Netball SA Reconciliation Action Plan September 2017-2019 RAP artwork Growth Journey – Next Steps Scott Rathman The artwork contains a number of circles which radiate out from the bottom. The circles represent a netball and the growing sizes of the circles symbolise the change in players as they grow and develop. In terms of Reconciliation the growth is the same, as people learn more and embrace learning around Aboriginal culture their understanding grows. The circles also reflect on the fact that Reconciliation is not a process that has an end point. It is something that continues and is never ending. Each of the colours used in this piece symbolise different feelings: • Yellow reflects warmth and represents communication, enlightenment and sunlight. • Green reflects seeking knowledge and understanding. • Blue reflects being unique, authentic and compassionate. • Red reflects love and courage. All these colour elements are essential in the Reconciliation process. | 2 Contents 2 RAP artwork 4 Our RAP Advisory Group 5 CEO messages 7 Our vision for reconciliation 8 Our business 9 Our Reconciliation Action Plan 10 Relationships 12 Respect 14 Photo gallery 16 Opportunities 18 Tracking progress and reporting 19 Get in touch | 3 Our RAP Advisory Group Sophie Murray NSA RAP Advisory Nick Dury Group Chair NSA RAP Advisory Group Member Christine Glen NSA RAP Advisory Group Member Vanessa Dempsey NSA RAP Advisory Group Member Kylee Goldsmith NSA RAP Advisory Group Member Debra Walker NSA RAP Advisory Group Member Tracey Cox NSA RAP Advisory | 4 Group Member CEO messages Reconciliation Australia congratulates Netball SA on On behalf of Netball SA (NSA), I am proud to present our inaugural developing its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). 2017-2019 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). By adopting an Innovate RAP, Netball SA demonstrates its Our RAP will play an important role in the organisation achieving readiness to develop and test innovative approaches to our strategic intention of expanding and diversifying our community reconciliation, and champion reconciliation at every level of engagement with current and new participation groups. Karen Mundine the organisation. Netball SA’s commitments in this RAP see Ben Scales Chief Executive Officer it well placed to achieve progress across the key pillars of Chief Executive Officer As the largest female participation sport in Australia and with a Reconciliation Australia reconciliation—relationships, respect and opportunities. Netball SA netball community in excess of 100,000 in South Australia, netball has a significant role to play in Australia’s reconciliation journey. As Netball SA understands the importance of building and maintaining meaningful, guardians of the sport, our RAP will ensure NSA continues to enrich respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the community through netball. organisations in order to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. It displays this commitment through its actionable goal to promote and celebrate community events Our first RAP focuses on increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in NSA such as National Reconciliation Week (NRW) by hosting at least one internal event per affiliated clubs and associations with a vision to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait year. Islander players, coaches and umpires progressing through our high performance pathways in years to come. Respect and understanding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures is key to Netball SA’s core values. It champions these values by committing NSA recognises that each individual action in our RAP commits our organisation to improving to embed cultural awareness into existing practices across the organisation, and the relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous netball communities so we can work broader netball community, by utilising Netball Australia’s Cultural Respect, Education together to ensure all South Australians have an equal opportunity to participate in our game. and Training Empowerment (CREATE) program. Thank you to each member of the RAP Advisory Group for their contribution towards developing Netball SA is committed to driving reconciliation through developing employment and our inaugural RAP. Thank you also to Reconciliation Australia for their support throughout the RAP training opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It demonstrates development process. this through its goal to identify employment, training and ‘on the job’ work experience NSA is excited to see where this RAP will take us and the opportunities that will follow over the next for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in netball. two years. On behalf of Reconciliation Australia, I commend Netball SA on its inaugural RAP, and look forward to following its continued reconciliation journey. Karen Mundine Ben Scales Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Reconciliation Australia Netball SA | 5 Photo: Curtain raiser match for 2017 NSA and Adelaide Thunderbirds’ Indigenous match between South Australia Aboriginal Sports Training Academy (SAASTA) Elite Netball | 6 Program (SENP) and SA Nunga Netball. Our vision for reconciliation Netball SA (NSA) recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and custodians of the lands, and acknowledge the continuing relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with traditional lands and waters. NSA respects the continuing cultures, languages and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and places importance on showing this respect. Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) commits our organisation to the actions required to increase our efforts and capability to support and engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, coaches, umpires, volunteers, their families and communities to participate at the same level as other South Australians. Our RAP recognises the role that the netball community of 100,000 South Australians can play in our national reconciliation journey. This role requires us to better support, engage and partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This also requires the ongoing education and engagement of the netball community, to create inclusive netball environments for all participants, at all levels of our game, from grassroots to high performance pathways. Our vision for the Innovate RAP focuses on increasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation in NSA affiliated clubs and associations with a vision to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players progressing through the high performance pathway in future years. | 7 Our business NSA is a member organisation of Netball Australia and is the state sporting organisation for the game of netball in South Australia. NSA comprises 41 associations, including eight regional academies and one metropolitan academy, 340 affiliated clubs and over 32,000 members. As guardians of the sport in South Australia, we strive to enrich the community through netball. NSA’s 2020 Strategic Plan outlines that by 2020 we will: 1. Double our membership to 60,000 2. Expand and diversify our community engagement with current and new participation groups 3. Increase our revenue to $10 million 4. Exceed all high performance benchmarks in everything we do NSA employs over 30 people across five departments, led by our Chief Executive Officer. NSA is based at Priceline Stadium in Mile End South, South Australia. NSA is aware there are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander casual employees, coaches, umpires and volunteers working within netball in South Australia. However, our Innovate RAP will aim to provide better support to these casual employees, coaches, umpires and volunteers as Photo (above): NSA strives to be an employer of choice for all people. Our RAP will also aim to improve how we SAASTA Aboriginal collect data with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff in future. Academy student, Denika Braun. Photographer: Priceline Pharmacy is NSA’s premier partner, with Burbank, Mazda and HomeStart Finance major Mark Pioresan partners. NSA also has support from a range of corporate and media partners which can be found on our website: www.netballsa.asn.au. For seven years, NSA has worked with the South Australian Aboriginal Sports Training Academy (SAASTA) to support the SAASTA Shield and more recently, deliver the SAASTA Aboriginal Netball Academy (SANA). The SANA provides young female netballers with an opportunity to gain South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) credits as well as develop their netball skills. NSA also works closely with SA Nunga Netball, a community netball club with a vision to create and develop sustainable pathways within the South Australian netball community to increase participation of Aboriginal people in netball. SA Nunga Netball hosts an annual junior netball Photo (left): Kaleteeya carnival which is held at Priceline Stadium each year. Netball Club players at 2017 Adelaide Thunderbirds’ Indigenous match. | 8 Our Reconciliation Action Plan NSA acknowledges and celebrates the ongoing contribution of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander netball community. NSA has built positive relationships with key stakeholders over the past couple of years, but there is now an opportunity to increase our efforts to support and engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, coaches, umpires, volunteers,