NEW ARRIVALS SPORT AND RECREATION FORUM

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• NEW ARRIVALS SPORT AND RECREATION FORUM
• Office for Recreation and Sport
• 6th December 2005
• KEY PROJECTS
• PRESENTATIONS

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• MIGRANT RESOURCE
• CENTRE OF SA
• SPORTS SUBSIDY PROGRAM
• PRESENTER
• HASAN

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• MRCSA is the peak organisation providing
  settlement services to new arrivals in SA.
• MRCSA is managed by a voluntary board of
  management comprising reps from ethnic, new
  arrival communities, and people with specialist
  skills.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Supporting young refugees to participate in
  active recreation and sport activities
• Developing guidelines and application process for
  sport subsidy
• Promoting subsidy program to eligible young
  refugees (especially young women)
• Working with local sport teams, SA Amateur Soccer
  League and individuals to link in to the existing
  mainstream league structure

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MAIN PARTNERS

• Sporting Clubs and Groups
• Sporting Associations
• Youth and Migrant Services

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SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Refugee Week Soccer carnival no. of teams
  participating
• Increase in young womens participation in sport
  
• Increase in uptake of subsidy
• Not only assisting financially through sport
  subsidy but also connecting new arrivals with
  sport clubs and venues and negotiating membership
  fees with clubs.

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CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• young women
• supporting young people to understand Australian
  system
• access to venue
• transportation
• structured sporting system through social (eg.
  soccer)
• organisational administration (eg time, culture
  and expectation)

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3 LESSONS LEARNT

• working with communities
• women's participation
• sporting clubs (need for education)

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FUTURE DIRECTION

• promoting and targeting young women
• sport expo - come and try event
• liaising with the sport clubs
• education and training

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• MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF SA
• SHARING THROUGH
• ACTIVE RECREATION
• PRESENTERS
• PHIL ALLAN
• MELISSA NYVELD

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• Our VisionThe MCCSA is the peak organisation
  reflecting, representing, supporting and
  advocating, on behalf of our culturally and
  linguistically diverse communities, for the
  achievement of a peaceful, equitable and
  prosperous multicultural South Australia.
• Our MembersOur current membership is in excess
  of 200 organisations and individuals, with
  growing representation from smaller and emerging
  communities. However, through our programs,
  services and partnerships we reach a wider
  segment of our population.

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• Main FunctionsAdvocate on behalf of our members
  on key issues such as ageing, health and
  wellbeing and participation and representation
• Deliver a range of programs and services for the
  benefit of our members and other people from CALD
  backgrounds
• PartnershipsWe have formed strategic
  partnerships including MOUs with key
  organisations such as DECS, City of Port Adelaide
  Enfield, Education Adelaide, Riverland
  Multicultural Forum and UniSA to deliver quality
  innovative programs
• Recreation and Sport ProgramsSharing Through
  Active RecreationAfter School Sports
  ProgramBreakout (Self Development Through
  Recreation)

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Encouraging participation by CALD youth
• Linking CALD communities and clubs
• Sport specific / ASSP / Move It programs
• School-based initiatives
• Consultancy Service

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MAIN PARTNERS

• CALD communities
• Sport Associations and Clubs
• Councils
• Schools
• Other sport/recreation service providers
• UniSA / TAFE SA / Sport SA

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SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Support by BASA and SACA
• Breakout (Self Development Through Recreation)
• 3 Ball Basketball
• Surf Life Saving program at Mansfield Park PS
• Friendships

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CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Linking youth with clubs
• Getting youth active and committed
• Time required to set up programs
• Funding limitations
• Sustaining programs in the future

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3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Support and participation by local sporting clubs
  is crucial
• Location of programs is important
• Face to face communication is ideal medium

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FUTURE DIRECTION

• Establish more club based programs
• Expanding 3 Ball program
• Ongoing partnerships with similar organisations
• Help sporting associations to develop best
  practises

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• BASKETBALL
• ASSOCIATION OF SA
• NEW ARRIVALS PROGRAM
• PRESENTER
• MELISSA LANGE

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• Basketball Development Team Consisting of Manager
  and 4 Development Officers
• Inclusive Basketball Programs (New Arrivals,
  Intellectually Disabled and Indigenous) and
  Aussie Hoops (School Clinics 100 to 200 schools/
  year, 10 Game Time Centres Miniball
  Competitions involving 300 teams) and Holiday
  Camps and Coaching Courses
• Social Competitions - 8 Venues
• District Junior and Senior Competitions - 13
  Clubs involved
• Elite Competitions - NBL and WNBL and State Teams

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Free Training Program - Thebarton Senior College
  Thursday's
• Subsidised Social Basketball Teams - Wayville
  Sports Centre Tuesday's
• School Clinics - NAP ELS Primary and High
  Schools
• Community Clinics MCCSA - 3 Ball

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MAIN PARTNERS

• Office for Recreation Sport
• Migrant Resource Centre of SA
• Multicultural Communities Council of SA
• NAP Schools - Thebarton Senior College ELS
  Adelaide TAFE ASSE
• Para West Indigenous Sports Academy

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SUCCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• 2004 SA Recreation Sport Award for Community
  Participation Initiatives
• Securing Player Subsidy with MRC
• Entering Teams in Social Basketball Competition
• Bi-annual Game with Para West Basketball Team for
  last 2 years
• Transition of players into other competitions
  including District

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CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Cost/ Funding
• Transport
• Regular of attendance of Participants (Times of
  activities)
• Language/ Culture/ Social Issues
• Sportsmanship Abiding by Rules

