Category archive for "governance"
Vicsport welcomes two new Board Directors
At Vicsport’s 36th Annual General Meeting on 20th November 2018, Chairman Ron Gauci announced the election of Simon Brookhouse and Tanya Gallina as non-executive directors to the Board of Vicsport.
Women & Girls Strategy launched in Ballarat
Earlier this year, City of Ballarat launched their Women and Girls’ Strategy aimed at increasing female participation in sport and physical activity.
2019 LEAP - Female professional development program
Female professional development program LEAP is back for 2019.
Change Our Game Scholarship Program
Round two of the Change Our Game scholarships are now open.
Good governance: best practice
The Vicsport Good Governance toolkit is an in depth look at how organisations can lift their governance practices.
Vicsport welcomes Catherine Harding to the Board
Vicsport is pleased to welcome Catherine Harding as a non-executive director of the Board of Vicsport.
Bringing Victorian Sport Together Vicsport CEO Forum
11 and 12 May, 2016 Latrobe City was the host of this year's Vicsport CEO Forum (formerly Retreat)
Sports Talk Governance Forum – tackling the topic on everyone’s radar
20 November, 2015 Vicsport held its 12th Sports Talk Forum at the Rendezvous Hotel on 19 November with a record crowd in attendance
Response to the Australian Sports Commission’s Governance Reform in Sport: Discussion Paper
Further to Vicsport’s previous communications in regard to the Australian Sports Commission's (ASC) Governance Discussion Paper, please find below a paper jointly prepared by the State & Territory Departments of Sport & Recreation (ie
Panellists Announced for Vicsport Member Forum
Professor David Shilbury is the Foundation Chair in Sport Management and a former Head of the School of Management and Marketing (2002-07) at Deakin University
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
September 2015 As Members may recall, Vicsport developed a submission and provided evidence to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry Regarding the Handling of Child Abuse in 2013
You can’t afford to ignore cyber risk
The explosion of internet use, apps, electronic data storage and e-marketing is producing a corresponding rise in cyber crime
Forward Thinking Series – creating a roap map to shape and support sport for the future
Remember life without your iPhone or smart phone? A difficult concept but this was reality pre-launch in 2007
A complete approach to safeguarding the integrity of sport
By Paul Oliver In a fast changing, ever-evolving Australian sporting environment which is being impacted by online and technological progress, globalization of competitions and massive incentives to perform, sport is being bombarded by unprecedented challenges from many directions
Lacrosse Victoria’s Long Running Journey to Good Governance
Realising its governance structures and practices were not giving the sport the best chance to succeed, Lacrosse Victoria formed a partnership with Vicsport to address the issue and set the sport up for a sustainable and successful future
Calisthenics Victoria Good Governance Case Study
By Brigid Curran “CVI Continues on our pathway to Good Governance and this is in no small way thanks to the assistance of Vicsport
GOOD GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK & TOOLKIT UPDATE RELEASED
Vicsport is pleased to announce the release of the updated Good Governance Framework & Tool Kit (2015)
Budget Provides $226 Million for Community Sports and Facilities
The 2015-16 Victorian Budget provides $226 million to support the community sports clubs and upgrade stadiums and venues across the state so they can host more events and hold more spectators
Workforce Development Planning Project
In recent months, Vicsport has been a piloting a new project with 3 State Sport Association (SSA) to facilitate the creation of Workforce Development Plans, with the support of Vicsport preferred suppliers of Human Resource support, HR Advice Online
Calisthenics Victoria Good Governance Case Study
By Brigid Curran “CVI Continues on our pathway to Good Governance and this is in no small way thanks to the assistance of Vicsport
BENEFITS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN GRASSROOTS SPORT CAMPAIGN
In 2014 Vicsport initiated the Are You On Board? (AYOB) Campaign to support conversation and action around gender diversity on Victorian SSA boards
CASE STUDY: ARE YOU ON BOARD? CAMPAIGN
In 2014 Vicsport released the “Are You On Board?” Campaign promoting the importance and benefits of diversity on Boards to Victorian State Sport Associations
MAINTAINING BEST PRACTICE REQUIRES REGULAR REVIEW
Over the past 6 years Vicsport has worked with in excess of 30 State Sporting Associations to improve their governance practices and policies through the Good Governance program
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR GENDER DIVERSITY ON BOARDS
In recent years I have delivered a number of presentations about the benefits of including women and girls in sport
BOARD DIVERSITY FOR SPORT’S SAKE – THE IMPACT ON RISK MANAGEMENT
Gender diversity on boards has been a much discussed issue both in and out of sport for many years
MORE THAN A “1 PERCENTER” - BOARD DIVERSITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Over the last few weeks I’ve spent time interviewing four amazingly talented individuals, asking about their experience working on and with the boards of sport organisations
PLAY BOARD: SPORT, CULTURE AND GENDER DIVERSITY
Gender disparity in Australian workplaces, such as the disparity between men and women in leadership roles, perpetuates existing stereotypes about the role of women, both at work and in society in general
'ARE YOU ON BOARD' – ANSWERING THE CALL TO ACTION
Over two weeks ago, Vicsport released a new campaign to support Victorian Sport Organisations address gender diversity on their boards titled ‘Are You On Board?’ The response to the campaign over the last two weeks has been overwhelmingly positive
INDIVIDUALS & ORGANISATIONS? – THE HIGH PERFORMANCE & PARTICIPATION ARGUMENT FOR GENDER DIVERSITY ON BOARDS
A long standing discussion in affecting change within sporting circles is ‘Participation or High Performance?’ As individuals passionate about the sector, we frequently prioritise one area over the other and cite the long standing arguments of “You can’t have high performance unless you have broad participation” vs
