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  Online grants Term 3, 2013
  13 May 2013
  The application process for Term 3, 2013 AASC Program Grants is now open for participating schools and Out of School Hours Care Centres. Use the online link to access and complete the application form. Contact your AASC Regional Coordinator if you require assistance.
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  Great Scott! Our future stars taking to the green
  22 Apr 2013
  Rachel Hetherington, ranked number two in Australian women’s golf in 1990, shares her love of the sport with children in the local community and visits local primary schools and after-school care centres as a community coach in the Australian Government’s Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
  
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  Super Site Award winners for 2012
  16 Apr 2013
  The Super Site Award recognises the outstanding contribution made by schools and Outside School Hour Care Services (OSHCS) in the coordination and delivery of the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
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  Online grants have now closed
  26 Nov 2012
  Applications for the Term 1, 2013 program grants are now closed and are currently being assessed. Please contact your AASC Regional Coordinator if you require assistance.
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  Logan Thunder on court with the AASC program.
  07 Nov 2012
  Seven Logan Thunder Women’s National Basketball League players have become community coaches to deliver basketball activities in the Active After-school Communities program across South East Queensland.
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  BMX riders at Colo Heights Primary School in Hawkesbury welcome a new track.
  22 Oct 2012
  Colo Heights Primary School in Hawkesbury launched a new modified BMX track on 16 October for school children participating in the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program, thanks to huge support from local community groups and businesses.
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  New initiative for Colo Heights Public School
  12 Sep 2012
  

  Colo Heights Public School has been offering BMX and mountain biking on a regular basis since Term 4, 2011. A fantastic, new initiative to develop a modified BMX track demonstrates the important links the Active Afer-school Communities program creates with schools and local communities to get children more active.
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  Athletics carnivals inspires children to get involved in the Olympic spirit
  22 Aug 2012
  Primary school children throughout Victoria relished the opportunity to celebrate the Olympic spirit by participating in a series of athletics carnivals held during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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  AFL partners with AASC program to launch ALF 9s
  24 Jul 2012
  A new partnership between the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Australian Government was launched by the Minister for Sport, the Hon Kate Lundy on 4 July.
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  Hockey in North Queensland
  26 Jun 2012
  Since the Active After-school Communities (AASC) hockey program was first introduced to the Torres Strait Islands in August 2010, it has experienced great success in training local hockey coaches and attracting enthusiastic junior players.
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  Rewarding AASC community coaches for research involvement
  29 Feb 2012
  Evaluation of the AASC program has gathered coach feedback to better understand the experiences of AASC coaches in their delivery of the program.
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  New sections for the AASC Internet site
  23 Feb 2012
  Resources for community coaches, schools and Out of School Hours Care Services participating in the Active After-school Communities program are now available on this website.
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  Brunswick Hockey Club hooks into the AASC program
  10 Jan 2012
  The Brunswick Hockey Club has joined forces with the Australian Government’s Active After School Communities (AASC) program, to encourage kids to join a local sporting club.
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  Prime Minister Julia Gillard sets Olympic and Paralympic sporting challenges to Australian primary school children
  13 Dec 2011
  

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined excited kids at Red Hill Primary School in Canberra to announce the Prime Minister’s Olympic and Paralympic Challenges.
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  Minister for School Education presents AASC Super Site certificate
  25 Nov 2011
  Botany After School Care is recognised for delivering fun, safe and inclusive sports activities.
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  Noble Park primary-school get involved in the Active-After-School Communities Program
  23 Nov 2011
  ASC CEO visits Noble Park Primary School to meet children participating in the Active After-school Communities program.
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  Community coaches breathe new life into active after-school sport
  23 Nov 2011
  Toomelah Public School in regional NSW, is looking forward to exciting new sporting activities.
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  Eumungerie Public School students band together
  27 Oct 2011
  Touch football team involves the whole school.
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  Field of Dreams lives up to its name
  06 Oct 2011
  Bankstown’s ‘Field of Dreams’ lived up to its name recently when it played host to participants from the Australian Government’s Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
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  Exposure to elite sport for AASC participants
  06 Oct 2011
  Over 100 children, representing 12 local schools, who participate in the Australian Government’s Active After-School Communities program, will be exposed to the nation’s finest adolescent bowling talents during the Australian Under-18 Championships this week.
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  Junior hockey breaks 10 year drought on NSW South Coast
  05 Sep 2011
  A junior competition is currently being offered in the South Coast’s Eurobodalla Coast Hockey Association for the first time in nearly 10 years thanks to the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
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  Aussie T-ball to get more kids playing sport
  31 Aug 2011
  

