Funding for Newly Arrived Young People to Get Active
Source: Victoria. Minister for Community Development. Media Release
"A $120,000 Brumby Government grant will help encourage newly-arrived young people from diverse cultural groups get involved in organised sport. Community Development Minister Peter Batchelor said the Victorian Community Support Grant would allow the not-for-profit group Sports Without Borders to deliver a pilot project to support local sporting associations attract and retain young people from diverse backgrounds.“The Brumby Government is taking action to strengthen communities and ensure all Victorians have access to a wide range of activities and services,” Mr Batchelor said. Sports Without Borders will assist sports clubs and organisations to be more inclusive and accessible by helping produce materials in different languages and training organisations to recruit and work with different cultural groups.”