Get to know Tarik Bayrakli, manager of Club Respect, one of our major harm prevention initiatives. Tarik is also host of Smart Plays, a new podcast that uncovers the biggest problems facing Australian sport, and what it will take to bring sport into the modern world of respect.
6th October, 22 Read more
Mel Hoffman, author of Full Credit to the Boys, calls on all of us to broaden our definition of what it means to be an 'elite' athlete, and start valuing what happens off the field as much as what happens on it.
13th August, 21 Read more
VWT volunteer Jess Naylor explores what 2020 has taught her about sport.
12th January, 21 Read more
Kick back and watch (or re-watch) these epic conversations.
9th December, 20 Read more
There are signs of change and a healthier masculinity amongst the ranks of AFLM, but does it go far enough?
8th April, 19 Read more
Swinburne University recognised the life and work of Peggy O'Neal, by awarding her an Honorary Doctorate of Law. Her acceptance speech (republished here) spans her formative years in a coal mining town in the Appalachian Mountains to becoming President of the Richmond Football Club – the first woman in AFL history to ever do so. Read her speech in full.
16th January, 19 Read more
Preventing violence starts with changing our culture. New digital platform, Club Respect, will help sports clubs do just that.
25th October, 18 Read more
Shelley Ware chats with Jess Naylor about Australia's love of sport and why she's excited about the launch of Club Respect, an innovative digital platform to help sporting clubs embed a culture of respect.
18th October, 18 Read more
Author Nicole Hayes writes about her on-again, off-again relationship with Aussie Rules: "just when I think it’s all over between footy and me, just when I’m ready to file for divorce or a trial separation, something happens so filled with joy, so powerful in what it represents, that I end up falling in love all over again."
4th October, 18 Read more
Club Respect, a new digital toolkit created by the Victorian Women’s Trust and Nirodah, will help sporting clubs of all codes and levels hit the ground running when it comes to preventing violent or abusive behaviour.
5th September, 18 Read more