likely to participate in sport and recreation activity. This identifies the important impact Focus Areas: that modelling and socialising children into physical activity has in the family. It is Facilities that create connections important that facilities are provided in a and specifically across generations network which creates the best possible within family groups will improve a exposure to families to instil sport and active system of health and physical recreation into their children’s value system. activity. Some parts of Wyndham have a significantly Facilities will provide best when higher proportion of families in disadvantage they are places of social interaction, than the Victorian average. Reducing the connection and capacity building, barriers of location and fee to play will be used by multiple providers, creating important to this population for improved diversity of sport and active generational connection and mental and recreation choice physical health. Facilities which collocate Dynamic Families in Wyndham come from all over the Delivery Models of Sport including world, they include blended families with club competition, social, casual and generation differences between siblings and no fee access will enable maximum step siblings, homosexual and heterosexual social impact and participation parents, single parents and grandparents raising their grandchildren. The diversity of families in Wyndham is significant and the provision of activities which provide meaning to parts and whole households present unique challenges. Priority 3: Enable Local Access, as it is fundamental to the community’s participation in sport and active recreation Location and proximity are significant to the membership, training and local resident Wyndham population; 88 % of Wyndham participation. They further identified that residents who engage in sport and recreation venue location and access is important to the do so in Wyndham. Across the three urban viability and growth of providers’ activities, planning districts, local participation is higher where locations hidden in industrial areas in the west (94%), central (89%) and the east create barriers related to safety and car is least likely to participate in Wyndham dependency. (82%). Children are more likely to participate A Wyndham case study of participation if the facility is closer to home or school, being undertaken 2015 identified that the primary less reliant on others for transport. catchment of sport is local and generally Consultation with Wyndham providers of within 500m from a facility for district and sport and recreation identified that local municipal facilities. It identified that access is important to sports for growth, municipal sports with lower participation
likely to participate in sport and recreation activity. This identifies the important impact that modelling and socialising children into physical activity has in the family. It is important that facilities are provided in a network which creates the best possible exposure to families to instil sport and active recreation into their children’s value system. Some parts of Wyndham have a significantly higher proportion of families in disadvantage than the Victorian average. Reducing the barriers of location and fee to play will be important to this population for improved generational connection and mental and physical health. Families in Wyndham come from all over the world, they include blended families with generation differences between siblings and step siblings, homosexual and heterosexual parents, single parents and grandparents raising their grandchildren. The diversity of families in Wyndham is significant and the provision of activities which provide meaning to parts and whole households present unique challenges. Focus Areas: Facilities that create connections across generations and specifically within family groups will improve a system of health and physical activity. Facilities will provide best when they are places of social interaction, connection and capacity building, used by multiple providers, creating diversity of sport and active recreation choice Facilities which collocate Dynamic Delivery Models of Sport including club competition, social, casual and no fee access will enable maximum social impact and participation Priority 3: Enable Local Access, as it is fundamental to the community’s participation in sport and active recreation Location and proximity are significant to the Wyndham population; 88 % of Wyndham residents who engage in sport and recreation do so in Wyndham. Across the three urban planning districts, local participation is higher in the west (94%), central (89%) and the east is least likely to participate in Wyndham (82%). Children are more likely to participate if the facility is closer to home or school, being less reliant on others for transport. Consultation with Wyndham providers of sport and recreation identified that local access is important to sports for growth, membership, training and local resident participation. They further identified that venue location and access is important to the viability and growth of providers’ activities, where locations hidden in industrial areas create barriers related to safety and car dependency. A Wyndham case study of participation undertaken 2015 identified that the primary catchment of sport is local and generally within 500m from a facility for district and municipal facilities. It identified that municipal sports with lower participation