The Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) is Australia’s leading non-profit sports fundraising body. ASF has been helping athletes, clubs, and organisations fundraise for over 30 years and is the only organisation in Australia to have Deductible Gift Recipient status for sport. This means any donation of $2 or more is tax-deductible.
As part of its commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Australian Sailing has recently developed an Inclusive Language Guide for clubs, associations, members, and participants in partnership with Pride in Sport. The guide provides information on some of the steps we can all take in order to show respect to individual identities.
Here is a list of current funding opportunities opening soon. A good chance to have a look to see if there is anything to suit your club.
Gambling Community Benefit Fund
Australian Sailing is seeking feedback on how we can visually represent our sport effectively in a concise, one-page format through the development of a 'Sailing Participant Pathway.'
Australian Sailing would like to announce the key upcoming dates for 2024 so you can save space in your calendar and join us for the highly anticipated Zhik Youth Sail Series, State Sailing Awards, Sailing Summits and Training in Focus – Live events next year.
This Christmas, gift a piece of the ocean with Pangea Maps' stunning 3D waterscape map art. Perfect for the sailing enthusiast in your life, our maps are locally designed and crafted with the highest artisanship.
We recently changed how we recognise and support instructors and coaches who hold multiple accreditations. We hope the change described below reduces barriers cited by many instructors and coaches to remaining accredited in multiple sailing disciplines. The change enables a simpler process to reaccreditation and saves you time and costs associated in the 5 yearly reaccreditation process.
Darwin Sailing Club has just finished its Dry Season which is their main sailing season. So, we asked Alanna Field the Training Manager at Darwin Sailing Club how they went being one of the first clubs to introduce the wing program into their sailing activities. The Learn to Wing Program is a new program for Discover Sailing Centres (DSCs), designed to introduce participants to the exciting discipline of wing-surfing.
With the sailing season just around the corner, we encourage clubs to provide a Race Management Induction training day as an effective and efficient means to plan for fun, enjoyable, safe and efficient season of racing at your club. In providing a training day for your volunteers and workforce clubs can provide updates on important club policies and procedures, upskill your team, and allow your clubs management to set expectations within the larger context of the club’s goals, objectives, and op
North Action Sports Group Australia continues their partnership with Australian Sailing as the official foiling equipment supplier to clubs and Discover Sailing Centres.