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The second annual Sports Without Borders (SWB) national conference is to be held at the Moonee Valley Racing Club, Melbourne on Friday 15th June 2012.

The conference will involve a practical exploration of the central theme of linkages and partnerships that advances sports inclusion, focusing in particular on inclusion of women and girls, people of all abilities, along with indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community members.

The conference includes an exciting line-up of speakers from media, politics, grassroots sport and government.

The event will also feature practical, hard-hitting sessions on how to get more grants funding for your club, and how to secure new members and improve your image, as well as inspirational talks and case studies.

Federal Minister for Sport and Multicultural Affairs, Senator The Hon Kate Lundy will kick off the day, leading a stellar cast of speakers:

• Paul Kennedy, Host, ABC Contact Sport and ABC News Broadcast;
•  Phil Ruthven, Founder and chair of Ibis World - giving a state of the nation address on the facts and stats behind community sport;
• Clem Rodney, Indigenous Sport Program, Department of Sport and Recreation, Western Australia;
• Susan Crow, General Manager Community, Melbourne Heart Football Club;
• Anna-Louise Kassulke, Service Manager, Gold Coast Recreation and Sport;
• Patrick Moriarty, Our Community - talking about how to get more grants and money for your club;
• Brett de Hoedt, Hootville Communications - talking on how to get more members through marketing; and
• Athalia Zwartz, Sports Without Borders - talking about how to get and manage linkages and partnerships with particular reference to CALD communities.

To finish off the day, an inspirational message on the need for compassion and passion in sport will be presented by Frances Leach of the ABC's Grandstand Breakfast.

SWB was formed in 2006 in response to the key findings of the Sports Participation report published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2005.

The report identified a substantial sport participation gap between new migrant and traditional Australian communities. Non-English speaking Background (NESB) communities are two thirds less likely to participate in sport than the traditional Australian Community. The role of Sports Without Borders is to facilitate social inclusion. It achieves this goal by opening up participation pathways to sport for culturally and economically disadvantaged youth, providing accessible, multilingual resources and services, funding and direct financial support, training/mentorship programs and event capacity building.

SWB receives financial support from the Scanlon Foundation and is working with Melbourne's Cities of Hume and Moonee Valley, who are also providing grant support. SWB also receives funding from the Victorian Government, through the provision of a Victorian Community Support Grant. It collaborates with 20 councils across Victoria.

For more information contact Sports Without Borders on 03 9320 6800, E: service@ourcommunity.com.au, www.ourcommunity.com.au/swb2012

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