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 CMYI Multicultural Sports Newsletter May 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 Meeting held on Wednesday 12 March explored the findings by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity’s report, What’s the Score? A survey of cultural diversity and racism in Australian sport. Presenting the findings was Paul Oliver, Director of Public Affairs for HREOC.
Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs, The Hon. James Merlino was in attendance to launch Playing for the future: The role of sport and recreation in supporting refugee young people to 'settle well' in Australia. Louise Olliff, CMYI’s Sector Development Co-ordinator and author of the report, was on hand to discuss the findings.
Hon. Minister Merlino also announced that CMYI would receive a funding grant of $80,000 over the next two years for the training of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in the area of coaching and officiating. The ongoing support of Minister Merlino is much appreciated by CMYI and we look forward to developing more opportunities for diverse young people to be involved in sport and recreation for 2008 and beyond.
To find out more about What’s the Score?, or to obtain a free copy of the report on CD-ROM, visit the HREOC website.
A copy of Playing for the future is also available for download in the CMYI website’s Publications section.
The next Sports Network Meeting will be held in Melbounre during June, and will look at the need for a strong working relationship between schools and the community if the sporting and recreation sector is to be truly inclusive and supportive of diverse young people. For more information, contact Carolyn - cfavier@cmyi.net.au.
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Multicultural Sport and Recreation Team update
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CMYI’s Sport and Recreation team have extensive experience in offering cultural diversity and all inclusive training and development packages to state sporting organisations, leisure centres and local clubs. Funded through PICSAR, the team offers training around Australia. Some of the groups we’ve worked with recently include:
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- Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPHER) – ‘CLD Students and Physical Activity’ seminar
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- Tennis Victoria – Cultural Diversity
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- Life Saving Victoria – Cultural Awareness
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- Go For Your Life – Regional Forum in Benalla – All inclusive training
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If your group, club or organisation would like more information about the training available, please contact Carolyn - cfavier@cmyi.net.au.
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Farewells:
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- Sophie Franet, Co-ordinator of CMYI’s Sport and Recreation team, is now on maternity leave after the successful arrival of her first child. All the team here at CMYI congratulates Sophie and wishes her well. We look forward to her return sometime in 2009.
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New Appointments:
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- In the meantime we are happy to announce that Shane Cooke has been appointed as Co-ordinator for the busy Sport and Recreation team. Shane can be contacted at scooke@cmyi.net.au.
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- Carolyn Favierhas been appointed as Training and Professional Development Project Officer for the Sport and Recreation team. Carolyn comes from an education and youth services background, and has experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse sporting groups.
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- Nick Mac Hale has been appointed as a Project Officer to focus on supporting young people from newly arrived backgrounds. Nick hails from Ireland and has experience working with young people in sport and recreation programs; he has a particular interest in soccer and boxing. Nick will be working in the Northern region in and around Melbourne to develop and support sporting opportunities for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
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Team players...
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So, just what is the team up to at the moment?
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Claudia Abakah - cabakah@cmyi.net.au
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- Following a ‘come and try’ day with Netball Victoria early this year, and after receiving tickets from the Hon. Minister Merlino’s office to attend a netball match, a group of young women and men have expressed interest in learning more about netball and taking part in a competition. As a result, Claudia is currently facilitating a group of 12 young women aged 14 -19 to take part in a weekly netball competition. The girls had their first training session and official match during April, and will train every Tuesday night and play on Monday nights at various times. The Dandenong Netball Association and Netball Victoria have been most supportive and open to the girls being part of their association and weekly competitions, and have provided court space for training plus other resources. They are also currently working on getting a netball development officer to develop the skills of the girls. Netball Victoria is looking into purchasing uniforms for the team, providing assistance to transport the girls to and from the venue each week, and ongoing support to encourage other migrant young women to play netball. Please feel free to drop in if you’re in the area to support and cheer on the girls or refer any clients interested. There will also be an opportunity to create a mixed team in the future.
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- Claudia is currently also researching sport and recreational programs and facilities in the City of Casey, as she will be placed there two days a week to run a similar project to that of the Springers project in the City of Greater Dandenong.
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- Friday night Futsal is still running with an average of 35 young men attending. It is hoped that the City of Greater Dandenong and Springers will continue to run the program with the assistance of a member of the Sudanese community.