  Australian Baseball Federation launches Aussie T-Ball junior participation program.
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  More inactive children get active after school
  30 Aug 2011
  More inactive children are becoming involved in the AASC  program than in previous years.
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  Queensland Government’s Super Sports Sign-On Day
  08 Aug 2011
  Try It, Like It, Join It on Sunday August 28.
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  Coach modifies traditional sports to engage inactive kids
  27 Jul 2011
  Children get active through new Ripaball game.
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  159 new sites leap into national initiative to get kids active
  21 Jul 2011
  159 sites to join Australian Government’s Active After-school Communities program.
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  Program puts disability sport front and centre
  28 Jun 2011
  Children participate in wheelchair basketball through AASC program.  
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  Partnership gives pedal power to young kids
  28 Jun 2011
  Sport and schools team up to get more kids into cycling.
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  Community coach survey competition winners
  07 Jun 2011
  Five winners have received a prize for the best suggestions for improving the AASC program. 
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  Helping to get kids active after school
  25 May 2011
  

  Federal Government commits $43.9 million to the continuation of the AASC program in 2011-12 budget
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  Kids sail towards a healthier lifestyle
  25 May 2011
  Primary school students set sail in after-school yachting adventures.
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  Helping to get kids active after school
  10 May 2011
  Federal Government commits $43.9 mil to the continuation of the AASC program in 2011-12 Budget
  
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  AASC success bowls club over
  20 Apr 2011
  One of Bridport Bowls Club's inaugural AASC students has been named the club’s first ever state representative.
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  Junior water polo pilot makes a splash
  20 Apr 2011
  Victorian AASC kids get first chance to play modified sport
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  Junior tennis training for regional Victorian coaches
  20 Apr 2011
  AASC coaches introduced to Hot Shots program
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  Active After-school Communities program kicks off for 2011
  16 Mar 2011
  ASC program continues boosting club membership
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  Playing for Life keeps children active after school
  16 Feb 2011
  Australian children set to benefit from ASC's Playing for Life Kit.
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  Queensland children return to school with support from AASC
  15 Feb 2011
  Queensland AASC staff raced to be ready for 2011 school year
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  Active After-school program gears up for 2011
  17 Dec 2010
  Minister for Sport announces 3,162 active after-schools and care centres for 2011.
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  Perth Redbacks' Delight
  25 Nov 2010
  AASC program contributes to membership growth in basketball.
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  Cricket stars and AASC kids set new Australian cricket record
  24 Nov 2010
  Cricket participation record broken at 'Play for life ... join a sporting club' gala day.
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  5 Star Community Coach and Super Site Awards
  23 Nov 2010
  2010, 5 Star Community Coach and Super Site Award winners have been announced.
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  GymABLE - a special needs program hitting the mark.
  07 Oct 2010
  Children from The Crescent School enjoy a great experience with GymABLE in Canberra.
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  Increasing opportunities for children to get healthy and physically active
  24 May 2010
  Spreyton Primary School boosts participation through 18 sports.
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  Community coach inspires children with disability
  14 May 2010
  Coach with multiple sclerosis gets children active through Commission program.
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  Active After-school Communities program club award winners announced
  10 May 2010
  Sporting clubs recognised for excellence: working with the Active After-school Communities program.
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  Tennis Hot Shots a smash hit for kids
  18 Mar 2010
  Kids from the Active After-school Communities program try tennis.
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  Minister for sport encourages kids to get physically active
  03 Mar 2010
  Minister for Sport Kate Ellis joins kids from Risdon Vale Primary School in Hobart in getting physically active through sport.
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  After-school gymnastics partnership raises a cheer
  22 Dec 2009
  Winning partnership between Gymnastics Australia and Active After-school Communities program
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  Winners announced in music video competition
  08 Dec 2009
  Competition encourages kids to turn to sport and play for life.

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