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Connecting Youth Service 2010  
 
To connect with youth you must extend the relationship to the family.
 












On Wednesday 23 June 2010, OnSide Victoria connected 130 youth service workers at the inaugural Connecting Youth Services Forum held at Chisholm Institute.

As Melanie Jones, former Australian Cricketer and Ambassador for Red Dust discovered, the message from the expert panel representing the not-for- profit, education, private, local and State Government and corporate sectors was clear ‘to be connected with Melbourne’s multicultural youth you must involve the family.’

OnSide Victoria’s Chair Patrizia Torelli opened the floor with ‘how youth service providers need to work together to provide sustainable, meaningful and relevant interactions for culturally and linguistically diverse communities.’    read more

Diversity Cup 2010

Former Australian Socceroo Captain, Alan Davidson, was OnSide for Harmony Day 2010.


Former Australian Soccer Captain, Alan Davidson joined the Harmony Day Diversity Cup defending champions, the Victoria Police Soccer Club (VPSC) who took on regional Victorian team, Cobram FC, to ‘kick-off’ the OnSide Victoria supported 2010 Diversity Cup.

The Diversity Cup, like Harmony Day, exemplifies a sense of belonging for everyone by helping communities work towards a spirit of inclusiveness and a shared identity as Australians, and portrays the benefits of living in a culturally diverse society.

The Diversity Cup has been an integral part of OnSide Victoria’s strategy for the past couple of years to engage the diverse community in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.

Port Melbourne’s Soccer Club hosted the match on 21 March, 2010. Both teams displayed an array of talented football skills, determination and teamwork on the day in front of an excited crowd.

Spheres of Influence International’s own Jason Nowakowski stood his ground in the central midfield against former FFV Premier League opponent Evo Madeira. The heated match came to a conclusion with Cobram Soccer Club taking the title for 2010. The match was a perfect example of cultural communities working together to demonstrate community harmony.

GameOn 2010

The OnSide Victoria Board launched into Harmony Day in conjunction with the City of Greater Dandenong to engage over 200 local residents from a diverse range of local communities at GameOn 2010.

Residents experienced a vast variety of sports in Hemmings Park on Sunday 14 March, 2010. The event was proudly supported by the State Government of Victoria Planning & Community Development, VicHealth, OnSide Victoria, Leisure Link Up and Springvale Community Aid & Advice Bureau aims to connect communities through active community participation.

Since the event’s inception by OnSide Victoria, the now annual event hosts an array of sporting clinics facilitated by local, State and National Sporting Associations and community groups.

Each year the event grows stronger. The State Sporting Associations boasted more than 600 local multicultural youth who participated in sports ranging from basketball, soccer, baseball, touch rugby, tennis and skateboarding.

Each sport was associated and facilitated by a local or state sporting organisation including the Football Federation of Victoria, Tennis Australia and the Dandenong ‘Angels’ Baseball Club to ensure youth understood the significance of participating in sports.

The Code One Police Band rocked the crowd to beat of the latest top forty music, whilst local multicultural groups recitals, including a display of the ‘Haka’, embracing the very essence of belonging within a diverse community.

GameOn 2010 is held in the week leading into Harmony Day (March 21) to celebrate and raise awareness to the importance of youth and the multicultural diversity within Australian society.

Photos from GameOn 2010

 

      
 

OnSide Victoria connects philanthropic donors to assist The Benevolent Society- Dandenong & District Branch in raising money to help the community.


Valued at over $2000, OnSide supplied the new garments to the Benevolent Society to distribute to families in need. The garments, all donated to OnSide from various philanthropic sources, ranged from warm fleecy vests and winter raincoats to sturdy work trousers and t- shirts of all shapes and sizes. read more
 

OnSide Victoria Chair Patrizia Torelli influencing the Third Sector

Third Sector organisations by definition are organisations traditionally classified as ‘not-for-profit’. The other two sectors are the public sector (government) and private sector (for-profit). read more

 

GameOn 2009

 
 Along with our partners City of Greater Dandenong Youth Services and Leisure Link Up we hosted GameOn in Dandenong's Hemmings Park on Saturday March 28, 2009. Coming at the end of Youth Week and a week after the Federal Government's annual Harmony Day initiative, the event celebrated youth and diversity at a time when the issues were foremost in the minds of many Australians. A diverse crowd of hundreds flocked to the park to take part in the many sports on offer and enjoy the cultural and musical performances. Among the crowd were Melbourne Victory W-League Team Captain Tal Karp and Melburne Vixens star Ashlee Howard, both happily signing autographs and chatting to young people about the imprtance of participating in sport.
 

CricKids: Playing in Harmony

 
Photo courtesy of Cranbourne News.
 
840 students from often marginalised schools in the City of Casey area benefited from OnSide Victoria providing Cricket Australia's CricKids: Playing in Harmony resources. The resources promote the values of justice, respect, equality, fair play and friendship whilst fostering critical literacy development in schools with students from up to 60 nations, speaking 40 different languages. The teacher and student handbooks were provided free of charge and, with a total dollar amount of $4665.90, gave students access to a quality of learning tool that would usually be unavailable to them.
 

Sports Expo Days  

 
 
In addition to the CricKids resources, OnSide Victoria delivered sports expo days to participating schools. Sports providers entered the schools and delivered a host of sports, including: cricket, football, Aussie Rules football, volleyball, netball, touch rugby and gridiron. It was a fantastic opportunity for students to try the sports on offer, with professional coaches to offer guidance, encouragement and make the day fun for all. Sue Wannan, Student Welfare, Hampton Park Secondary College said: 'I think we owe your organisation a really big thankyou...the feedback was very positive. The other year levels want to know when it is their turn! I loved to see the students have such fun and trying out all the different sports.