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The Healthy Sporting Environments program supports the development of sustainable policies in sporting organisations.
One hundred sporting clubs from the Geelong region are set to become the healthiest in Australia, after being selected to take part in an Australia-first VicHealth initiative to create healthier and more inclusive sports.
Vision-impaired people are playing tennis in a VicHealth-funded project run by Blind Sports Victoria and Tennis Victoria.
Many of Victorias recently-arrived residents who come from different cultural backgrounds have not needed, or had the opportunity, to learn about water safety.
The Parents Learning Actively with Youngsters (PLAY) program is run by Glastonbury Child and Family Services, an independent, not-for-profit organisation.
Participation rates in sport and active recreation are lower than the average among Indigenous communities.
Whilst there has been research undertaken overseas with respect to participation in community sport and physical activity, for children with a disability there is a dearth of research in Victoria.
Participation in Community Sport and Active Recreation (PICSAR) was designed to increase participation of Victorians across all levels of community sport and active recreation.
VicHealth, in partnership with Sport and Recreation Victoria, worked with five local governments to strengthen physical activity outcomes, under the three-year Be Active initiative.
The State Sporting Association Participation Program 2011–14 (SSAPP) is a pilot program, administered by VicHealth in conjunction with 30 State Sporting Associations (SSAs).
Women are missing out on exercise opportunities, new research from VicHealth shows.
Thirty State Sporting Associations will share in $10.2 million from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) over the next three years in a bid to make sports in Victoria more welcoming places.