Football. Mentoring. Cultural Connection. Real Change.
Each one supports young people across Central Australia in powerful and culturally responsive ways, combining sport, community leadership, and long-term mentoring.
Unlock Potential
Right Tracks supports sports clubs to provide a positive, functional, inclusive, and sustainable environment for their members. Recognising the huge role that sport plays in the development of healthy individuals and communities, Right Tracks aims to strengthen the link between sport and community health outcomes Partnering with both existing and emerging sporting clubs, the Right Tracks Program is built around nine key themes of interest, outlined below.
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Health Education
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Leadership
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High Performance Program
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Club Development
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Employment Support
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Good Sports Program
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Health Checks
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Coach Development
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Skills Development
The Right Tracks Program works because it utilises and builds upon the sense of identity, belonging, purpose, and inspiration that comes from association with sporting clubs. Sport is a powerful environment to connect children, men, and women with vital information, skills, and strategies to push for inclusive, equitable, healthy, and safe sporting spaces for everyone.
Positive thinking, goal setting, and resilience to challenges is incorporated throughout all Right Tracks activities, particularly in sport training. Sporting clubs play a big role in supporting vulnerable members of the community through ongoing social and emotional challenges, including mental health, suicide, and domestic violence. Right Tracks acknowledges that clubs are not just places to play sport. They can be like a second family, providing identity, social support, networks, and role models.
To further support local sports clubs, they are entitled to up to $500 of sporting gear from Intersport Alice Springs once their members have completed health checks.
Right Tracks staff are knowledgeable, committed, and respected community members. The Right Tracks Program is designed and led by locals, for locals. Health is viewed holistically, and social determinants of health are tackled through five key areas.
1. Health & Wellbeing.
Targeted health education sessions about alcohol consumption, tobacco and drug use, nutrition, sexual health, maintaining healthy habits, and health checks. The No More family violence program is included as part of this key area. Role modelling family safety is essential to changing attitudes towards violence, with the aim to create a future free from family violence.
.2. Education.
Mentoring and support for participants to promote long-term engagement in education, employment pathways, and transitioning to employment.
.3. Employment & Skills Development.
Engagement in pre-employment programs to enhance employability and mentoring to ensure long-term success in employment.
.4. Sport.
Promotion of fair play, good relationships, and overall sportsmanship by developing Codes of Conduct and standards of behaviour. Talent identification pathways, leadership activities, and promotion of the GoodSports framework.
.5. Leadership & Personal Development.
Communication skills development, one-on-one personal planning sessions for individual goal setting, and engagement in community services and events.
