Everyone Wins – State Sporting Associations (SSAs)

This version aims to assist SSAs to build healthier sporting environments that are more inclusive and welcoming of everyone in our community, particularly people with a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and women and girls.

Everyone Wins – Community sporting clubs

This version aims to assist Victorian community sports clubs to build healthier sporting environments that are more inclusive and welcoming of everyone in their community, particularly women, girls, Aboriginal people and people from culturally diverse communities.

Immigrant Physical Activity Study

This study looks at ways to enhance participation in sport and physical activity by first generation migrant communities at a high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Building health through sport

This action plan details VicHealth’s partnership approach to promote health in the sports setting. It outlines specific activities that will be undertaken with the sports sector over the next three years to address priority health areas for action.

Participation in physical activity

VicHealth established a focus on increasing social and economic participation as a key priority area for action during 2009–13. This research summary provides a brief update on published research examining physical activity participation.

PICSAR: Sharing the stories

Since 2007, through its funded organisations, PICSAR has created a diverse range of opportunities for physical activity participation. This has had a very positive impact on promoting and supporting inclusion in the sport and active recreation sector.

Understanding barriers to sport participation

VicHealth identified specific segments where participation in sport remains problematic: those with a low income, people with a disability and new arrivals to Australia. This report provides a better understanding of the barriers to participation and ongoing involvement in sport.

Come Out to Play (A VicHealth-funded report)

Access to sport participation should be open to all Australians; however experiences of gender and sexuality discrimination has shown to be a barrier to full participation by some people.

A Sporting Chance: The Inside Knowledge on Healthy Sports Clubs

What do healthy sports clubs have in common? Regardless of the sport played, successful clubs have a long, strong history, a commitment to including others, and a family and social focus. They value and reward members, communicate and promote regularly, and have policies that cover all bases, from sun protection to healthy food choices. They provide a valuable service to the local community and give people a place to go for physical and social health.

Active Club Grants

This publication provides background information on physical activity and the gains that can be made through increasing participation at the local level, plus short case studies that illustrate the utilisation of Active Club Grants in order to extend the breadth and depth of physical activity participation.