— Sport and Recreation

Facilities

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Brimbank recognises the importance of using these projects to generate

new economic and social opportunities for the people of Brimbank and the

greater western region.

The Trans

Brimbank Agenda sets out a vision for Federal Government,

State Government, and non-government sector, on how we can collaborate and

leverage these record investments to maximise the job, education, health,

environmental and fairness opportunities for the region for decades to come.

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While we play many sports in

Brimbank, including netball, cricket,

Australian rules football, tennis and

athletics, the Brimbank community

has a particular love for football.

Brimbank is seeking to establish better

sporting options for girls and women,

support grass-roots sport, and ensure

future generations have access to the

facilities they need to foster active

lifestyles, improve health outcomes

and support social cohesion.

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1 Supporting Brimbank’s bid to

become the new ‘Home of Football’

and ‘Home of the Matildas’ at

Sydenham Park.

2 Funding to accommodate increased

demand for girls’ and women’s sports

facilities in Brimbank.

3 Investment in the development

of a regional multi-sport facility

in Brimbank.

4 Strategic partnerships to support

the Trans

Brimbank — Sport

and Recreation Health agenda.

5 Development of an Integrated

Transport Strategy for the west,

that links the Sunshine Super

Hub with the region’s Sport and

Recreation Precincts.

To support these priorities, Brimbank

City Council is delivering:

• A proposal to build a new ‘Home of

Football’ and ‘Home of the Matildas’

in Sydenham Park.

• Sports and Facilities Development

Plan 2018.

• Indoor Sports Facilities Feasibility

Study 2019 (draft).

• Growing Brimbank, A Collaborative

Approach to Lifting Health and

Education Outcomes in Brimbank.

• Community Strengthening Policy.

• Brimbank City Council’s Plan

to Prevent Men’s Violence Against

Women, Towards Gender Equity

2015–2019.

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01 Errington Reserve

Redevelopment,

St Albans Community

Centre and Bowery

Theatre

02 Sunshine National

Economic and

Innovation Cluster

(NEIC)

03 Sunshine Super Hub

(Melbourne Airport

Rail, Western Rail Plan,

Suburban Rail Loop)

04 Western Ring Road

05 Calder Freeway

06 Sunshine Health,

Wellbeing and

Education Precinct

(SHWEP); Sunshine

Hospital and the

$200m Joan Kirner

Women’s and

Children’s Hospital

07 Future St Albans

Health and Wellbeing

Hub

08 Green Gully Soccer

Complex

09 Sydenham Park —

‘Home of the Matildas’

proposal

10 Energy Park

07

Freeway Metro Train Line V/Line Train Line

Proposed Melbourne Airport Rail

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This project would

provide jobs during and

post construction, including

through FV on site staff.

Providing state

of-the-art sporting facilities in

Brimbank will help inspire and

engage local football clubs,

and schools.

Providing

state-of-the-art sporting

facilities will complement

the St Albans Health

and Wellbeing Hub, and

Joan Kirner Women’s and

Children’s Hospital.

The fast

growing communities of

Melbourne’s west need access

to sporting facilities that can

foster social cohesion and

healthy lifestyles.

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The number of girls and women

participating in competitive sports

continues to grow, adding pressure

to the demand for sporting facilities

in Brimbank.

This welcome trend is expected to

increase with greater exposure to elite

women’s sports leagues, and there

is an unmet need for active recreation

services and facilities in Brimbank.

The current state of play for sport

in Brimbank needs urgent attention:

• More than 3,200 girls and women

play competitive, organised sport in

Brimbank. A condition audit of sports

pavilions identified that many are

run down with some reaching the

end of their useful life.

4 Physical Activity, Sport and Health in Brimbank. Mitchell Institute, Federation University 2014.

5 Brimbank Sport Facility Development Strategy 2018.

6 Brimbank City Council’s Plan to Prevent Men’s Violence Against Women, Towards Gender Equity 2015–2019.

• For seven major competitive

sports associations in Victoria (AFL,

basketball, cricket, field hockey, lawn

bowls, netball and tennis) Brimbank

only has 3.1 facilities per 10,000

persons, compared to 5.7 per 10,000

persons for Melbourne

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• Only 22 per cent of Brimbank

residents participate in organised

sport, compared to 50 per cent

Melbourne average

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• With Type 2 Diabetes twice as

prevalent in Brimbank compared to

Melbourne and Australia, Council

is committed to encouraging

engagement with competitive sport

and healthy, active lifestyles.

Brimbank City Council plays a leading

role in creating environments that

promote the optimal health, safety and

wellbeing of all community members

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and key to this is through sport.

Council is calling on the State

and Federal governments to support

girls’ and women’s participation in

organised sport by providing funding

for better sporting facilities at

grass-roots levels, by supporting

the delivery of Brimbank’s Sports

Facility Development Strategy.

