This year our club and the Central Highlands Football and Netball League's are working together with the Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault, Respect Victoria, Ballarat Foundation and other key stakeholders on an initiative titled CULTURE OF RESPECT.  The CULTURE OF RESPECT is part of the Saturation model, an Australian-first initiative to help eliminate gendered violence.

Our community in Ballarat experiences family violence at a rate that is 51% higher than the state's average.  To tackle this, the CULTURE OF RESPECT is designed to highlight the positive behaviours of leaders, whilst challenging rigid gender norms and power imbalances.

Keep your eye out on our socials for some content that can help us all show leadership by setting the standard of zero tolerance towards sexist attitudes, language and discriminatory behaviour in our sport.

Our coaches and other team managers will also attend some panel evenings with players and service leaders, which can help us to embed these learnings into our club's culture.

The year will culminate in a "Respect Round", to be held on the 8^th of August, where our senior football and netball teams will wear themed guernsey's and dresses to highlight our commitment as a club, and a community to make sport safe for us all.

We look forward to your support in this meaningful initiative, 

which we hope will contribute to a violence-free Ballarat.

Information about the Respect Round will come out soon.