Inclusion in sport

Photo of a girl playing soccer

All abilities in sport

Sport and recreation play an important role in improving the health and well-being of all people regardless of their age, gender, religion, cultural background, sexual orientation, disability, income or location.

Find out about teams, groups and services that off everyone access to community based sport and recreation activities

Cricket

Research Eltham Collegians Cricket Club
1459 Main Road, Research
reccc.all.abilities@gmail.com
researchelthamcollegians.vic.cricket.com.au

Golf

Yarrambat Park Golf Course
649 Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat
All abilities autumn program
yarrambatgolf.com.au

Sail Ability

Sugarloaf Sailing Club
Gate 11, Ridge Road, Christmas Hills
secretary@sailsugarloaf.com
sailsugarloaf.com

Soccer

DOC Football Academy
137 Wilson Road, Wattle Glen
DOC Football Academy - Facebook

Tennis

Karingal Drive Tennis Club
Malcolm Bair Reserve, Karingal Drive, Greensborough
karingaldrivetennis.org.au

AAA Play

Visit the Access All Abilities (AAA Play) website, an online search directory to find and connect to sports and other activities closest to your home.

Alternatively, call the Access All Abilities team on 1800 222 842.

Disability Sport and Recreation

Provides services, support and education to help people with a disability connect to sport.

Visit the Disability Sport and Recreation website.

Women in sport

This Girl Can

Nillumbik Shire Council is supporting This Girl Can week, held from 9-15 October. This Girl Can week is a VicHealth initiative championing women to take fitness into their own hands.

 

Nillumbik’s sporting and recreation clubs, three leisure centres and the golf course are throwing themselves behind This Girl Can week and encouraging more women to give physical activity a go. Women of all ages can have a try of different sports and activities across the Shire either for free or heavily discounted.

Browse the program below. 

See what's on at our This Girl Can event page.

You can also download the program guide.

This Girl Can program guide 2023(PDF, 758KB)

Clubs and facilities

As part of Council's commitment to gender equity, we have identified sporting clubs and activities that not only support female participation but provide female friendly facilities. 

Council will continue to advocate to all levels of government for funding to improve the standard of community sporting infrastructure to support and enhance female participation in active and passive recreation.

The following clubs and facilities are recognised as committed to the ongoing support of This Girl Can:

Change Our Game

Nillumbik is a supporter in the Victorian Government’s Change Our Game Campaign and support services to help increase female leadership and participation in sport.

For workshop and education opportunities, grants and scholarships specifically for women visit the Change Our Game website.

 

LGBTQIA+

  • Proud 2 Play focuses on increasing LGBTQIA+ engagement in sport, exercise and active recreation.
  • Queer Sporting Alliance is Australia and NZ’s largest LGBTQIA+ sporting club. Their mission is to ensure LGBTQIA+ folk can access and participate in community sport.
  • Pride Cup is an organisation dedicated to promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sport.
  • Pride in Sport is sporting inclusion program designed to assist national and state sporting organisations and clubs with the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ employees, players, coaches, volunteers and spectators.

 

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