City of Stirling CaLD Youth Sport and Recreation Project
The CaLD Youth Sport, Recreation and Leisure Project is a co-initiative of the Department of Sport and Recreation, the City of Stirling and the Office of Multicultural Interests and is designed to engage diverse young people, particularly those from African and indigenous backgrounds, in organised sport, recreation and leisure activities.
The project focuses on suburbs in the Balga and northern Lawley Wards (Mirrabooka, Balga, Westminster and Nollamara) and the adjacent suburbs of Girrawheen and Koondoola, where there is a relatively high concentration of young people from these backgrounds who have low participation rates in organised sport and recreation.
The three-year project aims to use sport as a vehicle to help decrease social tension and at-risk behaviour that can result from feelings of marginalisation and alienation often experienced by CaLD young people, which can adversely affect their development and wellbeing. It is hoped that the project will build relationships, strengthen bonds and facilitate integration within the community.
The project is based at the Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka, and is staffed by full-time Special Project Officer Natalie Gainsworthy.
Melissa Rudez
Inclusion Officer
246 Vincent Street, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007
PO Box 329, LEEDERVILLE WA 6903
Telephone (08) 9492 9726
Facsimile (08) 9492 9711
Email Melissa
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