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Girls playing netball

Sporting Clubs

2012-2014

Healthy Sporting Environments

The Healthy Sporting Environments program supports the development of sustainable policies in sporting organisations.
Girls playing Australian rules football

Participation in sport

15 Dec 2011

Everyone Wins

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).
Girls playing netball

Project Evaluation

31 March 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.
Child and parent swimming

VicHealth strategy

24 Mar 2017

Physical activity, sport and walking: VicHealth’s Investment Plan (2014 to 2018)

To get more Victorians active including through sport and walking, VicHealth’s strategic approach focuses on making physical activity participation part of everyday living, and competitive and social sport.
Girls with mother at badminton club

Supporting diversity

09 Jun 2011

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.
Older woman playing tennis

Physical activity and sport

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.
Girls playing netball

Project evaluation

29 Mar 2014

Healthy Sporting Environments Demonstration Project - Evaluation

The evaluation of VicHealth’s pioneering Healthy Sporting Environments Demonstration Project has given us a better understanding of how health promotion can be weaved through grassroots sports clubs.
Girls with mother at badminton club

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.
Three girls at the beach in lifejackets

Supporting diversity

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.
Man with a cricket bat

Increasing participation

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.
Three girls at the beach in lifejackets

Physical activity and sport

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.
Older woman swimming

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.