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AFL NSW/ACT

 

Moore Park  

She can coach accelerator program

Designed to attract and develop more female coaches into our game, targeting women and girls across the Australian footballing community, including existing players, parents and club volunteers. Workshops delivered across the state, led by existing female coaches and women sporting leaders, designed to accelerate the introduction of women into coaching and set a pathway for our aspiring coaches to complete a foundation level coaching course and begin their coaching career

$24,750

 

State-wide

AFL NSW/ACT

 

Moore Park 

Change the game umpire accelerator program

Designed to rapidly accelerate the recruitment of female umpires in Australian Football. Workshops delivered across the state designed to rapidly increase the number of women and girls in the umpiring fraternity. The first women’s only training program, led by women leaders, including female AFL and AFLW umpires, to demonstrate the pathways available. Aspiring umpires will then be supported to complete an online officiating course and supported to begin their umpiring career

$24,460

 

State-wide

Australian Sailing

 

North Sydney

SheSails youth leadership growth project

Increase the number of young women and adolescent girls qualified as instructors and officials in sailing clubs and classes in NSW and increase the number of young women and adolescent girls in leadership roles in NSW sailing clubs

$48,250

 

 

State-wide

Basketball NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Female officials in basketball program

Recognise, celebrate, empower and connect females in the officiating space promote and celebrate female officials, delivering a one-day workshop and networking event that looks beyond the mechanics of officiating, and a four part online series that tackles topics in-depth raised at the event

$26,500

 

State-wide

Cricket NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

200 wickets - women leaders in cricket program

Identify and develop 200 women to become committee and Board members of their local Club and Associations. Including a Club analysis of capability to encourage greater participation of women and girls in cricket. A series of webinars, two Forums and creation of a networking group, giving opportunities to connect and engage with female leaders in sport

$20,000

 

State-wide

Diving NSW

 

Tenambit

Dive deeper into coaching and officiating

Increase the visibility and number of female coaches and officials coaches progressing through the coaching pathway with continuous professional development opportunities and exposure to the High-Performance environment. Providing education, mentoring and support for talented female coaches, athlete transition into coaching and/or officiating and education for officials and opportunity to officiate at State and National events to increase accreditation

$20,000

 

State-wide

Football NSW

 

Glenwood

Female football leaders talent identification program

Deliver a leadership program in partnership with Northern Suburbs Football Association (NSFA) that will increase the skill set of coaches, build capability, and provide the NSFA with increased female coach educators. NSFA have ambitious goals to transform the female game, including 25% female coach representation and 32% female player representation by 2023.
‍The program will form a case study/action plan for other FNSW Associations to implement a Female Football Leaders Talent Identification Program to drive and support female coaches and coach educators

$21,510

Northern Suburbs

State-wide

Gridiron NSW

 

Marrickville South

 

Ladies day

Improving and empowering women by having Ladies Gala Day a fun filled day of women's football with female officiating and coaching, highlighting all the women within gridiron in NSW. All women's teams schedule throughout the day, will allow the females to try officiating and coaching, as networking and support each other and options to livestream event to our social pages

$11,614

 

State-wide

Gymnastics NSW

 

Homebush

Daughters and dads

Building on the pilot Daughters and Dads – Active and Empowered (DDAE) gymnastics program run across 9 NSW gymnastics clubs, this project will see DDAE embedded into gymnastics clubs across NSW. Current DDAE presenters will be upskilled as facilitators and train a pool of presenters GNSW’s 11 regions to run a further 20 programs for 500 girls and their dads across 2022-2023. 
It is intended that over a three-year window, 150 of GNSW’s 215 affiliated clubs will have a trained presenter in their club and in a position to deliver the program to their local community

$50,000

 

State-wide

Hockey NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Inclusive uniforms for women and girls

Address uniforms and the lack of options and awareness across our sport at all levels needs to improve. We want everyone playing our sport, or those who are thinking about playing our sport to be able to play the game in a uniform that encourages them to participate and feel comfortable. We will work alongside our stakeholders and encourage change

$26,200

 

State-wide

Hockey NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Towards 60 - leadership program

Attract, develop and retain female leaders within our sport across administration roles, including volunteer committee members, staff and board members. Aligned to our HerSportHerWay Towards60 Coaches program, showcase opportunities and pathways. Development opportunities include mentorships, scholarships, personal growth sessions and create an ongoing network that exist for females across every aspect of our organisation

18,500

 

State-wide

Little Athletics NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Opportunities within and beyond Little Athletics

Identify a group of female youth leaders (13-17 years) for two-day camp/clinic where personal develop including leadership, nutrition, skill development, coaching and officiating, sports psychology followed by regular forums to assist with developing the sport in areas such as uniforms, facilities, coaching, officiating and product development to address barriers within Little Athletics, and lower than average retention within the sport

$15,616

 

State-wide

 

Motorsport Australia

 

Canterbury Vic

Girls on track mentoring

Expanding the Girls on Track program by adding a mentoring program to connect adolescent girls and young women aged 15-22 with female motorsport role models to inspire and give the best opportunity to succeed in the motorsport industry

