Introduction to Good Sports
Almost 10,000 Good Sports clubs are using the program’s free tools and resources to build a policy around alcohol management, smoking regulations, mental health, illegal drugs, and safe transport. These together add up to help create a safe, welcoming, family-friendly environment.
About the program
Designed for busy sports clubs, Good Sports takes the guess work out of complying with legal requirements and gives you the upper hand when it comes to attracting funding, new members and volunteers.
Read moreWhat does a policy cover?
A Good Sports policy is tailored to your club. Generally, it covers six key areas. Alcohol management, smoking regulations, mental health, illegal drugs and safe transport.
Read moreHow to join
Joining Good Sports is easy. Register today and follow a few steps to become an accredited Good Sports club.
Read moreHow our program works
Good Sports is easy to use. The online portal is intuitive, and it’s a simple process to complete your action plan and sign a club policy. You can progress through the program at your own pace, and you’ll be prompted when you have actions to complete or a policy to sign.
Join Good Sports
- Register your club for the program and create an account
- Begin your questionnaire by answering questions about your club and processes you may already have in place
- Action plan is generated and you’ll clearly see which tasks you need to complete.
Sign your first policy
- Progress through the action plan until you have generated your first policy
- Email your policy to committee members or take it to your next meeting to have it signed
- Congratulations – you're now officially a Good Sports club.
Gold Medal accredited
- Continue through the questionnaire and action plan until you have completed all actions available
- Have the committee sign your final policy
- Congratulations – you're now a Gold Medal Good Sports club, the highest level in the program
- Check in every year to keep your policy up to date.
Good Sports Benefits
Good Sports has been helping build stronger community sporting clubs in Australia for over 20 years. The free program provides support in a few key areas to enable busy clubs to be the best they can be. Good Sports clubs stand out above the rest.
Fundraising and grants
Good Sports will keep you updated on current funding opportunities and give you tips on how to write a winning grant application. Sponsors often look favourably on Good Sports clubs, who are role models in their communities.
Read moreAttract members
Good Sports helps club with attracting and retaining members. We’ll support you to build on your safe and welcoming club culture and provide tips and resources to promote your club.
Read moreAttract volunteers
Volunteers are the beating heart of any community sports club. They bring the passion and dedication. Good Sports has practical toolkits and videos that will give you some pointers to increase your volunteer base.
Read moreComply with legal requirements
Our program offers simple and effective ways to improve the way alcohol and tobacco is managed. We provide support to clubs to understand liquor licensing and smoking laws for each state and territory.
Read moreGet free access to staff, tools and resources
Make your club the best it can be with access to information packs, videos, posters and templates. Clubs tell us that creating their policy was simple, and it's easy to find information on the online portal. Plus, Good Sports team members are always on call if you need a helping hand.
Read moreInformation Pack
Good Sports clubs create a safe, respectful and positive environment where players, officials, members and families can thrive. Whether your club has hundreds of players or ten, has a bar or is alcohol-free, is in the big city or rural - Good Sports is a good fit. Sporting clubs that role-model healthy behaviours are leaders in their community, playing an important role to prevent and reduce harms from alcohol and other drugs.
Good Sports is for everyone
If your club would like more details on Good Sports, what it is and how it works, you can check out our information pack. There are printable resources you can share with your members or you club committee.
Good Sports knows that community sporting clubs are run by busy volunteers, and it’s designed with this in mind.
- It’s easy to use, with a simple online portal that can be accessed on any device, anywhere and anytime
- Takes the guesswork out of complying with legal requirements
- Saves you time by generating a policy automatically based on your answers to a series of questions about your club – no writing needed
- Needs a time commitment of only a few hours per year to keep your accreditation up to date
- It’s free for all Australian community sporting clubs.
FAQs
Good Sports - Australia’s largest community health sports program – has been helping build strong community sporting clubs across Australia for over 20 years.
Being part of Good Sports shows your community that your club is a welcoming place, helping to bring in and keep members and volunteers. It can also help you comply with legal requirements, and you’ll get free access to program staff, tools and resources.
Today almost 10,000 clubs are proud to be a part of the Good Sports team.
Clubs from over 70 sporting codes, in all states and territories are part of Good Sports. Any and every sporting code is welcome. Good Sports clubs range from football, netball, cricket, and athletics – all the way to gymnastics, dance, equestrian and dragon boating.
Good Sports - Australia’s largest community health sports program – has been helping build strong community sporting clubs across Australia for over 20 years.
Being part of Good Sports shows your community that your club is a welcoming place, helping to bring in and keep members and volunteers. It can also help you comply with legal requirements, and you’ll get free access to program staff, tools and resources.
Today almost 10,000 clubs are proud to be a part of the Good Sports team.
Clubs from over 70 sporting codes, in all states and territories are part of Good Sports. Any and every sporting code is welcome. Good Sports clubs range from football, netball, cricket, and athletics – all the way to gymnastics, dance, equestrian and dragon boating.