The CMY Multicultural Sport and Recreation Program aims to create a more responsive sports sector that is attuned to the needs of refugee and migrant young people, as well as increase their access and participation in sport and recreation.
The Sport and Recreation team has prepared a series of Sport Case Studies, each focusing on a project run in the last twelve months – multicultural programs for basketball, skateboarding and gym membership, as well as an initiative exposing parents to various recreation facilities. Each case study assesses the benefits offered by each program, challenges faced, and further steps taken to ensure each program had a future.
Two additions to CMY's Sport and Recreation Tip Sheet series are now available for download.
Winning Tactics - Good practice principles in the field showcases programs that had been successful in building relationships with local newly-arrived and refugee communities.
Strategies to Support Engagement in Sports for Newly-Arrived Young People helps clubs and sporting associations to become more accessible to young people of refugee and migrant backgrounds in their local area.
The October 2010 edition of the physical activity newsletter Active Inform features CMY's recent work in overcoming barriers to participation for young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
This new CMY resource offers sport and recreation providers practical strategies and resources to encourage greater participation in sport and recreation activities.
