VIC/TAS Awards Submissions

SPORTENG

The Home of Matildas is more than a training ground; it's an iconic symbol of soccer excellence. Named in honor of the Matildas, Australia's national women's soccer team, the facility represents a legacy of pride and passion. Beyond raising the bar for soccer standards, it serves as a hub of empowerment, nurturing dreams and fostering community connection. With a focus on excellence, the Home of Matildas is not just a venue; it's a testament to the enduring spirit and identity of Australian soccer on the world stage.

Cardinia Shire Council

Victoria State Government

The Creekwood Park Playspace Upgrade underscores community connection in project success. Transforming a deteriorated, seasonally submerged playground into a unique, fun and fresh space, reflects collaborative efforts. The upgraded playspace features accessible, safe, and modern elements in a thoughtful design, providing opportunities for social connection and physical activity. Involving children instils ownership, celebrating the value of young voices in project success.

Mornington Peninsula Shire

Mount Martha's Eco Park Active Hub is a fresh addition to skatepark infrastructure for the region, offering a dynamic recreational space for both locals and visitors. This modern facility combines elements of eco-conscious design with a state-of-the-art skate park, creating a hub for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages.

City of Wodonga

Belvoir Park Stage 2 takes inspiration from the surrounding environment and encourages people to imagine, slide, ride, climb, stay and explore. It is a place for everyone regardless of age, gender or ability to spend quality time physically and be socially engaged. It is a combination of modern, traditional and natural play elements flowing into each other and embodies the visions for Wodonga’s Playgrounds, Open Spaces and Physical Activity, providing a connected active and passive recreation opportunity.

Rural City of Wangaratta

The Ned Kelly Discovery Hub fuses innovative technology with Australia's rich history. This world-class visitor attraction is future focused, but also acknowledges, respects, and pays tribute to the complexities of our past. By integrating the dramatic story of Ned Kelly with the area's cultural heritage and natural beauty, it offers a comprehensive, accessible educational experience that enriches understanding of the bushranger era. This project not only preserves the legacy of a national legend but also revitalizes Glenrowan, promoting sustainable tourism and deeper historical engagement.

Hume City Council

Mitchell Shire Council

City of Whittlesea

The regional partnership and historic joint council meeting for the Cloverton MAC bring together three growth councils to create a vibrant, sustainable metropolitan activity centre. This unparalleled initiative focuses on collaboration, new approaches, and community wellbeing, setting a new standard for regional planning and collaboration. With a visionary approach and innovative concepts, the Cloverton MAC promises to be a model for future developments, showcasing the benefits of partnership and stakeholder engagement at all levels of government..

Mornington Peninsula Shire

Council has filled the gap in recreation infrastructure provision through delivery of a new, safe, local and accessible outdoor zone for children. Olivia Way Playground allows kids to enjoy both nature-based and traditional play components and is rounded off with a line-marked scooter track looping the entire facility.

National Ageing Research Institute

Installation of the Seniors Exercise Parks and the supportive programs and activities following six park upgrades resulted in increased older people’s park visitation and engagement in physical activity. The establishment of age-friendly outdoor spaces in six Victorian municipalities has created active parks where older people can gather, exercise, and socialise, fostering healthier communities.

Brimbank City Council

Brimbank Collective Impact Initiative leverages off a large scale industry leading infrastructure investment, to offer services being intentionally designed to provide significant measurable social and health community benefits through the co-location of integrated services that provide preventative health and social services that address local issues through partnerships. This different exemplar approach is critical as decades of standard and widely accepted, health and wellness inventions to date have not altered the intergeneration disadvantage of Brimbank residents.

Mornington Peninsula Shire

Enhancement and activation of the only open space available to residents and visitors of Merricks township. The project developed the facilities and spaces that support the ongoing use of the reserve as an equestrian venue, whilst also adding amenity and access for public and community use.

Maribyrnong City Council

Co-designed with our community, the new state-of-the-art multipurpose community pavilion at Henry Turner South Reserve in Footscray, replaces the outdated and flood impacted former building. Future proofed to mitigate flood threats, with universal design principles at the forefront, the state-of-the-art facilities deliver an accessible and gender equitable place supporting the growing needs of the local sporting community while also providing flexible spaces for use by the wider community. To ensure that Pavilion usage is maximised, an innovative Facility Management Plan has been implemented.

Glen Eira City Council

Murrumbeena Park Community Hub is a multi-use, inclusive and accessible community facility that meets the growing needs of the tenant sports clubs while also providing opportunities for socialisation and connectivity for community groups and the broader community. The fit for purpose and architecturally designed facility achieves best practice in environmentally sustainable design and will set the benchmark for community facility design into the future.

Softfall Testing Pty Ltd

Independent Comprehensive Audit of City of Melbourne playground assets, using Playground 123 to collect all the auditing, asset and location data for the first time on a large scale.

