My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth
Affairs in the other place. It concerns two Country Action grant applications
put forward by Diversitat and the Geelong Community Basketball Association. A
number of Country Action grants awarded to organisations within Western Victoria
Region have been instrumental in increasing the capacity of grassroots sport and
recreation organisations in the electorate.
I am aware of two current applications. One, from Diversitat,
is called the Geelong Ethnic Community Cultural Awareness Workshop for Sport;
the second, from the Geelong Community Basketball Association, is called
Basketball for All Abilities.
Diversitat’s Workshop for Sport is aiming to provide
information to sports clubs within Geelong and Colac to attract, integrate and
retain club members from culturally diverse backgrounds, including refugees and
migrants. Basketball for All Abilities is an exclusive program that offers
basketball and related activities for those of all abilities. These activities
include tuition in basketball skills, such as bouncing, passing and shooting, as
well as modified games to suit all abilities. They will be led by Geelong
Supercats players and cheerleaders, giving participants a chance to get up close
and personal with some of the best basketballers in Victoria.
These two projects not only increase the capacity of grassroots
sport and recreation organisations in regional Victoria but also make sport and
recreation accessible to people of all abilities and people from culturally
diverse communities.
I therefore ask the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth
Affairs in the other place, who is also the Minister Assisting the Premier on
Multicultural Affairs, to seriously consider and support both these funding
applications.