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Fair Access Action Plan Development & Gender Equity Training

We invite you to attend the first of our education sessions to support Fair Access and #ChangingTheGame.

Club Responsibilities

We all need to work together to make meaningful change and achieve fair access across our sport and recreation facilities. 
 

Bayside City Council is running 3 gender equity training sessions to help clubs to undertake their own health checks and develop Action Plans to make practical and cultural change within your club community and continue to meet the requirements of your State Sporting Associations.

Introduction

Sport and recreation clubs are welcomed to join us to support Fair Access and changing the game.

Bayside City Council want our sport and active recreation clubs to be setup for success. We want to do this by supporting your efforts to attract and encourage more women and girls to play and be involved. We have partnered with GippSport to deliver club specific training that will support each club to complete a health-check and develop a club-specific Action Plan. The sessions will also enhance everyone’s education about this important topic, Gender Equity, provide tools and resources for ongoing support, and provide other useful tips to help ‘Change The Game’.

We have 3 sessions available for Bayside sports and recreation clubs, and we request you attend at least 1 or both sessions if needed. We encourage multiple attendees from each organisation to attend so this can be a whole of club focus to drive the change.

There will be pre-work for clubs to complete that will be sent leading up to the sessions which will consist of:

This is to further support your club within the session in order to complete the action plan.

Facilitator

Michelle Harris will be our facilitator for the sessions. Michelle has more than 20 years of management experience in the community and recreation industry for both private management companies, as well as directly for Local Government. With a keen passion for the sport and recreation industry Michelle is very involved as a volunteer in her local community, as the President of Swimming Victoria and as a Senior Technical Official of Swimming Victoria as well as a keen park runner and volunteer.

The most recent successes for GippSport include:

  • Baw Baw Shire Council - Gender Impact Assessment for the Sporting Walk of Fame
  • Let Us Play media campaign to reduce on field and sideline behaviour issues which was a result of the Increasing Access to Sport project
  • Facilitation of the Changing Gippsland’s Game suite of community programs, networks and events including our Balancing the Board Event
  • Delivery of the Local Government Fair Access Policy Workshops in partnership with Change Our Game
  • Completion of the Men as Allies Research project in conjunction with Latrobe University which has become a Change Our Game resource
  • Engagement with young people, stakeholders, and partners on the delivery of the Increasing Access to Sports Report across the Latrobe Valley
  • East Gippsland Shire Council - Development of the Active Women & Girls Strategy
  • Passion and commitment to Gippy Girls Can as a local amplification of This Girl Can Victoria in Gippsland

Who is involved

We strongly encourage you to invite your State Sporting Association or league representatives to help support your future planning for the evening. Learn more and register.

Please RSVP your commitment in the form below for your club or organisation and we look forward to welcoming you then.

Your details
What is your Club/Association/League/Sporting Association or organisation?
Your club, association or organisation's details

We strongly encourage you to bring more than one representative from your club - please enter the names of those attending - not including yourself - below.

When would you like to attend?

Please choose an available session time

Available Session Times
Event location: Bayside City Council. Who should attend: Club Committee members/club players - All welcome. Session 1 theme: Gender Equity training, self-assessment, Action Plan Outcome, networking.
Event location: Bayside City Council. Who should attend: Club Committee members/club players - All welcome.
Event location: Online Who should attend: Club Committee members/club players - All welcome.
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