Our focus areas:
- Increase availability and accessibility of sports and recreation activities.
- Increase safety and accessibility of spaces for informal movement.
- Increase community opportunities to build confidence and skills for movement.
We work and partner with sports and recreation clubs, local councils and community organisations.
Strengthen your sports club’s impact on community health and wellbeing
Sporting clubs and community sport have a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the health and wellbeing of their members and the wider community. When clubs are welcoming, safe, and inclusive, they help strengthen community resilience, support mental wellbeing, foster lasting social connections, and make participation accessible to more people. Our Health Promotion team partners with sporting clubs to take a whole-of-club approach to health and wellbeing. This support is free and tailored to your club’s needs, strengths and context.
View our BHN Sports Club Support Flyer for more information.
Read how local sporting clubs are creating positive health and wellbeing change for their members and community.
We also support clubs through:
- The Healthy Sports Clubs Framework, developed and piloted by Monash Health
- The Fair Play and Respect Guidelines, adapted from Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Guidelines for Preventing Violence Against Women: Taking Action Through Community Sport
Our Health Promotion Team also works with recreation and leisure settings, local government, sporting bodies, community organisations and spaces to promote health and wellbeing across the broader community.
Humans Moving
We promote the use of local community voices and stories about the ways people like to move, the benefits they gain, and barriers they face in planning, design, delivery of programs and activities. We share stories that challenge stigma, celebrate movement and showcase local opportunities to be active.
View our BHN Health Promotion-Human Moving Case Study for more information.
To find out more about our service or to get involved, email our Health Promotion team at [email protected]