FUNDRAISING STARTER KIT Everything you need to know about being on the Confident Girls fundraising team. #ConfidentGirls www.confidentgirls.com.au THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM! As a Confident Girls community fundraiser you are helping the Netball Foundation make a positive difference to the lives of disadvantaged girls across Australia. This year we’re aiming to raise $250,000 towards community netball programs such as our Inclusion NetSetGO program and community introductory programs – giving more than 5,000 young girls a chance that they wouldn’t ordinarily have to play netball and thrive, both on and off the court. We’re proud of that and you should be too. What’s more, fundraising for Confident Girls is fun and every fundraiser goes into the draw to win some great prizes from the Australian Netball Diamonds. Let’s get started! This Starter Kit gives you all the tools and information you need to be an awesome fundraiser, including: ABOUT WHERE DOES THE OUR SUCCESS GREAT TIPS ON HOW TO CONFIDENT GIRLS MONEY GO? STORIES FUNDRAISING ORGANISE AN IDEAS EVENT P.3 P.4 P.5 P.7 P.8 KEY CAMPAIGN OUR CAMPAIGNS & FUNDRAISING FAQ FINANCIAL & LEGAL DATES PRICESS EXPERIENCES INFORMATION INFORMATION P.9 P.10 P.12 P.13 P.16 For more information about how to donate and set up a fundraising page visit www.confidentgirls.com.au Netball Foundation Fundraising Starter Kit 2 ABOUT CONFIDENT GIRLS Confident Girls is the main grass roots campaign of the Netball Foundation – the fundraising arm of Netball Australia and partner of the Australian Netball Diamonds team. We know that sport is a powerful tool in empowering girls to be happy and healthy. Every week, millions of girls around Australia walk off the netball court with the confidence that comes from being part of a team, enjoying the bond of a shared experience and the benefits of regular exercise. They also build the kind of resilience that is learnt from winning and losing, and taking the good with the bad. But for many reasons, not all girls have the chance to participate. In Australia, more than 600,000 children live below the poverty line and don’t have the opportunity to be part of a sporting team. Many families cannot afford to pay sport fees, buy a uniform and shoes to play in, or get transport to sporting events. Some schools don’t offer sports activities or have the money to buy equipment. And unfortunately, many girls lack the self-confidence to get involved or their cultural background doesn’t encourage them to be physically active. In 2016 Confident Girls is aiming to raise $250,000 to give disadvantaged girls the opportunity to play netball. More importantly, we’re giving girls a chance to have fun, make friends and be healthy, confident and resilient. So by supporting Confident Girls, you are giving more girls the chance to be the best they can, on and off the court. WHY GIVING MATTERS 602,604 14.7% of Obesity among More boys (70%) children Australian girls is most than girls (56%) common at ages participate in (17.7% of all children) women live in poverty 5–7 and 16–17 sports live below the Women are significantly poverty line more likely to experience poverty than men Women in Australia earn just 82 cents in the male dollar (17.9% less) Children born in Australia (73%) have higher sports participation rates Coverage of women in sport makes up than those born 9% of all sports coverage in non-English speaking countries (53%) For more information about how to donate and set up a fundraising page visit www.confidentgirls.com.au Netball Foundation Fundraising Starter Kit 3 WHERE DOES THE MONEY RAISED GO? 100% of donated funds received by Confident Girls go towards funding netball programs, equipment and coaching in disadvantaged communities across Australia through programs such as Inclusion NetSetGO and community introductory programs. Here’s how your donation can help: $15 $25 $50 Pays for a Participant pack, Pays for a disadvantaged girl Pays for a coordinator to including a take-home netball. to try netball at an Inclusion complete the Foundation NetSetGO clinic. Coaching Course. $200 $250 $300 Pays for a disadvantaged girl Pays for a coach to mentor Buys all the balls and equipment to try netball at an 8 to 10 community volunteers. for an Inclusion NetSetGO or week Inclusion NetSetGO or community program for 40 community program. disadvantaged girls. For more information about how to donate and set up a fundraising page visit www.confidentgirls.com.au OUR SUCCESS STORIES Netball promotes teamwork Engaged students at Old in young students learning Guildford Public School by distance Old Guildford Public School has 45 students from Northern Territory’s more than 400 students, including distance education school Katherine 98 per cent students from non-English School of the Air, played netball speaking backgrounds. The School’s through Inclusion NetSetGO for the