young people to meet with club members and be linked into club activities. Casey mobile youth Information bus will be present to provide info to young people throughout the day on services and youth issues.
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LEAP project (City of Melbourne and Moonee Valley)
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Leadership Employment Active Participation Project for women.
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- Offer training and assistance to the staff and volunteers at local clubs, centres and associations to increase their awareness of the issues facing Newly arrived and refugee communities within the area;
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- Run focus groups with communities and young people around their needs, concerns and barriers to participation and preferences for participation options;
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- Support individual young people to join clubs or recreation centre’s and facilitate strategies between both the organisation and young people regarding cost, sponsorship transport etc so that satisfactory and sustainable strategies are put in place.
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Proposed activities for the coming months:
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- Ascot Vale Recreation Centre - Women’s only Swimming program (Sunday nights);
- Increasing access and numbers to women’s aerobic/gym class (Thursdays, 2-3pm); Walking Group; Family/Come and try day (July/August).
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- Kensington Community Recreation Centre - Community Kitchen; Sewing Group.
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- North Melbourne Community Centre - Girl’s basketball program (Tuesday nights, starting 21 April); Teen Gym (Wednesday evenings); Multicultural Day (April).
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Carolyn Favier - cfavier@cmy.net.au
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Community Info Sessions
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The CMY Sport & Rec team has been working on delivering community info sessions in which parents & families can learn about the benefits on being involved in Sport & Rec as well as what happens when you join a local sporting club. Questions like, “What do membership fees cover when I sign up my child to play sport?” as well as concepts around sport as a tool for networking, de-stressing, helping students study better & how parents can be involved in clubs, are some of the things discussed in sessions.
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Other training
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- Leisure & Recreation Centre training
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- Youth, Community, Health & Education services
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Recently delivered training
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- Casey Community Info Session
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- Onside Victoria – Dandenong Club session
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- Victoria Uni – Pre service teachers involved in the AFL Vic & AMES project
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- ACHPER – VCE Physical Education Conference
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- FFV staff inclusion training with Sports Ed
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- MSAC – Leisure & Recreation Centre training
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- Melton Sports Day – Parents info session in conjunction with Spirit West
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- Lawn Bowls AMES Project Club volunteers training session
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Belle Woods - cwoods@cmy.net.au
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CMY All for One Goal Day
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On the 26th of February a number of sports clubs and organisations joined with CMY at Wallace Oval to provide a day of sports and activities. The participants included students from St Patrick’s Primary School - Gordon, St Michaels’ Primary School - Springbank and School of Mining Ballarats’ English as a Second Language (ESL) Class. The day was a great success with over 100 individuals in attendance and both activity providers and the participants had a great time.
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Current activities
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Badminton classes on Wednesdays that starts on the 25th of February and Friday Classes that starts on the 27th of February for 5 weeks. It will be held on Wednesdays for Secondary and primary students and Fridays for adults. This is for the newly arrived migrants in the Ballarat area. Participants that finish the 5 week classes will be offer scholarship by the Badminton Association. At the moment there are more than 10 participants.
The program in Ballarat is really going well. Different groups are helping each other to achieve one goal which is letting the newly arrived migrants integrate with the community and having fun learning new games and meeting people in the community.
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Allie Douglas - adouglas@cmy.net.au
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Multicultural Coaching and Officiating Project
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This project is funded by Sport and Recreation Victoria and aims to create pathways for newly arrived migrants and refugees to become coaches and sports officials. The Project links participants in the Western suburbs to coaching and officiating courses run by the state sport associations, and is helping to develop relationships between community members, settlement and support services, state sport associations and local sport associations.
Much of the project so far has involved educating the community about opportunities that exist to become coaches, referees and umpires in organised sport, and also recruiting participants and local sport associations. Over the next few months participants will be taking part in coaching or officiating courses in soccer, basketball, swimming, AFL and cricket.
I would like to thank the following local sport associations for supporting the Project: Melton Basketball Association, Sunshine Heights Cricket Club, Melton Soccer Club, Satellite City Soccer Club, Sunshine Heights Junior Soccer Club, Sunshine Georgies Junior Soccer Club, Longhorns Basketball Club and Sunshine United Buffalos soccer club.
Some highlights so far:
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- In January two participants completed an AustSwim course. They are currently being supported by Swimming Victoria to be mentored by AustSwim coaches before sitting the exam
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- Soccer Junior Coaching License – Football Federation Victoria and City of Brimbank are supporting a soccer coaching course run exclusively for the Project. The Course will be run in St Albans this weekend, with 15 participants registered 14th – 15th March
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- Melton Basketball Coaching Project – Melton Basketball Association and Basketball Victoria are helping to organise a Level 0 and a Level 1 coaching course in Melton to be open to anyone, including participants of the Project
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND MELBOURNE
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Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
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Date and location to be announced!
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 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre is set to host a Multicultural Sports Day in the coming months. MSAC tenant sports are working hard along with CMY to develop a fun, inclusive day of sport exploration for local communities. Details of the upcoming event will be on the CMY website soon.
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES
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Sports Tip Sheet 12: Sport and recreation for migrant and refugee young people with a disability
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International Platform on Sport & Development
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 Sport has increasingly gained recognition as an effective means of achieving development goals. The International Platform on Sport & Development is a website entirely dedicated to the thematic field of Sport & Development.
The Platform provides a hub for sharing knowledge, building good practice, facilitating coordination and fostering partnerships between and within the different stakeholders.
Learn more at the International Platform on Sport & Development website.
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What's New in the Sector
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Details of upcoming events, conferences and new resources in the multicultural youth sector. If you have an event or resource you want promoted through CMY Digest, please send details to info@cmy.net.au
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A regularly-updated list of new resources and upcoming events in the multicultural youth sector
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