1. Active Women and Girl’s Strategy - A community partnership approach -

2. High level research and activity Inquiry into Women in Sport
How did the Strategy come about?
Statistics
High level research and activity
Inquiry into Women in Sport
State and National level target programs
Ballarat’s health problems
Councillors/Council officers
General concern and movement locally in the space

3. Purpose
Overall health outcomes
Women and girls becoming disengaged
Inclusive and welcoming environments
Equity in use/competition/leadership
Develop a community working towards equality and inclusive cultures

4. Challenges and Solutions
Scope – how long is a piece of string?
Recommendations – how do we narrow it down to get quality outcomes?
Women vs Men
Budget for implementation
Data/measuring success

5. Benefits of the Strategy
Aligns with funding and strategic work undertaken by state and national sporting associations as well as government departments
Brought the discussions and energy into a central point
Raised a voice and awareness to inequality
Gives us evidence to make a change
Allows other organisations to link in strategically
Collaboration opportunities – work together!

6. Future
Finish the Strategy!
Ongoing formal working group
Set some measureable targets
Look for partnerships in programming, ideas and events