Our Mission Statement
To promote, support and develop walking football participation through the Greater Brisbane Region as an all-inclusive social and sporting activity.
Aims and Objectives
To foster community interest in, and in involvement with, walking football.
To engage and maintain affiliation with other walking football associations.
To promote the health, wellbeing and social inclusion benefits of walking football.
To create and support a walking football competition structure at all age and skills levels.
To organise and provide walking football tournaments and festivals.
To codify and regularly update a set of walking football guidelines.
To develop and train walking football referees and officials.
Objectives
To achieve the above aims, Walking Football Brisbane will focus on the following key tasks:
Participation
Increase participation in all age groups and across all genders and to raise knowledge, awareness and access to walking football throughout Brisbane and surrounding areas.
Support
Walking Football Brisbane will support local groups/clubs and individuals by offering resources and information, enabling them to develop their programs and effectively recruit members and volunteers.
Social Inclusion
Walking Football Brisbane will help deliver and support projects which aim to increase walking football opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged and other minority groups. We will also aim to provide the opportunities and environment for these individuals to develop new life skills, such as leadership and team work skills.
Promotion
Walking Football Brisbane will publicise and promote the sport to the membership and general public in order to support and facilitate the growth of the sport across the South East Queensland region and in particular the health, wellbeing and social inclusion benefits of walking football.
Events
Walking Football Brisbane will strive to deliver, organise and support a program of competitions and events (working with existing clubs and partners) and will facilitate the selection and administration of representative teams if and when appropriate.
Education
Walking Football Brisbane, in partnership with other Associations/Clubs/Groups, will promote the development of a Refereeing Framework to establish a recognised qualification pathway for referees and officials.
Summary
Walking Football Brisbane, will endeavour to apply all Aims and Objectives written here. We accept all these aims will take time and most definitely the support of Clubs/Groups/Associations/partners.
In the mean-time Walking Football Brisbane will strive to be as diligent, supportive and as helpful as possible to achieve these Aims & Objectives.
Walking Football Brisbane Outing and BBQ
Game at Walking Football Brisbane