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Top 5 - Keeping Emotionally Healthy
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In the lead up to Breakthrough Community Football Round on June 22, here’s five tips for helping to keep ourselves emotionally healthy:
1. Take care of you | Eat, sleep and be active. We don’t often think about how important these basic activities are for our mental health – but they are critical.
2. Check in and get check-ups | We get check-ups for our physical health. We even take our cars in for tune-ups. It’s time to take responsibility and get check-ups for our emotional well-being too. Talk with your doctor, a counsellor, and your family and friends to make sure you – and those you love – are doing well emotionally.
3. Engage and connect wisely | Pay attention to your relationships. We can’t be healthy if our relationships are not.
4. Relax | Learn ways to reduce the stress that we all face – and practice what works for you.
5. Know the Five Signs of Emotional Suffering | The Five Signs are: change in personality, agitation, withdrawal, decline in personal care, and hopelessness. Someone may exhibit one or more signs. If you see them in someone you love, reach out, connect, and offer to help.
Breakthrough Community Football Round will be held on June 22nd click here for more information
In the video above are just some of the brave and inspiring stories from within our football community… We thank them for sharing these with us.
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Over the last 6 months we have been updating clubs about the changing landscape of the South Australian Child Safety legislation, see below a refresher for you with key points as the July 1 Changes approach.
- All people engaged in your club (employees and volunteers) from age 14 years and over that work with children, require a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC).
- A valid WWCC is a SA government issued screening check referred to as a DHS Check (formerly DCSI).
- It has been recently announced a police certificate issued within the last 2 years will remain a valid screening document until July 2020
- Checks for Volunteers are free and employees $107.80
- From July 1, individuals will be able to apply for a check directly with the DHS website. Until this time, SANFL can assist with facilitating requests, requests can be submitted here
- Checks are portable across organisations, you do not need a new one for each place you work / volunteer
- Organisations (Clubs) are required under the legislation to ensure they maintain records that evidence all people engaged to work with children have the required clearances.
- There are also several other responsibilities placed on clubs as they deliver services/activities to children regarding mandatory reporting and providing a child safe environment
More information about REPORTING can be found here
More information about CHILD SAFE ENVIRONMENTS can be found here
WWCC APPLICATION REQUESTS UPDATE: To date SANFL has received over 2000 requests to initiate a Working With Children application for our volunteers. SANFL have actioned all of these requests however there has been a significant number of those that have not progressed or actioned by the volunteer when the application activation is emailed by DHS. Unfortunately this can only be managed by the applicant and DHS. Clubs are responsible for following up with their volunteers to track the progress of applications with their volunteers and request evidence of clearance being obtained.
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SANFL is teaming up with the State Government as part of a new campaign to encourage more South Australians to take up pathways to skilled careers.
Minister for Innovation and Skills David Pisoni said the 12 month-partnership is part of the Skilled Careers – Your Passion campaign, launched in May.
“Through this partnership we want to provide football players, followers, young people and their parents and mentors with information about the thousands of jobs in our fast-growing industries possible through apprenticeships and traineeships.”
“This campaign is an important part of the Skilling South Australia initiative, which is reversing the historical decline in enrolments in apprenticeships and traineeships in SA and creating an additional 20,800 apprentices and trainees over four years,” Minister Pisoni said.
Glenelg senior footballer Michael Virgin, 26, completed an electrical apprenticeship and today successfully combines State League football with running his own small business.
“It all starts with the apprenticeship and working for someone else, I did that when I was first out of school,” he said.
“I’ve managed to be able to find a good balance, it’s been about nine years now of working and playing footy.”
Find out more about Skilled Careers and how to Find Your Passion by clicking here
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Blyth-Snowtown Football Netball Club Wins SA & NT Community Facility of the Year
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In November of last year, the Blyth-Snowtown Football and Netball Club opened their new clubrooms; making them the first club to build an Ausco Modular facility.
The facilities were a collaboration of Ausco and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and was completed in just 19 weeks. The building follows the AFL Preferred Facilities Guidelines meaning they properly support player and club needs for all sporting codes.
On the 27th of May, Ausco and SANFL won the SA & NT Community Facility of the Year Award for the Blyth Snowtown Football & Netball Club facility upgrade. The project will now progress to the National awards which will be announced at the PLA Conference in Perth in November.
This is a significant achievement for modular design, considering the project was up against multi-million dollar projects such as St Clair Recreation Centre and Karen Rolton Oval, including 3 other significant local council projects.
Click here to find out more about the facility.
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SANFL Statewide Volunteer of the Year
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Nominations are now open for SANFL’s Statewide Super Volunteer of the year for 2019. The award acknowledges the tireless work put in by volunteers at football clubs across the state.
Finalists will attend the Magarey Medal and Hall of Fame Presentation Dinner at Adelaide oval as recognition for their generous efforts.
The winner will receive the AFL’s matching award, and two tickets to the AFL grand final in September.
Last years finalists are busying themselves in another season, and Adrian Wait is no exception. A volunteer at Peake & Districts football club, Adrian has been involved with the club all his life.
His exhaustive role has evolved into head trainer, committee member, equipment coordinator, game day manager and mentor since finishing his playing days some 15 years ago.
“I’m there from 9am to 6:30 every Saturday across the four grades,” he says, referring to the junior and older ‘colts’, plus the two senior A and B grade sides in the Mallee Football League.
As if to highlight the vital work that he does, this season it is proving tough to find volunteers to eventually replace him, and injuries are mounting.
“There’s not many coming through. I’ll help anyone interested get involved, especially the next generation,” Adrian says.
There are countless others selflessly giving time crucial to local footy clubs’ successes. If you know a deserving volunteer at your club, nominate them at www.sanfl.com.au/volunteer Nominations close Sunday August 4.
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Statewide Consultation ORSR
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The Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing (ORSR) is the lead agency for the South Australian Government’s policy on sport and active recreation. ORSR supports sport and recreation through the development of policy, programs and resources, the provision of funding, recreation and sport planning, infrastructure development, elite sport pathways and programs, and the promotion of physical activity.
The ORSR is actively seeking deeper collaboration with the community on three projects which were identified as key priorities for the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan cycle.
The three priority projects are; · Game On, Getting South Australia Active · The South Australian Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Plan; and · The Grants Review.
ORSR are consulting with the state about these three projects collectively, as they are closely aligned and will deliver outcomes that address whole of government and department objectives.
SANFL strongly encourages clubs and leagues to attend these sessions to provide feedback to ensure community football clubs views are captured as part of the consultation process.
13 Community Club consultation sessions will be held across regional and metropolitan areas from late June until mid-August click here to see all dates.
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Volunteer Training Opportunities
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Sports Medicine Australia
Online Courses
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SANFL Grants Currently open include:
Other Open Grants
- Harvey Heroes | Helping young children living with a disability to join a local sporting Club | Closes 14th July
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