Disability Sport & Recreation Annual Report 2015 / 2016 dsr.org.au Disability Sport & Recreation is Victoria’s health-promoting peak organisation for the disability sport and recreation sector. Formed in 1962, we laid the foundation for accessible and inclusive sport and recreation in Victoria. TABLE OF CONTENTS Vision, Mission and Values Chair and CEO’s Report DSR Board Year in Review DSR Staff Our Supporters, Partners and Donors Corporate Identity Financial Summary VISION, MISSION & VALUES VISION A community where there is access and equity for all To provide and promote positive health MISSION outcomes for people with a disability, through participation in sport and recreation Access VALUES Equity Respect CHAIRMAN & CEO REPORT The past financial year has been one We aim to be an industry leader to of significant change for Disability our donors, members, sponsors, Sport & Recreation, with the partners and the wider community. The appointment of Richard Amon as CEO systems and structures put in place in November and the commencement over the past 12 months put us in a of a process to revitalise the board. strong position to be that leader, and we continue to work to achieve best A restructure of the operations and practice in everything we do. management team commenced, bringing a greater emphasis to Next financial year will see the governance and compliance with planning and development work for the appointment of Anne King to the a new membership CRM come to role of General Manager – Corporate fruition, with its introduction in early Services in March 2016. 2016/17. The appointment of a specialist We have achieved success with the accounting firm significantly improved integration of disability sport into our financial tracking, reporting and mainstream organisations, which planning, and the implementation of provides greater opportunity for people a fundraising customer relationship with disability to participate, and for management system (CRM) at the the sports to receive the administrative end of the financial year, will help us and operational support they need to improve the quality of communication remain sustainable. with our all-important donors. Paralympic football and lawn bowls are None of this would be possible without now both owned and managed by their the support of our donors, sponsors, respective State Sporting Associations, volunteers, and staff. and we would like to thank Football Federation Victoria and Bowls Victoria Disability Sport & Recreation is not for sharing our vision of integration and a recipient of significant government making the transition possible. funding, so we need to raise funds for our programs, advocacy and Integration is not always possible, peak body role, which represents so to that end, we have established an opportunity to partner with the Victorian Disability Sport and some wonderful organisations who Recreation Organisations Committee understand the importance of our work. (VDSROC). This committee supports capacity-building for these A heartfelt thanks goes to the organisations to deliver sustainable thousands of people who have sport and recreation programming believed in what we do and provided options for people with disability. us the means to effect change. We will continue to put better health outcomes Established in July 2015, with eight for people with disability through member organisations, the committee equitable participation in sport and has nearly doubled in size to represent recreation at the forefront of everything 13 Victorian disability sport and we do. recreation organisations. Collectively, the committee is a voice for more than 10,000 Victorians with disability. This report highlights a number of other programs and service achievements Rob Anderson Richard Amon that illustrate our expanding influence Chair CEO in supporting people with disability to achieve greater health through participation in sport and recreation. We know this work transforms lives in a significant way. DSR BOARD Dean Walker Chairperson (part) – Appointed Director 2008 BA(AsSt), MBus(AppEc), Grad Dip SportsTraining, DBA Dean is a Consultant Lecturer at Victoria University and Principle Consultant for the Wax Consulting Group. Dean brings to the Board an abundance of global economic and business knowledge. Rob Anderson Chairperson (part) – Appointed 2015 Rob has led the establishment of community development projects both domestically and overseas and is the CEO for People and Parks Foundation. He and was Regional Manager for Camp Quality, and was previously CEO for DSR. Prior to becoming involved in the charitable sector, Rob was CEO of the Australian Professional Footballers’ Association, AFL Umpires’ Association in addition to a decade working in a variety of roles for the Australian Football League. Rob is a former Chairperson of Eating Disorders Victoria. Tina McKenzie Secretary – Appointed Director 2013 BADipEd, ICDL Tina has represented Australia in wheelchair basketball at three Paralympic Games and three world cups. She has been involved in the development of the National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball League since 2000 and has represented the players on the League Advisory Committee. Stuart Ewin Director – Appointed 2013 OAM, LLB BA (Hons) Stuart competed as part of the Australian men’s wheelchair basketball team at the 1988 Seoul, 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. He won a gold medal at the Atlanta Paralympics for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. Stuart has been a practicing solicitor for over 10 years and currently works for the Financial Ombudsman Service. Greg Warnecke Director – Appointed 2003 BAppSc(Human Movement), MSportBus, DipFrontlineMgt Greg brings to the Board a strong sport and event management focus. Greg worked as the Program Manager, Sport Services for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and FINA 2007 World Swimming Championships. He was the General Manager for the 2009 Australian Paralympic Youth Games, Head of Sport for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and is the General Manager, Sports & Games Operations at the World Masters Games 2017. Susan Brunton Director – Appointed 2014 PLLB, B.Bus – Accounting Susan’s professional background is as a lawyer specialising in litigating catastrophic injury cases in Queensland. She was General Counsel for a publicly listed company, and has extensive experience in risk management. Susan has also acted on behalf of hospital boards in Queensland. Andrew Keen Director – Appointed 2009 BBus(HRMgt) Andrew has worked in a variety of Senior Operations and HR roles for some of the country’s leading recruitment agencies, bringing superior people management skills and motivational tools to the team. Currently Andrew works as the Regional Manager of Human Resources for the City of Greater Geelong. Russell Phillips Director – Appointed 2014 DippAppSci (Nursing) Russell is a registered General and Psychiatric Nurse, retired Naval Officer, former Vice President of Elwood R.S.L and Treasurer of Sailability Victoria. Russell has been a member of Disability Sport & Recreation since 1978. Jeremy Long Director – Appointed 2002 BBidg, FAIB, MQSA Jeremy has been a member of DSR for nearly 20 years, a Director for 14 years and was Chair for 7 years. Jeremy has a wealth of experience in management system assessment and has worked as auditor and consultant for Davis Langdon since 1992. He is a member of RAB-Quality Society of Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Building and Director of Independence Australia. TEACHING... WheelTalk Every year our WheelTalk disability education program grows, and this year grew by more than 20 per cent. This impressive growth was supported by the recruitment of two new presenters and the introduction of a free WheelTalk session limited to our junior Scoring the Equaliser members attending a Victorian school or Once again we delivered our annual education facility. professional development webinar for allied health and rehabilitation clinical staff in Our six WheelTalk presenters visited 445 partnership with the Australian Physiotherapy schools across Victoria, conducting 716 Association. sessions. Nearly 19,000 Victorian students experienced this unique disability awareness The webinar was moderated by Dr Bridie program. O’Donnell, Clinician, Epworth HealthCheck and Epworth Breast Service and professional athlete, and featured: R2R – Rehabilitation to Recreation • A/Prof Rachael McDonald, Associate Designed for allied health and other healthcare Professor in Occupational Therapy at professionals, our R2R sessions provide Monash University detailed information on how clinicians can • Jeff Walkley PhD, National Disability and help their clients with newly acquired disability Diversity Manager with Belgravia Leisure improve their physical and mental health by • Alison Gargan, Senior physiotherapist at participating in sport and recreation. Epworth Rehabilitation • Bryce Alaman, wheelchair rugby Over the year, the program was delivered in 19 Paralympian and head of Melrose institutions, with an average attendance of 23 Wheelchairs in Victoria. healthcare professionals per session. This expert panel discussed the health Feedback from the sessions is consistently professional’s role in introducing people with positive and discussions have commenced disability to sport and recreation as part of their with the Australian Physiotherapy Association ongoing rehabilitation. They looked at problem to develop an e-learning package which will solving the barriers to engaging