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DSA Enews - June 2012
DSA Enews - June 2012
ederal Sports Minister Kate Lundy and Australian Sports Commissions CEO, Simon Hollingsworth joined Deaf Sports Australia yesterday at the ACT Netball Centre in Canberra to launch the 2012 Active Deaf Kids program in front of 50 deaf and hard of hearing students, parents and supporters of the program.
joining 30 deaf and hard of hearing ACT students take part in Netball, Futsal, Tennis and Touch Football activities with local ACT sports organisations.
throughout Australia reaching up to 600 deaf and hard of hearing students; DSA will commission independent expert advice on hearing devices to address safety concerns and disseminate information to parents; DSA will work with the Australian Sports Commission to develop links to Active After-School Communities program in each state/territory and deliver the ADK program where possible; DSA will develop an educational booklet on deaf sports and distribute to state education departments, participating schools and NSOs / SSOs; DSA will develop a new section to the DSA website on the Active Deaf Kids project featuring youth related information.
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he Active Deaf Kids program is designed by Deaf Sports Australia to help get more deaf and hard of hearing children participating in sport and to help overcome some of the challenges they face in accessing sports opportunities. he program was made possible by funding support from the Federal Government and the Australian Sports Commission who have provided $200,000 in funding to run the program for the next two years.
he manager of the Active Deaf Kids program, and former Dea ympian, Irena Farinacci spoke at the launch about the challenges she has faced in pursuing her love of sport and the role the Active Deaf Kids program has to play. Taking part in sports programs helped me meet other like-minded deaf and hard of hearing participants, as well as helped me to gain con dence in myself by accepting my hearing impairment and for who I am. The Active Deaf Kids program will help to inspire the next generation of young sportspeople and give them the con dence and support to get involved in sport
inister Lundy spoke passionately about the bene ts of sports participation in her speech and commented that The Active Deaf Kids program is about levelling the playing eld so kids with hearing impairment can get involved and participate in sport.
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he Active Deaf Kids program is being rolled out around Australia over the next 12 months, and the next destinations are Adelaide and Brisbane in August. he key features of the program are as follows: DSA will conduct sports clinics and information sessions in schools
inister Lundy took great delight in participating in the sports clinics that were provided on the day
eaf Sports Australia extends their warmest gratitude to Sen. Kate Lundy and Simon Hollingsworth for supporting the program and for David Brady and the team at Deaf Sport and Recreation ACT for the help in putting together and running the Canberra clinic.
L - R: Craig Dodson, DSA CEO, Sen. Kate Lundy, Minister for Sports, Irena Farinacci, DSA Educations & Events Coordinator & Simon Hollingsworth, Australian Sports Commission CEO
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event than in the past and it may not have all the bells and whistles of previous Dea ympics. That being said it is still very exciting that there will be a Dea ympics and we look forward to sending a strong and competitive team. The DSA Board will have a Board meeting this Saturday in Melbourne where amongst other things we will be discussing important issues like planning for the Dea ympics, the ADG review and reviewing the DSA Strategic Plan. It is an important meeting and there is plenty of work for us to do. I will give you an update on the key information in next months e-news. For your information here is the list of DSA Board and their portfolios: Governance Kathryn OBrien National Sports Phil Harper / James Ashley International A airs David Peters Finance David Peters Stakeholder Relations Brent Phillips Media / Communications Emma Merkas Membership James Ashley / Phil Harper Thanks for your continued support David Peters President
It is my pleasure to let you all know that Deaf Sports Australia (DSA) have been successful in securing a $200,000 grant from the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) to deliver our Active Deaf Kids program over the next two years. The Active Deaf Kids program is designed by DSA to help get more deaf and hard of hearing children participating in sport and to help overcome some of the challenges they face in accessing sports opportunities. DSA will be visiting Schools throughout the Country to talk to children about the bene ts of sports participation and how to get involved in sport. The program was developed by DSA and a pilot program was run in Victoria in 2010 and last year we ran the program nationally. To secure a further two years funding support from the ASC is a good endorsement of the quality of the program and how important it is and congratulations to DSA sta member Irena Farinacci for all her hard work with the program. You will see more information about the program on the story about the program launch in Canberra last week in this months e-news. Recently the ICSD con rmed the 2013 summer Dea ympics will be held in So a, Bulgaria in July / August. At the moment DSA is waiting for further information from the ICSD, we have been requested to submit preliminary entry forms and are currently in discussions with our members and sports delegates to determine the likely team numbers. It is positive that a decision to stage the event has now been made, however, DSA is eagerly awaiting further information from the ICSD as at this stage we do not have a lot of information other than con rmation the event will go ahead. Given the short time lines involved and limited budget I expect the Dea ympics will be a smaller
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Sen. Kate Lundy o ering her support of the program in her speech
Sen. Kate Lundy after o cially launching the program after cutting the ribbon
Sen. Kate Lundy having a go at one of her favourite sport, Touch Football with the kids