Valley Sport Update - April 2023

Valley Sport Update - April 2023

April 28, 2023

Sporting Club Courses

Valley Sport can assist you and your club members by organising the following courses.

  • Provide CPR (HLTAID009)

  • Provide First Aid ( HLTAID011)

  • Responsible Service of Alcohol

  • Level 1 Sports Trainer

If you are interested in completing one of the following courses, please fill out an expression of interest form here.

Active April 2023

April saw Valley Sport out and about at Active April events across the Moira Shire. A wide range of activities for the kids took place including, Tennis, Arts and Craft, AFL, Soccer, Jumping Castles and more.

It was great to see over 150 children getting active at their local park or recreation ground in Yarrawonga, Cobram, Nathalia and Numurkah.

Community Flood Recovery Cricket Blast Programs

During the months of February and March Valley Sport with the support of Cricket Australia, delivered five, four week Cricket Blast Programs in five flood affected towns across the region.

250 primary aged students from Seymour, Shepparton, Mooroopna and Nathalia got to enjoy the game of cricket, with many participants being the first time they had been exposed to the game.

A massive thanks to Cricket Australia for providing these free programs for flood affected communities.

Join Love The Game Round

May is Love the Game month, which is an ideal time for your club to join the program and start raising awareness in your community about the risks and harms associated with sports gambling.

WHY SHOULD YOUR CLUB JOIN LOVE THE GAME?

Children are growing up surrounded by gambling promotions that make it seem like betting on sport is normal. This is a concern, with young men (18–24 years) now the largest group of sports bettors in Victoria and participation by young women rising.

Love the Game clubs refuse to take sports betting sponsorship, which reduces the exposure of young people to gambling ads. Participating clubs also help kids to understand the risks associated with gambling and equip them with the skills to make critical, informed decisions when they’re older.

Most importantly, they encourage kids to love the game, not the odds.

FREE CLUB PACK

Clubs that sign up to the Love the Game program and host a Love the Game round during the month of May will receive an exclusive pack containing training cones, a cap, clipboard, equipment bag, posters, and a conversation tip card. Click HERE to register.

Vic Kids Eat Well - Join the Movement!!

Vic Kids Eat Well offers participant community organisations great prizes and rewards, along with access to a network of amazing health promotion professionals. Parents and community members across Victoria will be proud to see their kids’ school, sports club and community centre involved.

The following steps explain how Vic Kids Eat Well works:

Step 1:  Community organisations join the movement and are connected to a dedicated health promotion professional who will support them every step of the way.

Step 2:   Organisations choose a small step, like kicking confectionary, or decide to make a bigger change, like changing up the menu and letting healthy food take the spotlight.

Step 3:  Progress is rewarded and celebrated. Vic Kids Eat Well is all about acknowledging milestones along the way – whether it’s skipping the deep fryer, or a overhauling the drinks fridge and saying goodbye to sugary drinks for good!

Step 4:  Organisations keep the momentum going and work through all the Vic Kids Eat Well actions. Next, they can continue their healthy eating journey through relevant healthy eating policies and guidelines with the support of Nutrition Australia’s Healthy Eating Advisory Service, and receive Victorian Government recognition through Cancer Council Victoria’s Achievement Program.

To find out more or to discuss joining the Vic Kids Eat Well Movement, please contact Steph from PCP on (03) 5823 3237 or email [email protected]

Running Your AGM

A number of clubs will be hosting their AGM's over the next month. Find out what needs to be done when organising and facilitating your clubs AGM, including:

  • Meeting Preparation

  • Meeting Papers

  • Nominations

  • Post AGM

Find out more information here

Best Practice Financial Checklist For Sporting Clubs

In partnership with MB+M accounting Valley Sport have developed a best practice financial checklist and webinar for sporting clubs. The checklist and webinar can be a great resource for new or returning club treasurers.

If you are interested in viewing a recording of the webinar, please visit our website

Business and Community Sport Flood Recovery Grants

LAST CHANCE!!

Grants are now available to support flood-affected Victorian businesses, not-for-profit or community sport and active recreation organisations in eligible local government areas.If

If your business or organisation has experienced direct damage to your property, assets, stock or equipment during the recent Victorian floods you may be eligible for up to $50,000.The grant can be used to cover eligible expenses to help you clean up, recover and resume operating as quickly as possible. To apply for the Flood Recovery Grant, you need to first successfully apply for the $5000 one-off grant (Please note the $5,000 grants have now closed)

This program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

For information or to apply, see: business.vic.gov.au/floodrecovery This program is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments through Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

Closes: 1 May 2023

Emergency Sporting Equipment Grant Program

The Emergency Sporting Equipment Grant Program helps Victorian sport and active recreation community organisations replace Essential Sports Equipment that has been lost or destroyed as a consequence of unpreventable and exceptional events such as fire, flood, significant storms, theft or criminal damage.

Grants of up to $2,000 (excluding GST) are available towards the replacement cost of the lost or damaged equipment that is owned by the applicant organisation.  Closes: 31 May 2023For more information, please visit: https://sport.vic.gov.au/grants-and-funding/our-grants/emergency-sporting-and-recreational-equipment

Get Active Kids Voucher Program

The Get Active Kids Voucher Program provides a voucher valued up to $200 for each child for costs associated with participation in organised sport and active recreation activities. Eligible costs include membership and registration fees associated with participation.

To be eligible for a voucher your child/dependant must be:

  • aged 0 to 18 years

  • a resident in Victoria

  • named on a current (at the time of your application) Australian Government Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, and

  • named on a valid Australian Government Medicare card

Closes: 5:00pm, 10 May 2023 To find out more information, please visit: https://valleysport.net.au/get-active-kids-voucher-program/

AFL Strategic Community Investment Fund

The Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF) is designed to financially assist initiatives that can support Community Clubs affiliated to AFL Victoria in three key strategic areas:

  • Grow and assist volunteer capacity.

  • Grow and diversify participation.

  • Improve club environments and player experiences.

Examples of eligible projects include:

  • Improving club financial practices such as upgrading from manual cash handling to electronic POS processes

  • Subsidies for training and playing uniform and boots, registration and membership, up to $750 per player, etc

  • Safety netting behind the goal posts

Applications will be assessed monthly.For more information, please visit: https://www.aflvic.com.au/facilities-funding/strategic-community-investment-fund

Stronger Communities Programme

The Stronger Communities Programme provides up to $20,000 in funding.

The objective of the program is to deliver social benefits for local communities. The intended outcomes of the program are to:

  • Encourage and support participation in local projects

  • Improve local community participation

  • Contribute to vibrant and viable communities

Closes: 10 May 2023

If you have any questions or would like assistance applying for any of the above grants, please don’t hesitate to get in contact.

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