Glen Eira City Council

The Playspace Redevelopment at Princes Park has revitalised one of Glen Eira's most beloved community spaces. The redevelopment is guided by universal design principles, ensuring that the play space caters to individuals of all ages and abilities. This project is a testament to the council's commitment to fostering inclusivity, flexibility, and sustainability within the community.

Gannawarra Shire Council

In October 2022, Gannawarra Shire Council, located in northwestern Victoria, achieved its goal of installing all abilities infrastructure at Atkinson Park – Kerang’s largest community space. Supported by the Victorian Government, the project involved construction of the Kerang All Abilities Play Space, and delivered the region’s first Changing Places facility.

ASPECT Studios

The Waterfront Park in Devonport is the centrepiece of the second stage of Devonport’s LIVING CITY Masterplan, the largest urban renewal project undertaken in regional Tasmania. The new Park improves the connection between central Devonport and the Mersey River and provides activity and event spaces for the community in the forms of a nature-based playspace, a sculpture park, an amphitheatre, an events lawn, and a waterfront promenade.

ASPECT Studios

Banjo Park is the first of seven parks ASPECT Studios is delivering for Mirvac’s Smiths Lane Development in Clyde North; a series of diverse, safe, innovative, and inclusive open spaces, connected by a unified vision. This Park provides an engaging open space and play destination at the heart of a growing community with a culturally sensitive approach developed through early engagement with the site’s Traditional Owners and a focus on educating children and families about the unique landscape in which they live. Banjo Park has been enthusiastically embraced by residents, becoming a regional

City of Casey

Orana Community Place is the result of a successful partnership that enabled us to provide a valuable community facility much earlier than is usually possible in newly built areas. Opening in 2023, this state-of-the-art hub is home to playgroups, school holiday programs, social groups, wellness activities and a café that has become the heart of the community. The project aimed to deliver an interim community hub and early years facility in the growth corridor, facilitating a greater sense of community connection, ability to access health and wellbeing programs, and early years services sooner.

City of Casey

Federation University Australia

Federation University and Active Communities team at City of Casey designed this research to identify barriers and co-design programs that improve the physical activity of women in Casey. This research provides evidenced-based data to inform council decision-making and strategically invest in community programs and contribute to health and wellbeing. By actively engaging women through this process, the aim has been to empower them and ensure that their perspectives, needs, and preferences are central to the development of programs.

Kingston City Council

Elder Street South Reserve forms a section in the long-planned joint State Government/Council project to turn historic landfill areas into a series of linked parks known as the ‘Chain of Parks’. It is a 4-hectare former landfill site in Clarinda, which has been rehabilitated and developed into a park showcasing high quality community facilities and environmental management. Elder Street South Reserve provides an opportunity for the rehabilitation of a highly modified and degraded side into a flourishing community asset.

iDwala Pty Ltd

Hobsons Bay City Council

iDwala's application of the RiteWay technology has transformed Laverton North Netball Courts, addressing a critical gap in sustainable sports infrastructure solutions. By seamlessly tackling common challenges like surface cracks and pavement inconsistencies, it enhances durability and ensures long-lasting safety. This innovative approach reflects economic, environmental, and social values, fostering community pride and minimising resource impacts for local governments and sporting clubs.

Maribyrnong City Council

Maribyrnong City Council hosted its first Women and Girls in Sport Breakfast event, Wednesday 11 October from 7.30 -9.30 am at The Line in Footscray. This was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and empower women and girls in community sport and commence the conversation of fair access with over 80 attendees (representatives from local sports clubs ,State Sporting Associations, State Governments and sporting organisations). We have been fortunate to receive funding from VicHealth to support this event, highlighting the importance the role sport plays; promoting inclusivity, fostering equal op

Kingston City Council

Jean Street Reserve & Garfield Lane Upgrade project aims to address community needs as well as mitigate safety concerns and anti-social behavioural issues raised by Victoria Police, Southland Shopping Centre, local community and through Monash University’s 2021 XYX Lab YourGround research data. It is the first significant YourGround pilot project aiming to addresses safety concerns, especially concerns by women and gender diverse people within the City of Kingston. The upgrade includes a new playground, lighting, planting, upgraded footpath, drainage, and murals.

Maribyrnong City Council

Golf Australia

Active Maribyrnong in collaboration with Golf Australia, hosted a free family golf event bringing the community together to enjoy mini golf in a fun and engaging environment.

Kingston City Council

The 2023 Play Your Way Strategy is provides Kingston City Council with the necessary strategic framework, principles and direction to guide the ongoing development, management and investment in Council owned and managed playgrounds and active recreation facilities throughout our City. Our community told us they want a 'network of fun, safe, inspiring spaces that encourage everyone in Kingston to play their way, connect and learn'. The Play Your Way Strategy is our roadmap to invest in, design and deliver play spaces that are responsive to the high value our community holds for all things play!