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annual report 2015-16 contents About Helping Hoops……………..…….. 3 By the Numbers………………………….. 4 Reports From Our People….………..….. 5 Our Coaches……………………..………. 14 Our Programs…………….………….…… 15 From a Volunteer’s Perspective…………. 24 Year in Review……………………..……… 25 Timeline of Helping Hoops…….…..…… 42 Our Ambassadors………………..………. 43 Financial Report………………………….. 45 Helping Hoops is……………………..….. 47 Our Helpers………………………..……… 49 How You Can Help……………………….. 50 Stay in Touch……………………….…….. 51 ABOUT HELPING HOOPS Helping Hoops is an Helping Hoops focuses on independent charity running free building self-esteem, providing a weekly basketball programs for sense of belonging and over 1,000 disadvantaged and community, aiding social disabled children. Over 350 cohesion, instilling discipline, sessions per year benefit developing goal setting children and young people of all and leadership skills, abilities aged 7 to 21. As a and promoting a charity, Helping Hoops is not healthy and active solely focused on improving lifestyle. skills, but also uses basketball to instil values that benefit children in their lives outside of sport. Children attending Helping Hoops programs are from a refugee or migrant background, have an intellectual disability, are living on inner-city, high-rise public housing estates, or are asylum seekers. 3 by the numbers 350+ 350+ 80+ 16K+ SESSIONS PROGRAM ACTIVE SOCIAL EVERY PARTICIPANTS VOLUNTEERS MEDIA YEAR IN PAST 12 FOLLOWERS MONTHS 60,000+ $80K+ 150+ 2,000+ REACHED IN PARTICIPANTS VOLUNTEER THROUGH DONATIONS IN THE 2015 HOURS MELBOURNE AND 24 HOUR CONTRIBUTED UNITED FUNDRAISING CHARITY PARTNERSHIP SHOOTOUT 4 reports from our people 5 Few things are more inspiring than to Looking back at the year, 2015/16 was PRESIDENT see young people grow and achieve all about making sure we could their individual potential. confidently support the existing DAVID KOOPMANS Unfortunately, not all kids get the programs, and expand to bring more same opportunities, and that’s what programs to the community. We’ve drives our organisation. Over the past added programs for older kids six years, Helping Hoops has offered (Helping Hoops Future) and expanded free basketball programs to our base of coaches and volunteers. disadvantaged kids from socially We were supported by some amazing disadvantaged backgrounds, or with fundraising efforts by old friends and intellectual disabilities. Through the new. We also strengthened the programs, they build their self organisation with more members, and confidence, learn about teamwork and new committee members. Although discipline as well as staying physically not without it’s challenges, it has been fit and often develop some pretty a fantastic year and on behalf of the impressive basketball skills at the same committee, I’d like to thank every one time! of you who’ve made a difference. It’s not hard to see how these healthy When we look around, we see and positive alternatives have an opportunities everywhere for Helping impact on the individuals and the Hoops to grow, but to do so we need communities they live in. Helping to broaden the support base further so Hoops does not get government we can confidently fund and run both support, so we rely entirely on the the existing programs as well as dedication and selflessness of our starting new ones. If you are a fantastic “family” of volunteers, supporter already, we thank you and fundraisers, coaches, donors and ask you to continue in your support. If sponsors, to whom we are very you are not yet involved, please take grateful. some time to read this annual report and contact us to see how you can contribute too. 6 Helping Hoops is amazing. Saying this out of their comfort zone, or EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR six years ago would have felt like self volunteers stepping up to run sessions congratulations, but in 2016, I am of their own, we have tested our ADAM McKAY privileged to be all but a small cog in people to see just what they are an ever expanding machine that is full capable of. They passed any test we of amazing people. Talented, kind, could conceive and thrived thanks to and energetic are just three words I their open minds and hearts. would use to sum up the squad that comes through and gives their time to We implemented new systems, and our cause – whether it be weekly as a refined existing ones, to ensure that program volunteer, regularly as a expanding Helping Hoops in the committee member, or whenever they future is approached sustainably and can as an event volunteer. responsibly. We have always had a great model, but now with even better So what am I proud of and grateful for systems behind the scenes, we