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Council is committed to forming

strategic partnerships with sporting

codes, elite and grassroots clubs,

local schools, neighbouring

municipalities, and other organisations

to implement the Trans

Brimbank — Sport and Recreation

Health agenda.

For too long, the Brimbank community

has seen lower than average

healthy lifestyle outcomes. Of all the

31 councils in Melbourne, Brimbank

has the third lowest proportion of

people meeting physical activity

guidelines, and the second lowest rate

of participation in health-enhancing

leisure time physical activity (moderate

to vigorous intensity)

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9 Growing Brimbank — A Collaborative Approach to Lifting Health and Education Outcomes.

Council will be seeking strategic

partnerships with:

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Exploring how

schools, sports clubs and community

groups may be able to share facilities

for training and competition.

•

Strengthening

relationships with sports clubs in

the region helps to inspire and foster

engagement at the grass-roots level.

•

Promoting healthy lifestyles

and supporting stronger social

health outcomes.

•

Working

on arrangements to develop facilities

that address the sporting needs of

the region, particularly when near

the municipal border.

Council is calling on support to help

establish these partnerships that

will complement targeted investment

in sports and recreation facilities

across Brimbank.

Council already has a number of

highly valued partnerships that can be

further strengthened with our sporting

codes including Australian Rules

Football (AFL), netball, cricket, tennis

and athletics.

For example our relationship

with cricket can be developed to help

us engage with our fast growing

Indian community in the context of

grassroots cricket and the T20 World

Cup in Melbourne in 2020.

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Brimbank is a vibrant, growing

community in the heart of Melbourne’s

west. Diversity is central to our

identity — we are proudly multicultural,

embracing people from around the

world and weaving their stories into our

own. Brimbank’s estimated resident

population of 208,714 in 2018 makes it

the fifth most populous municipality

in greater Melbourne.

The land the municipality now

occupies has a human history that

began with Aboriginal traditional

custodians, the Kulin Nation, more

than 40,000 years before European

settlement. The area was originally

occupied by the Kurung-Jang-Balluk

and Marin-Balluk clans of the native

Wurundjeri people.

The first European settlements

were established at Keilor in the late

1840s, Sunshine (then known as

Braybrook Junction) in the mid-1880s,

and St Albans in the late 1880s. Many

suburbs grew around the original

settlements after World War II to house

the influx of migrants. More recently,

areas that were once industrial hubs

have been transformed into new

residential suburbs that are continuing

to grow rapidly.

Brimbank spans an area between

11 and 23 kilometres west and north

west of Melbourne’s CBD.

It is bound by the City of Hume in

the north, the cities of Maribyrnong

and Moonee Valley in the east, the

cities of Hobsons Bay and Wyndham

in the south, and the City of Melton

in the west.

Our suburbs are as diverse as

our people — from the hustle and

bustle of Sunshine and St Albans

to historic Keilor, each has its own

flavour and personality.

A designated metropolitan

activity centre, Sunshine’s profile is

rising due to its proximity to the city

and its mouth-watering food scene.

It includes a Victoria University campus,

the Brimbank Community and Civic

Centre and significant retail and

commercial activities. It is also close to

the growing Sunshine Hospital. Sunshine

services suburbs which include Albion,

Sunshine North, Sunshine West and

part of Brooklyn.

St Albans is a

designated major activity centre

that includes a Victoria University

campus, the St Albans Community

Centre and Bowery Theatre, and a

thriving restaurant and retail precinct.

St Albans services neighbouring

suburbs Albanvale, Kings Park

and Kealba.

Servicing the nearby

suburbs of Ardeer, Derrimut and

Cairnlea, Deer Park has a rich array of

restaurants and shops. Major features

of the area include the Hunt Club

Community and Arts Centre, Black

Powder Mill and Brimbank Central

Shopping Centre.

A significant major

activity centre that will continue to

grow and develop. Sydenham

services suburbs including Calder

Park, Taylors Lakes, Delahey and

parts of Hillside. Watergardens Town

Centre is the jewel in its crown, while

Calder Park Motorsport Complex is

another landmark.

Keilor is set among rolling

hills and national and state parks,

including Organ Pipes National Park,

Brimbank Park and Green Gully

Reserve. It services suburbs including

Keilor Downs, Keilor North and Keilor

Park as well as parts of Keilor East

and Tullamarine.

Brimbank has a rich Indigenous history,

going back to when the Wurundjeri

people first inhabited the region,

thriving in the Maribyrnong Valley.

Brimbank is one of the most culturally

diverse municipalities in Australia,

with almost half of our residents born

outside Australia.

Brimbank’s suburbs boomed

after World War II, when migrants

from southern Europe flowed to the

area. More recently, newly arrived

Asian and African communities have

developed alongside the more

established European communities.

More than half of our residents speak

a language other than English at

home, with more than 160 languages

represented. The top 10 languages

other than English are Vietnamese,

Maltese, Italian, Greek, Macedonian,

Filipino, Cantonese, Arabic, Punjabi,

and Croatian.

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PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2019