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Damon Kerr, a future leader in the making

Over the school holiday period, 180 youth aged players from across New South Wales and the ACT completed the AFL Future Leaders Community Program, organised by AFL NSWACT. The program was broken into two groups, aspiring leaders (13-15 years old)

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2020 Community Building Partnership Grants Open

The NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership Grant Program to assist community AFL clubs with infrastructure projects has now opened for 2020. The NSW Government is investing in infrastructure projects that deliver positive social, environmental and recreational outcomes, while promoting community

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Return to Play Update – April 27

To Our Football Community, Recently we provided an update about the work underway to determine a roadmap for a return to community footy. Our intention was to provide a more detailed outline at the end of this month, following the

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Return to Play Update

To our Valued Football Community, I hope that you and your family had a safe and happy Easter at home this year, as we all play our part in supporting the Australian community and health system. Without football on our

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Grants Available to support Community Football Clubs

AFL NSW/ACT is continually looking to support its community club network to provide a safe and inclusive physical environment and become sustainable. Grant programs enable clubs to grow and become sustainable by providing opportunities to receive new funding or products.

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AFL Supporting Play For LIves

The AFL and our AFL State/Territory affiliates are supporting #PlayForLives, a new charity that connects Charities in need with local sporting Clubs. As you may know, COVID-19 is putting many charity organisations under pressure. In part, this is because many

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AFL Future Leaders Community Program

AFL NSWACT is pleased to offer male and female players aged 13-18 the opportunity to participate in the AFL Future Leaders Community Program. The AFL Future Leaders Community Program is a youth leadership program specifically designed to improve the participants

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Footy’s Alive! Albiet in a different form.

Following the recent announcement regarding the postponement of the 2020 Community Football and Auskick Season, local footy clubs across New South Wales and the ACT have been creative in ensuring footy is alive in some way, shape or form. Check out

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Record… Get your footy record!

FOOTY fans may miss the football this winter, but they won’t be starved of their beloved AFL Record. Crocmedia has announced that despite no matches at AFL grounds until May 31, a free edition of the AFL Record will be available online each week.

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Shoosh for Kids campaign launches

Shoosh for Kids

Written by Leyla Kaya. AFL NSW/ACT has partnered with the Office of Sport for the Shoosh for Kids Week campaign. The aim of the campaign is to encourage Clubs to create safe and supportive environments for kids playing sport, and to

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