can in 2015-16? truly attack the future with confidence. We set Coach Renee, our Women’s We raised over $59,000 at the 2016 24 Development Coach, a goal of 25% Hour Charity Shootout. Money fuels minimum female participation across the engine that keeps the Helping Helping Hoops programs. She did it. Hoops train chugging along the tracks, Now, more girls than ever have the but more importantly we engaged opportunity to break through the with our community in a fun, vibrant barriers and stigma that exist through and exciting way, and the continued cultural paradigms and take part in growth of the Shootout is remarkable. Helping Hoops. Take a bow, Renee! Our Operations Manager, Sandra Tay, deserves all the credit for the success We welcomed new coaches into of the Shootout, and her growth within Helping Hoops and expanded the Helping Hoops, and as a person, is responsibilities of our existing ones. something I watch with pride. Whether it be Coach Steve or Omar taking on new programs and stepping 7 We added a new program, called Helping Hoops will add three new EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Helping Hoops Future, and changed programs by the time our next Annual the game. We now have a place to Report is out. We will surpass the ADAM McKAY continue the relationships we enjoy previous benchmark of 25% female with our participants once they reach participation. We will welcome more upper secondary school. Making volunteers, members and staff than Helping Hoops relevant to those ever before. We will have the biggest navigating this crucial age becomes year on and off the basketball court in even more significant when we see the Helping Hoops history. And we will do poor choices made by their peers it with your help. around this same period in the lives, and I am incredibly proud of the effort To be in a position to still be involved of all the coaches, volunteers and in an organisation like Helping Hoops, participants, who have had a big say in which provides a beacon of hope for just what Future could be, is, and hundreds of kids around this great city, should be going forward. is a blessing, and the ever increasing responsibilities and expectations that My thanks go out to our committee, come with my role are something I our coaches and staff, the dozens of take as seriously as I would the volunteer assistant coaches, our event nurturing of my own children. staff, our ambassadors, our members, and the hundreds of kids that are the People tell me what a great six years “who” to our “what.” I appreciate we have had. People tell me that we every one of you and try to repay your have achieved so much in a short faith in Helping Hoops through my period of time. I tell people we are just own effort and hard work. getting started. If you are not on board yet… why not? We tell our kids to never be satisfied, never stop pushing, never be caught without a goal or direction. We would be hypocritical if we ourselves did not embody the values we strive to teach. 8 June 2016 marked my three years with Our volunteer assistant coaches OPERATIONS MANAGER Helping Hoops. I’ve now been given deserve a special mention – they’re the fancy title of Operations Manager, the ones giving their time and energy SANDRA TAY but really I’m happy to do anything on a weekly basis. Together with our that needs to be done. On a personal head coaches, they have built strong level, I am beyond grateful for the support networks at each of our opportunity I’ve been given by Adam programs and all of them are great and the Helping Hoops team. It’s still role models for our participants. daunting when I have to step up and take the lead as I feel that I’m the I try my best to attend as many youngest and most inexperienced Helping Hoops sessions as possible, person on the team. But, I am lucky to and because of this I’ve been able to be surrounded by the most supportive build strong relationships with the people. So thank you everyone for children and watch them grow as putting your trust in me. people. After three years, it’s great to see kids who couldn’t reach the ring Helping Hoops is a team effort, and now making free throws and, more we have the best people on our side. importantly, becoming great The past year, we’ve seen our staff and individuals. It’s wonderful to see older volunteer base grow and strengthen. I participants step up as leaders as we am contacted every week by people welcome new children. It’s a joy to who want to contribute and am always have kids come back each week with overwhelmed by the support we enthusiasm and eagerness to learn, receive. We have some incredible watching their skills and attitudes volunteers who have continued to improve the longer they are with us.