underlying philosophy is that happy, first time in 2015. engaged students are more likely to achieve their full potential. So when Students were visited by the school’s the opportunity to have an Inclusion Netball Ambassador Leanne Bugg as Netball helps attendance at NetSetGO program at the school came part of their Health and P.E program, Wugularr School up, they grabbed it with both hands. and participated in the program’s activities in small groups of three Netball is helping the children at "... it boosted their to four. Wugularr School, about 120 kilometres physical and mental The Inclusion NetSetGO program was south-east of Katherine, thrive thanks also undertaken during the four contact to teacher Sarah Mullucks. Teaching in health, provided events throughout the year, when all a multi-year classroom of 20 upper- fun and a sense students come together in town. primary children, in a school with 110 students, Sarah introduced netball of belonging." “The kids absolutely love netball,” to a place where children knew The netball program benefited the Bugg said. only basketball and football. School school’s culturally and linguistically attendance rates have increased for the “Many of them don’t get to play team diverse students, breaking down students playing in the netball team, sports in our context very often. So to language and cultural barriers. As the as well as for the younger students. be able to be a part of a team and play school’s children discovered a love Students in the lower primary classes sport that is so inclusive, we are able to for the sport through the Inclusion see the enjoyment and success of build on their foundation skills.” NetSetGO program, it boosted their the netball team and are keen to be Bugg said the main reason the school physical and mental health, provided involved themselves when they are wanted to implement netball was to fun and a sense of belonging. in the upper primary class. Sarah allow students to explore the value has also seen improvement in the of teamwork and working together to classroom with greater cooperation achieve something. and teamwork, as well as increased “In our context it was important to confidence and leadership in the girls. have that opportunity,” Bugg said. The Wugularr team play in the Katherine “It was really good because netball is Netball Association and two of the a game that can be adjusted to include Wugularr girls have played at the NT the real younger students with basic Championships in the Katherine Netball ball skills, the pre-schoolers, right up Association representative team. until the older ones, who were keen The Katherine Netball Association for a game.” competition has teams with both indigenous and non-indigenous players, all in the one integrated competition and Sarah Mullucks has been pivotal in the development of the inclusive ethos and culture at Katherine Netball Association. Sarah and the netball team have had an impact on both their community at Wugularr, as well as in Katherine and at Katherine Netball Association. For more information about how to donate and set up a fundraising page visit www.confidentgirls.com.au Netball Foundation Fundraising Starter Kit 5 MEET SOME OF OUR FUNDRAISERS The Confident Girls campaign has inspired some fantastic fundraising efforts in the netball community. Meet some of our 2015 best fundraisers: Young netballers unite for Confident Girls Teenager Caitlin Ardill and her netball club St Bernadette’s in New South Wales raised $501.50 for the Confident Girls campaign. After seeing the campaign advertised on Facebook, 13-year-old Caitlin Arena Jetz gather community rallied her teammates and raised Netball World Cup inspires to support Confident Girls money through a combination of Northern Suburbs Netball online donations and a raffle at the St Association Arena JETZ Netball Club in Melbourne’s Bernadette’s junior presentation night. South East donated $1 for every The Northern Suburbs Netball registered player in their teams and “I wanted to raise Association in New South Wales raised raised more than $500 by donating the money because I met $2,950 for the Netball Foundation proceeds of a sausage sizzle and cake through the Confident Girls campaign. stall to the Confident Girls campaign. a lot of my friends After hearing about the Foundation President Kerryn Weickhardt said, through netball..." through the Netball World Cup, the “you develop lifelong friendships Generous organisations, community Northern Suburbs Netball Association through netball and it’s also a great members and Caitlin’s teammates all thought it was a great opportunity network for women”. donated items to be raffled on the to align with the international Australian Netball Diamonds coach night, creating a total of three prize tournament and raise money for Lisa Alexander said success stories like packs with items including a pink game netball.