Sport Volunteer Coalition Action Plan
The Coalition
The Sport Volunteer Coalition has developed a four-year Action Plan, to enable more Australians to volunteer in sport and enhance the sport volunteering experience. The ASC leads the implementation of the Action Plan, with the Sport Volunteer Coalition members supporting the delivery across four strategic themes – Celebrate, Empower, Reimagine and Innovate.
Through this Action Plan, the ASC and Sport Volunteer Coalition will showcase the health and wellbeing benefits of volunteering in sport for individuals and communities. The ASC invites organisations from across the sport sector to read and digest the Action Plan, and reach out regarding opportunities to work together to continue to enhance the volunteer experience and encourage new volunteers to join their sport.
Putting people first is central to this new approach to sport volunteering – this vision has been central to the plan design and will remain a key focus over the next 4 years
The Sport Volunteer Coalition Action Plan was officially launched on Saturday 3 September 2022 by Minister for Sport, The Hon Anika Wells and ASC CEO, Kieren Perkins OAM.
The Plan
Since coming together in early 2022, the Sport Volunteer Coalition have been working hard to understand how to ensure Australia’s 2.9 million sport volunteers receive the recognition they deserve and raise awareness of the role they play.
Year Two Report 2023-24
The Australian Sports Commission and the Sport Volunteer Coalition are pleased to present the Sport Volunteer Coalition Year Two Report 2023-24. This report reviews the impact of the second year of the Plan, with a focus on empowering sport organisations and volunteers to achieve the vision that “people from all walks of life see and realise opportunities to contribute to individual, club and community goals in a way that suits them”. We look forward to continuing to reimagine the future of volunteering in sport, with a renewed focus on putting volunteers at the heart of all that we do working in collaboration with our sector partners.
Sport Volunteer Coalition Year Two Report 2023-24
Sport Volunteer Coalition Year One Report 2022-23
Official Supporters
The Sport Volunteer Coalition Action Plan has broad support from the sport industry.
Organisations listed below are committed to taking actions from the Plan and driving change in their own communities, through their actions, policies and programs.
NSO
- AFL
- Australian Dragon Boat Federation
- Australian Football League
- Australian Sailing
- ASAPD
- Badminton Australia
- Basketball Australia
- Bowls Australia
- Cricket Australia
- Disability Sports Australia
- Football Australia
- Golf Australia
- Hockey Australia
- Invictus Australia
- Karting Australia
- Little Athletics Australia
- Motorsport Australia
- Orienteering Australia
- Paddle Australia
- Rowing Australia
- Rugby Australia
- Softball Australia
- Special Olympics Australia
- Sport Inclusion Australia
- Surf Life Saving Australia
- Table Tennis Australia
- Tennis Australia
- UniSport Australia
- Water Polo Australia
SSO
- Athletics NSW
- Equestrian NSW
- Equestrian Victoria
- Football NT
- Outdoors NSW & ACT
- QSport
- QLD Ultimate Disc Association Inc
- Softball Victoria
- Vicsport
- WA Football Commission
Professional Teams
Government
- Banyule city council
- Cardinia Shire Council
- City of Casey
- Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
- Kwinana Volunteer Centre
- Norther Territory government
- Northern Territory Sport, Recreation and Strategic Infrastructure
- QLD Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport
- Sunshine Coast Council
- Sport and Recreation VIC
Local/Clubs
- Ballarat Squash and Racquetball Association
- Bankstown Sports Club
- Brothers Australian Football Club
- Gold Coast Mid Week Ladies Tennis Association
- Townsville Touch Football
- Townsville Touch Referees Association Inc
Other
- 2023 Australian Masters Games (UniSport Australia)
- ACPE
- Australian Camps Association
- CatholicCare NT
- Disability Sport & Recreation
- Heartbeat of Football Foundation Limited
- La Trobe University
- PCYC Queensland
- Sparrowly Group
- Sport Access Foundation
- SportsGrid
- The Community & Club Collective
- Tidy HQ
- Volunteering Australia
- Volunteering Queensland
- Volunteering SA & NT
- Valley Sport
Is your organisation interested in being an official supporter of the Action Plan?