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3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Provide activities in locations and at times that
  are accessible for New Arrivals and that are
  continuous that run over a period of time to
  enable them to grow
• Be flexible and have realistic expectations
• Provide activities that interest participants eg
  games vs structured skill trainings and boys vs
  girls needs

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FUTURE DIRECTION

• Girls Program including both Trainings and Games
• Regional New Arrivals or Community Based Social
  Competitions through 3 Ball Centres with MCCSA
  (Kilburn, Pennington, Campbelltown and in future
  down South)
• Develop pathways to District Basketball Clubs via
  Scholarship or similar program
• Annual New Arrivals Basketball Carnival/ Come and
  Try Day with NAP ELS Schools

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• SA AMATEUR SOCCER LEAGUE
• PRESENTER
• ALEX CICHANOWSKI

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• To provide Amateur Players a competition run to
  the highest standard without limitation as to
  age, religion or location
• To provide for the the benefit of Amateur Soccer
  in South Australia a strong, united voice within
  the Soccer administration in this country
• An autonomous body comprised of its member clubs
  each of which has equal voting rights in the
  affairs of the League
• Member clubs from various origins
• Current club membership (85) has approximately
  4000 registered senior players

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• To encourage and assist new clubs and individual
  members wishing to participate in organised
  Amateur Soccer
• Having regard for the Amateur nature of its
  membership and therefore keeping costs at the
  lowest possible level

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MAIN PARTNERS

• Office for Recreation and Sport
• Migrant Resource Centre SA
• Member clubs
• Local councils
• Church and welfare groups

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SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• 8 team New Arrival competition (2004)
• 2 teams fully participated in SAASL (2005)
• 49 individual registrations (2005)
• 2 additional teams are applying for 2006
  competition

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CHALLENGING ACPECTS

• Communication
• Travel
• Facilities
• Equipment

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3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Tolerant officials
• Gradual Progression
• Provide options

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FUTURE DIRECTION

• Information handbook
• Distribution
• Information evenings
• Representative team

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• ADELAIDE SECONDARY
• SCHOOL OF ENGLISH
• AFTER SCHOOL SPORT CENTRE
• PRESENTER
• ANTI MACRI

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• Adelaide Secondary School of English - new
  arrivals program for students aged 12 - 16
• Current student population approx. 360 (refugees,
  migrants, international students)
• Continuous enrolment assessment - different
  pathways for students
• We prepare students for mainstream high schools
  living in Australian society (services)
• We have a Student Services Team offer a range
  of support programs
•  We work closely with other support agencies
  also employ Bilingual School Support Officers

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

• Our aim is to provide students with an
  opportunity to participate in a range of
  different sports and to try to link them with
  clubs
• The After School Sport Centre operates on Monday
  (for girls) Thursday (for boys) from 3.15 -
  4.15pm
• Different sports (usually 1- 2 per term) are
  offered a club visit is usually included at the
  end of the term/change in sport
• 2004 - 2005 sports have included basketball,
  soccer, football, cricket, netball, athletics,
  volleyball, indoor soccer, badminton table
  tennis

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MAIN PARTNERS

• Multicultural Communities Council of SA -
  supporting students to make links with clubs
• Migrant Resource Centre of SA - Sport Subsidy
  Grant
• Various coaches/clubs

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SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• At least 100 students have participated in a
  session/sporting activity
• Feedback from students participating is always
  positive
• Many students have joined clubs - usually after
  they have been in Australia for a while.
• Many students have applied received funds from
  the MRC to join a club/purchase equipment e.g.
  soccer boots
• Staff support has been great

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CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Consent forms-not always completed correctly
• Linking with clubs - students travel from all
  over Adelaide, transport is an issue
• Time needed to follow up forms, make phone calls
  etc
• Availability of suitable coaches in the afternoon
• Many students choosing "familiar/favourite"
  sports, and perhaps only trying something
  different once
• Inconsistent attendance/increasing numbers as
  term progresses

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3 LESSONS LEARNT

• Timing is important - changed from 3.30pm start
  to 3.15pm start
• Program needs to be flexible - can't plan too far
  ahead due to changing student population
  interests,
• Need to establish/develop relationships with
  suitable coaches/clubs

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FUTURE DIRECTION

• An introduction of a small cost (max 1.00) per
  session to ensure we can continue to pay for
  coaches etc
• Continue to offer a range of activities, ensuring
  student needs/interests are being met
• Need to continue working with suitable coaches -
  i.e. work effectively with new arrivals
• Need to investigate a better way to link with
  clubs - transport is an issue

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• THEBARTON SENIOR COLLEGE
• PRESENTERS
• Rowan Mumford
• Issac Wexler

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ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW

• Large New Arrival Population
• Youth Population Growth
• Sporting Background
• Large population of Active students
• Lack of Understanding of SA's Sporting System

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Our Sporting Aim
• Sport Surveys
• Come 'n' Try
• Tournaments
• Community Sport Involvement

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MAIN PARTNERS

• Staff of Thebarton Senior College
• Basketball Assoc of SA
• Other Sporting Associations
• Migrant Resource Centre SA
• Multicultural Communities Council SA

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SUCCESSES AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Participation of Students
• Community Involvement
• Tournaments
• College Team
• Friendships/Mateship

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CHALLENGING ASPECTS

• Our Lack of Understanding
• Time!!!
• Money!!!
• 'Students'
• Sporting Associations

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LESSONS LEARNT

• Working Within a Multicultural Environment
• Better Response to a 'Mate' then a Teacher

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

• Continue to Boost Community Sport
• Increase the Active Involvement within the
  Students
• College Teams
• Build a Trophy Cabinet