Sports clubs play a vital role in our community and are an important place for positive healthy change. Bunyip Tennis Club is proud to be a registered Healthy Sports Club.

Healthy Sports Clubs encourages clubs to create healthier environments that promote good health and wellbeing. The initiative is built around a framework that focuses on a whole club approach. It brings together existing health and wellbeing efforts and looks at how they can be strengthened.

How was Healthy Sports Clubs developed?

The development of Healthy Sports Clubs has been led by Monash Health with strong support from Cardinia Shire Council, City of Casey and City of Greater Dandenong.

The collaborative partnership has ensured Healthy Sports Clubs is based on key learnings from the health and sport industries, best practice approaches and is evidence-informed.

How does it work?

Healthy Sports Clubs shows how the health and wellbeing of club officials, members, players, their families and the wider community can be supported through a whole club approach. This framework is a continuous improvement cycle that keeps clubs improving in health and wellbeing.

The whole of club approach addresses three components that make up a club: club connections, club culture and club environment. They are important and support whole of club health and wellbeing.

What is the Club doing?

We are working with Monash Health on the Mental  Health module, looking at what our club does currently, and what we can develop, to support the mental health and wellbeing of our members.

So far, we have funded two of our committee members, Leonie Miller and Louise Underhill to take part in a Mental Health First Aid Course

Further details will follow as we progress through the module. In the meantime, if you would like to get involved or provide feedback, please email Bunyip Tennis Club or call Vanessa on 0401 422 084.