Valley Sport believes that sport is for everyone regardless of race, gender, disability, age or religion. We work extensively within the community to build partnerships and opportunities through formal and informal sport and recreation so that everyone can experience the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle.

Valley Sport works to:

 

  • Assist people with a disability to participate in community sport and active recreation
  • Help promote the equal inclusion of women in sport
  • Help clubs integrate people with a disability into their club
  • Help promote the inclusion of people from a CALD community
  • Help support modified sports opportunities for people of all ages and abilities
Access for All Abilites
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community

Our Programs

Valley Sport is funded by Sport and Recreation Victoria to deliver the Together More Active program, while our Regional Sport Partnership program is funded by VicHealth. Find out more about these programs below.

Together More Active supports greater participation outcomes by focusing on two overarching themes:

  • Building a more sustainable sport and active recreation sector
  • Increasing the equity, diversity and inclusiveness of the sport and active recreation industry

Increasing equity, diversity and inclusiveness of the sport and active recreation industry

Valley Sport will increase equity, diversity and inclusiveness of sport and active recreation across the Goulburn Valley by:

  • Establishing and supporting inclusive and sustainable participation opportunities for people with disability
  • Supporting the sport and recreation and disability community through provision of specialist inclusion advice (AAA) and one to one support
  • Supporting the sport and active recreation community through provision of specialist inclusion advice (AAA) and workforce development opportunities (workshops)

VicHealth has partnered with Victoria’s 9 Regional Sports Assemblies, including Valley Sport to improve the health and wellbeing of rural and regional Victorians aged 0-25, including those that face the most significant barriers.

The key objectives of the Regional Sport Partnership include:

  • To improve the health and wellbeing of rural and regional children and young people by providing more suitable sport, recreation and play opportunities. These opportunities will enable children and young people to be active, move more and connect with others in sport clubs/facilities, schools, the natural environment or other community spaces,
  • To improve the health and wellbeing of rural and regional children and young people by working with partners to:
    • strengthen and improve local and/or systemic enablers that support involvement and participation in sport, active recreation and play; and
    • remove, mitigate or reduce the impact of local and/or systemic barriers that limit involvement and participation in sport, active recreation and play.
  • To support local planning with Fast Track Councils involved in VicHealth’s Local Government Partnership, which seeks to address local factors that directly affect the daily lives of children and young people and their opportunities for health and wellbeing.