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Sports funding gets the Southport community moving |
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| Posted by editor (editor) on Jul 14 2010 |
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Touch footballers, equestrian participants, and Aussie rules players from Southport will benefit from more than $17,000 in Queensland Government funding as part of the Sport and Recreation Active Inclusion program.
Active Inclusion offers special funding to sport and recreation clubs looking to build their own capacity through enhanced education and training programs, the recruitment and retention of volunteers, and by encouraging participation in sport and recreation from within their community.
State Member for Southport Peter Lawlor said the Queensland Government, through the 2010-11 budget, is providing funding over and above standard streams to help sport and recreation clubs develop and enhance their own resource as they look to grow and attract new membership.
“Local communities thrive through participation at local sport and recreation clubs, and that’s why we are supporting them to be as successful and inclusive as they can be,” she said.
“Clubs will be able to build their capacity by providing accredited training to their volunteers, such as referees, coaches, and first aid officers, and by supporting clubs to hold come and try days to boost their membership.”
The local organisations to receive funding are:
· Dodgers Touch Club Inc to provide coach and officials training for touch football at Labrador - $4,810.
· Gold Coast Touch Association Incorporated to provide referee and coach accreditation for touch football at Southport - $4,810.
· Southport Junior Australian Football Club Inc to provide first aid and coach accreditation to support Australian football at Southport - $4,208.
· Southport Pony & Hack Club Incorporated to provide coach accreditation for equestrian at Southport - $3,887.
Sport Minister Phil Reeves, who announced the new suite of sport and recreation funding programs earlier this year, said the programs were designed to increase participation, recruit volunteers, and encourage disadvantaged communities to participate in sport and recreation.
“One of the targets in the Bligh Government’s blueprint for the next decade, Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland, is to help Queenslanders become Australia’s healthiest people by 2020,” Mr Reeves said.
“The benefits of regular physical activity are well-documented and our investment in sport and recreation is focussed on making sure everyone has an opportunity to get out and get active.
“Queensland invests more funding in sport and recreation than the other state in Australia, which helps to keep Queenslanders fit and healthy, and rewards us with the best sporting teams and athletes in the country.”
Last changed: Jul 14 2010 at 10:28 AM
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