$18,750

 

State-wide

NSW Fencing

 

Alexandra

Advance with her: building future coaches and referees in fencing

Broaden the opportunities given to our female fencers and diversify potential channels of involvement within the fencing community.  By offering pathways to become a certified referee and/or a certified coach, we can provide women a way to stay within the sport of fencing beyond their years of competing as a fencer.  We want to develop and retain as many female fencers as possible in leadership roles within our sport

$33,100

 

State-wide

NSW Parachute

 

Oakdale

Dare to lead

Introduce new, up and coming female skydivers to leading, mentoring and training their peers in a variety of different skydiving disciplines. Focusing on disciplines, head down, angles, wing suiting and other freefly disciplines are the ones favoured by younger skydivers and applying coaching resources into training to increase safety in these faster and more dynamic types of skydiving

$27,950

 

State-wide

NSW Rifle

 

Malabar

Women on target

Live in 3day experience at Anzac Range Malabar NSW for 40 females 16-24 age group from regional districts in NSW to experience target shooting and biathlon simulation in a fun and safe environment. Female mentors include representative level shooters, weekend competitors, world championship U/25 winners, Winter Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallists

$33,600

 

State-wide

NSW Rifle

 

Malabar

Women on target

Leadership and mentoring training for coaches and mentors who will be supporting our participation event.  This group will undertake presentation and engagement skills training developed to support their ability to take on more responsibilities within their club environment

$14,000

 

State-wide

 

NSW Rugby League

 

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Women In sport leadership program

‍Following a successful pilot program, an expanded program is scheduled for 2022. In partnerships UNE have co-designed a first-class leadership program for aspiring elite female coaches aimed at providing women with the tools and strategies to excel as leaders in their chosen sporting field.
Combining face-to-face workshops, guest lectures, masterclasses, and self-paced online learning, leadership course program, delivered to women engaging in rugby league and other elite sports that provides graduates with credit pathways

$50,000

 

State-wide

Tennis NSW

 

 

Sydney Olympic Park

 

Teen tennis for girls

Reduce barriers to participation for adolescent girls (age 15-18) through sport experiences that reflect what girls want, with a focus on inclusion and diversity. Working with clubs and partners across the State to deliver participation days with an emphasis on fun, togetherness and team spirit. Participants will be encouraged to connect into existing Tennis NSW youth programs that focus on building skills, self-esteem and confidence. The project will also improve cultural awareness and capability building within tennis club environments and improve relationships between female tennis participants and community groups

$23,500

 

State-wide

Triathlon NSW

 

 

Surry Hills

Finish lines not finish times female triathlons

Deliver a series of introductory women’s only training sessions with the support of our affiliated club network both metropolitan and regional and linked accredited TNSW coaches. Sessions will prepare new female participants and provide them with the skills and confidence to participate in their first ever ‘Finish Lines…Not Finish Times’ triathlons, delivered by TNSW Affiliated Clubs.
‍a partnership between the critical volunteers who make TNSW Affiliated clubs successful and have the capability, equipment, experience and desire to partner with TNSW in our lofty goal of gender equality in the sport

$28,000

 

State-wide

Triathlon NSW

 

 

Surry Hills

Inspire 2 tri the next generation of female coaches

Building on the first year, the program will build capacity and support to current and new coaches through the coaching pathway. A combination of online and in person education featuring mentorship and relationship building directly breaking down identified barriers that inhibit female coaches from progressing. Working towards addressing the gender disparity that exists in triathlon and laying a platform for our lofty goal of a gender-neutral sport by 2025

$22,000

 

State-wide

Volleyball NSW

 

 

Sydney Olympic Park

You can't be, what you can't see

‍Empowering women to become leaders and role models in their local communities, on and off the court to inspire and lead a cultural and generational change in the future participation of women and girls. Building skills and networking through consultative workshops that focus on leadership, participation, and engagement to build capacity, and capability to address opportunities to expand leadership roles across Volleyball
 

$31,600

 

State-wide

Water Polo NSW

 

Sydney Olympic Park

Girls making waves - the voices

A documentary video series offering a vision for water polo where women contribute at every level will show the range of roles women play in water polo in NSW from coaches to referees and presidents, if they are supported and visible. Women are under-represented at all levels of leadership of water polo in Australia. NSW is currently the only State with a female President, and an MOU with clubs for 50% female Elite Head Coaches by 2024. We’re proud of this and want to lead the country with more women in leadership across the sport

$24,600

 

State-wide

Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT

 

 

Gladesville

How I roll campaign phase 5

A travelling Portrait Exhibition across metro and regional NSW building female role models in wheelchair sport. Phase 3 of the successful 'How I Roll' campaign, will reach girls and women through their passion point of art, having connected through music and dance. With the help of multiple Archibald Finalist Kirsty Nielson, produce 8 portraits of Paralympians and emerging athletes, supported by video storytelling to build profiles of our wonderful girls and women of wheelchair sport

$35,500

 

Metro and Regional

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