Club Development Hub
We support the work and development of local sporting organisations.
Fair Access Roadmap
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Read our Fair Access Guide
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Complete your Club Gender Audit
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Complete your Gender Equity Action Plan
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Submit for Feedback
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Revise, Sign and Submit
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Sport club development workshops
We facilitate sport club development workshops every year. These workshops focus on upskilling clubs and supporting them to meet the Sportsgrounds and Facilities Allocation Policy [ PDF, 84.36 KB] criteria.
- Football Victoria Club Changer Workshop [ PDF, 2.47 MB]
- Active Bystander Training + Gender Equitable Sports Clubs [ PDF, 3.08 MB] by Women’s Health in the North
- Supporting media: Start the conversation at your sports club
- Development and Network Session, Grant Writing and Developing Participation [ PDF, 3.12 MB]
- LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Sport and Recreation [ PDF, 1.73 MB]
- View the recording
- Fair Access Principles & Gender Equity [ PDF, 2.05 MB]
- Navigating Change Through Fair Access (Part 1) - Understanding Fair Access
- Part 1 was hosted online, view the recording
- Navigating Change Through Fair Access (Part 2) - Fair Access Action Planning [ PDF, 3.07 MB]
- Child Safe Sport, Inclusion & Diversity and Fair Play Code [ PDF, 1.74 MB]
- Grant Writing and Participation Programming [ PDF, 1.14 MB]
- Marketing and Promotion, Participant Recruitment [ PDF, 2.86 MB]
- Introduction to Strategic Planning [ PDF, 1.15 MB]
Different sessions are run throughout the year to support volunteers, people who manage volunteers, members of committees, not-for profit and community organisations in Yarra to help them run as effectively as possible.
Club development resources
Resources have been collated to provide examples of how Yarra sporting groups can take steps to engage and implement initiatives to create positive change for the community as a whole. The categories below align with our Allocation Framework Criteria in our Sportsground and Facilities Allocation Policy [ PDF, 84.36 KB] .
Understanding Yarra’s Community Profile
- The Yarra Community Profile resource provides a demographic analysis of suburbs within Yarra based on results from Censuses of Population and Housing.
Implementing Child Safety
- Vicsport’s Child Safe Sport assists with the implementation and understanding of the 11 Victorian Child Safe Standards.
- Play by the Rules’ Child Protection and Safeguarding Course will help to develop your knowledge on the importance of safeguarding children in sport.
Partnering with Yarra organisations
- Local schools
- Establishing partnerships with Yarra based schools can help create a welcoming pathway into community sport and breakdown a potential barrier.
- Youth centres
- Establishing connections with our youth centres can help enable community partnerships to effectively work together to support the healthy development of young people in Yarra.
General advice
- Australian Sports Commission
- Play by the Rules
- VicHealth
Indigenous resources
Disability resource
Women and girls resources
- Fair Access
- VicHealth
LBGTIQ+ resources
- Vicsport
- Play by the Rules
- online course Creating an LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Club
- VicHealth
General resources
- Club Help's Club Finances Resources
- Consumer Affairs Victoria's Running an incorporated association
Grants
Organisations supporting strong club governance
- Australian Sports Commission's Game Plan
- Leisure Networks’ Club Help
- Good Sports
- Vicsport
- Australian Sports Foundation
- Sports Community
Risk management
Strategic planning
- Club Help’s Strategic and Business Planning