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Nyadol Nyuon - nnyuon@cmyi.net.au
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- Nyadol is continuing her work with the Go For Your Life project in Ballarat, which links newly arrived and refugee young people to sport and recreation opportunities in Ballarat.
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- Nyadol was recently involved in the development of the Sudanese Festival, held at the Immigration Museum on Saturday 12 April. Almost 1,800 people soaked up the unique atmosphere and hopped and bopped to the sound of drumming. The festival offered visitors the chance to experience and enjoy music and dance performances, family activities and food, whilst gaining a new perspective on the Sudanese community in Melbourne and Victoria. Congratulations to Nyadol and all others involved in organising the event!
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- Nyadol has been invited to present at an Immigration Museum forum, entitled ‘Is multiculturalism good for women?’. This forum event will bring together women from the migrant activist movement of the 1970s and 1980s with today’s young women, to discuss the central place of women in our multicultural community. Visit the Immigration Museum website for more details.
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Carolyn Favier - cfavier@cmyi.net.au
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- Carolyn is working with the Australian Sports Commission and the creative team at Four Diegos Media to develop an online coaching resource to help clubs, coaches & officials in developing inclusive practices around young people from diverse backgrounds. The site will include video casts & interviews with people attempting to develop inclusive programs as well as clubs in which best practice programs are already in existence. Any ideas or suggestions about what needs to be included, or volunteers to be part of the video and audio aspects of the site are more than welcome to contact Carolyn. The site will be available nationally later in 2008, through the ASC’s Play by the Rules website, so stay tuned!
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Nick Mac Hale - nmachale@cmyi.net.au
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- Nick will be running a soccer program for young people in the Broadmeadows area. The plan is to develop a sustainable on-going program in conjunction with other community partners.
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- Nick is also working on a four-week sport and recreation program at Broadmeadows Leisure Centre. The program, starting the week beginning Monday 19 May, will cover gym and swimming activities and is focusing on students at NMIT.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND MELBOURNE
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New Generation Bocce
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Bocce Victoria's 'New Generation Bocce' competition, previously known as 'Bocce 4's', is targeted at novice players to raise awareness of Bocce amoungst the younger generation. It's an all ages, open mixed event running over eight weeks, with competitions beginning on 1 May. To find out more, visit the Bocce Victoria website.
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Women in Sport grants program
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The Sport Leadership Grants for Women program is an initiative of the Australian Government that is jointly managed by the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Government Office for Women. The grants are available in five keys areas:
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- High performance coaching and officiating;
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- Women in disability sport;
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- Women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;
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- Women in general sport leadership.
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The program is aimed at providing women with an opportunity to undertake sport leadership training.
For more information visit the Australian Sports Commission website.
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Boots For All program
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Boots For All is an independent not-for-profit organisation collecting quality second-hand footy boots, new footballs and ball pumps for redistribution to Aussie Rules clubs and programs who require them. For more information, or to donate or request boots or equipment, contact the Boots For All team at info@bootsforall.org.au, or visit the Boots for All website.
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Noor Events website
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Noor Events is an Australian Muslim youth event hub, established to inform Muslim youth of upcoming events. If your organisation is holding an event that might be of interest to Australia’s Muslim Youth, being included on the Noor Events calendar is a great way to get the word out. For more information visit the Noor Events website.
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PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES
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CMYI’s Multicultural Sport and Recreation website offers a large selection of publications and resources free to download and use. Some of the available titles include:
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- SSA Multicultural Resource Kit
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- Keeping Sport Fun and Safe (in 12 different languages)
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- Women: Get Active in Sport & Recreation
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- How to Start a Female After School Sports Program
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- Parent Consent Forms (in 15 different languages)
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To access these and many more valuable resources, visit the Publications and Resources section.
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Increasing Access to Sport and Recreational Clubs in Whitehorse report
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The Migrant Information Centre – Eastern Melbourne developed a document in 2005 through the City of Whitehorse Youth Project, entitled Increasing Access to Sport and Recreational Clubs in Whitehorse by Young People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. The report details the findings of research that MIC undertook on strategies to increase access and participation in local sports clubs of young people from diverse backgrounds. Download a copy from the MIC website.
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