Building Belonging Through Sport and Recreation: Multicultural Queensland Month Webinar
Description
Community sport and recreation play a vital role in bringing people together. Across Queensland, clubs, volunteers, recreation providers and community organisations create opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to connect, participate and belong.
Join Cameron French, General Manager, Participation at the Australian Sports Commission, for an engaging discussion on the future of community sport in Australia. He will discuss the Play Well National Sport Participation Strategy and how sporting organisations, clubs, local governments and community leaders can work together to strengthen participation and create positive experiences for everyone.
Cameron will be joined by Sarah Scarce, Founder and Director of the Aqua English Project, a water safety program for newly arrived migrants and refugees. Sarah will share a grassroots perspective on the role of active recreation in building connections, supporting participation and creating opportunities for newly arrived migrants and refugees.
This webinar is ideal for sporting clubs, state sporting organisations, local governments, recreation and community development professionals, volunteers, and anyone interested in strengthening participation and connection through sport and recreation.
Participants will gain practical insights into creating welcoming and inclusive environments, reducing barriers to participation, and using sport as a powerful tool to build stronger, healthier and more connected communities.
Lineup
Cameron French
Cameron French is the General Manager – Participation at the Australian Sports Commission, where he leads national initiatives to grow participation and ensure more Australians can experience the benefits of sport and physical activity. He has played a key leadership role in the development and implementation of the Play Well Strategy – Australia’s national sport participation strategy – working across the sport sector to create more welcoming, inclusive and accessible opportunities for participation. Cameron is an experienced sport executive who has held leadership roles across community and professional sport. Prior to joining the Australian Sports Commission, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Cricket ACT, General Manager – Game and Market Development at Cricket NSW, and held a range of leadership positions with the Australian Football League. He has also worked in sport business development through Activate Sports. With extensive experience in participation growth, community engagement and sport system development, Cameron is passionate about ensuring sport remains relevant, accessible and valuable to all Australians and the communities they live in.
Sarah Scarce
Sarah Scarce is the Founding Director of The Aqua English Project and has a background in Law and International Relations. She has lived and worked in both China and Japan, where she has developed her skills in cross cultural communication through project development. Sarah’s first project was the International Climate Change Education Project, a holistic method of cross cultural and bipartisan engagement on a key global issue with the Queensland Government Trade & Investment Office. Since returning to Australia, Sarah has continued working with Australia’s Multicultural community in her capacity as a Refugee Lawyer and Director for The Aqua English Project. Both roles have continued to intertwine, with legal work on the Legacy Caseload cementing Sarah’s desire to ensure the social inclusion barriers faced by Australia’s multicultural community are overcome though the development and implementation of grassroots programs and project initiatives.
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