AFL Victoria

AFL Victoria is pleased to announce that the City of Casey’s redevelopment of Clyde Recreation Reserve has been awarded the 2024 AFL Victoria Best Community Facilities Project Award. The award was presented by AFL Victoria to the City of Casey Mayor Stefan Koomen and Clyde Junior Football Club President Craig Chapman on Wednesday afternoon at Clyde Recreation Reserve. Read more about the project and award - https://lnkd.in/gREaRiTQ

AFL Victoria has unveiled two groundbreaking football facility projects in Shepparton and Echuca, as part of a new national program to develop ovals on school sites or other innovative locations. The new locations at Wanganui Oval in Shepparton and St Joseph’s College in Echuca are the first projects in Victoria to be announced through the AFL - Australian Football League ‘Breaking New Ground’ program. Greater Shepparton City Council St Joseph's College Echuca For more information please see - https://lnkd.in/gDvFBQfW

🚨 Fundraising opportunity for local footy clubs 🚨 Community football clubs across the state will be supported to raise funds and become more sustainable through a new partnership between AFL Victoria and Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme. Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme becomes the Official Recycling Partner of AFL Victoria until the end of 2027 and it kicked off with the inaugural CDS Vic Club of the Year award being presented at AFL Victoria's annual community awards last Friday night. Alexandra Football Netball Club took the honours for its efforts which have raised more than $14,000 for the local club through the scheme. Check out how their club have benefited and been recognised by the funds they've raised through the program 🔗👇

As we reflect on a very successful 2024 V/Line Cup, hear some of the young superstars discuss their love for footy and their favourite moments from the three day program. Thank you to the City of Ballarat, V/Line, Love The Game and WorkSafe Victoria for their ongoing support of this competition.

AFL Victoria, in partnership with our exclusive goal post partner PILA, are pleased to offer the 2024 Goal Post Kick-start Subsidy Program. For further information please see - https://lnkd.in/gvf4V-ae Beau Tran Shane Joules Siân Wooldridge Michael Reid Carla Gardiner Riley Brettell

AFL Victoria in partnership with WorkSafe Victoria congratulates the 15 local clubs who are recipients of the 2024 WorkSafe Club Safety Fund. Clubs were required to provide evidence of the need for a grant to improve the safety of their facilities and demonstrate that an Occupational Health and Safety or Risk Management Program is being implemented. Head of AFL Victoria, Greg Madigan, congratulated all clubs on successfully applying for the grant program. To read more about the successful clubs in 2024, visit the link below.

The WorkSafe Victoria country club rounds are done for the year, and what a year it was. It is hard to sum up each round, let alone, a full year of them into one post. The most rewarding part of my professional life is being able to meet the people I meet. I don’t know exactly what that number is, but I would venture a guess to say I am lucky to meet (or speak to) around 10,000 people a year, maybe more. What I will say is that I think at times we can all be a little stuck in the environments we find ourselves in, we know what we see and hear, we are comfortable with what is common in our lives. All the different work I do keeps me from being stuck in any environment, but none more than the work I do with WorkSafe Victoria. From meeting and hearing stories from farmers, tradies, nurses, veterans, bankers, truck drivers, volunteers and more, you realise the message of reducing workplace harm is integral wherever you are. Yet, there are areas of our state that don’t have the same level of resources or support that we might have in the big cities. In many cases, these people are their businesses, and they are the only support for their families - and if they can't work, for whatever reason, there is a significant ripple effect. So we bring the conversation to them, and support what we know is the lifeblood of many regional towns, the Local Football and Netball clubs. We share a clear message, some stories, a laugh or two and WorkSafe Victoria does what it can to ensure that our regional clubs continue to provide the heartbeat of these country towns. Additionally, I get to do all of this with incredible people. In particular, Brenden Caligari has done a mountain of work to deliver above and beyond for this year - there are a million things that are required to ensure these rounds deliver impact - and he nails it every time. Huge support comes from the rest of the WorkSafe Victoria team, of course. Beth R. Sam Jenkin Ashley West not to mention all of the wonderful inspectors who attend the training sessions and games. There are the characters, like Pete Lazer and Riley Brettell always good for a laugh, and yet, play their roles to perfection. And to the incredible AFL Victoria Netball Victoria teams - Daniella Jong Emily Aughterson Evans Greg Madigan just to name a few of the many who do a mountain of work, away from their families each and every round. I am sure I have missed a bunch of people - but they are all fantastic too. So, for the final time this year, the message to leave with is this.. Please ensure you get home from work safely, both mentally and physically. So you can get home, and spend time with the people you love most. Signing off for 2024 🛫

Check out the link below to register for the FREE 9x9 Australian Football Webinar presented in partnership with School Sport Victoria ⬇

Applications for the 2024/25 Country Football Netball Program are now open. Grants of up to $250,000 are available for regional and outer metropolitan councils to apply for grants for sports infrastructure developments including sports ground and court lighting upgrades, ground redevelopments, changeroom overhauls and new pavilions. This important program is delivered in partnership between the Victorian Government, AFL - Australian Football League, AFL Victoria and Netball Victoria. Since 2005, the Country Football Netball Program has invested more than $40 million and delivered over 575 projects that have benefited country football and netball clubs across Victoria. Find out more about the Country Football Netball Program below. https://lnkd.in/ggwSsx2i

HeadCheck, a concussion-management app, has been upgraded and relaunched in collaboration with the AFL - Australian Football League, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Curve Tomorrow, and a panel of sport-related concussion experts. The upgraded app is a resource to suit participants of all ages and levels of the game, supporting the management of concussions from recognition through to return-to-play, in line with the AFL’s concussion management guidelines. In March this year the AFL released important developments in relation to the return-to-play protocols in the concussion guidelines for AFL and AFLW at all levels of Australian Rules Football, including community football. AFL Head of Concussion, Professor Catherine Willmott states “The HeadCheck app is a fantastic resource to help trainers, coaches, volunteers and parents to recognise the symptoms of a suspected concussion and its severity." For more information on the HeadCheck app, and the AFL's concussion management, visit the AFL Victoria website through the link below.