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Strengthening Communities through sport.
The Essendon Football Club has implemented a formal community strategy based on increasing and sustaining youth participation in sport, and in so doing, strengthening the communities of which these adolescents as such an integral part.
Sporting clubs at all levels play a significant role in our community. They make a substantial contribution to the fabric of society by providing a focus for the community. They are places where people congregate and become connected with each other.
Sporting clubs provide a particular important focus for the adolescent community. Sport can provide adolescents with a sense of belonging and enhanced self-esteem. It can have a profoundly positive impact in terms of health and social adjustment.
Research indicates that adolescents involved in sport are far less likely to confront serious adolescent health issues such as depression, obesity and substance abuse. In so many ways sport is about harm prevention.
Strengthening communities through sport is about making a real and significant difference in the community.
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