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03 Nov 2013

Healthy Sporting Environments

The Healthy Sporting Environments program supports the development of sustainable policies in sporting organisations.

15 Dec 2011

Everyone Wins aims to increase participation in sport of priority populations (people with a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and women and girls).

Participation in sport

31 Mar 2014

Healthy Sporting Environments Demonstration Project

VicHealth's Healthy Sporting Environments Demonstration Project was an Australian-first trial that saw sporting clubs in the Barwon Region make changes to become healthier placed.

Project Evaluation

03 Feb 2010

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.

Physical activity and sport

15 Oct 2010

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.

Physical activity and sport

02 Sep 2011

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.

Supporting diversity

29 Sep 2010

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.

Increasing participation

15 Oct 2010

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.

Physical activity and sport

27 May 2010

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.

Physical activity and sport

01 Jun 2001

Exercise Recreation and Sport Survey

This survey enables study of many aspects of participation, such as the characteristics and choices of participants, and how these choices vary region by region. It represents the beginning of a concerted effort by VicHealth and Sport and Recreation Victoria to develop consistent and ongoing measurements of participation of exercise, recreation and sport.

Physical activity and sport

15 Mar 2013

More than just sport – PICSAR evaluation

More than just sport’ is a snapshot of the outcomes of the PICSAR program which funded 61 Victorian projects from 2007 to 2011.

Increasing participation

01 Mar 2007

PICSAR scheme evaluation report

Evaluation of the Participation in Community Sport and Active Recreation program (PICSAR) set up by VicHealth to increase participation in physical activity.

Increasing participation