Kardinia Park Stadium Trust was proud to be part of the Respect in Action – Building Safe and Inclusive Sport event at GMHBA Stadium this week.
The event showcased three new pieces of work happening across sporting clubs and regional facilities to progress gender equality and contribute to the prevention of gender-based violence in our community.
We were excited to launch our Respect at Our Stadium action plan which aims to address some of the behaviours and attitudes that drive gender-based violence – attitudes and behaviours that can be seen and compounded in the stadium setting.
Kardinia Park Stadium Trust is re-imagining the role of the venue in preventing gender-based violence. Visitors to the stadium will start to see some key messages highlighting our Respect Vision – that every person that visits our stadium feels safe, welcome, and free to be themselves without fear of negative attention.
More than 80 representatives from local councils, regional sport assemblies, sport leagues and associations, community clubs, prevention sector and government came together for the event which also showcased Sport and Recreation Victoria’s Safe and Inclusive Sport: Preventing gender-based violence Guide and The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre’s new Respect Starts Here video resources.
