The Power of Sport
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Room 2: In-Person Only
| Wednesday, November 27, 2024 |
| 9:45 AM - 10:05 AM |
| Room 2 |
Overview
Erin Gear & Jake Battifuoco, Power Community Ltd
Speaker
Mr Jake Battifuoco
General Manager
Power Community Ltd
The Power of Sport
9:45 AM - 10:05 AMAbstract
Power Community Ltd’s presentation will deliver an open and engaging conversation about how we harness the power of sport to contribute to the violence against women prevention and education space.
As the non-profit arm of the Port Adelaide Football Club, we engage our AFL and AFLW players with experienced facilitators in the classroom to deliver our Power To End Violence Against Women and Empowered programs aimed at Year 10 boys and Year 10 girls, respectively. By using elite athletes as role models in this capacity to deliver key social change messages our respectful relationships programs can meaningfully engage with students to prevent violence against women.
Developed in conjunction with Centacare and the Department for Education, these programs are research informed and rooted in evidence-based approaches to preventative education.
Students who participate in Power Community Ltd’s respectful relationships:
- are able to identify types of violence
- are familiar with key experiences of violence against women and statistics
- can unpack gender roles and communicate the impact of these stereotypes
- are able to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics
- have more confidence to call out bad behaviour from mates
- can understand the difference between respectful and disrespectful behaviour online
- have awareness of the support services available
Our presentation will focus on the outcomes of the external review of our programs by Flinders University, and the recommendations implemented for a strengths-based primary prevention program.
We will also discuss some of the challenges and gaps in the preventative education space that we’ve encountered including:
- resistance from students to some of the learnings
- the framing of violence against women as a gendered issue, which excludes non-binary or LGBTQ+ students
Key Learnings:
1. The impact of engaging identifiable athletes in the classroom as role models and ambassadors for preventative education.
2. The necessity of a multi-pronged approach to preventative education.
3. The importance of framing preventative education programs around key learning outcomes for greater engagement and understanding from students.
As the non-profit arm of the Port Adelaide Football Club, we engage our AFL and AFLW players with experienced facilitators in the classroom to deliver our Power To End Violence Against Women and Empowered programs aimed at Year 10 boys and Year 10 girls, respectively. By using elite athletes as role models in this capacity to deliver key social change messages our respectful relationships programs can meaningfully engage with students to prevent violence against women.
Developed in conjunction with Centacare and the Department for Education, these programs are research informed and rooted in evidence-based approaches to preventative education.
Students who participate in Power Community Ltd’s respectful relationships:
- are able to identify types of violence
- are familiar with key experiences of violence against women and statistics
- can unpack gender roles and communicate the impact of these stereotypes
- are able to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics
- have more confidence to call out bad behaviour from mates
- can understand the difference between respectful and disrespectful behaviour online
- have awareness of the support services available
Our presentation will focus on the outcomes of the external review of our programs by Flinders University, and the recommendations implemented for a strengths-based primary prevention program.
We will also discuss some of the challenges and gaps in the preventative education space that we’ve encountered including:
- resistance from students to some of the learnings
- the framing of violence against women as a gendered issue, which excludes non-binary or LGBTQ+ students
Key Learnings:
1. The impact of engaging identifiable athletes in the classroom as role models and ambassadors for preventative education.
2. The necessity of a multi-pronged approach to preventative education.
3. The importance of framing preventative education programs around key learning outcomes for greater engagement and understanding from students.
Biography
Jake Battifuoco is the General Manager for Power Community Limited, the not-for-profit arm of the Port Adelaide Football Club.
Power Community Limited offer education programs that use the power of Australian Rules Football to promote meaningful social change.
Over the past nine years, Jake has managed and delivered the club’s Power to End Violence Against Women and Empowered programs, educating over 15,000 young people across South Australia on respectful relationships aligned to primary prevention outcomes.
Miss Erin Gear
Community Programs Coordinator
Power Community Ltd
The Power of Sport
Abstract
Power Community Ltd’s presentation will deliver an open and engaging conversation about how we harness the power of sport to contribute to the violence against women prevention and education space.
As the non-profit arm of the Port Adelaide Football Club, we engage our AFL and AFLW players with experienced facilitators in the classroom to deliver our Power To End Violence Against Women and Empowered programs aimed at Year 10 boys and Year 10 girls, respectively. By using elite athletes as role models in this capacity to deliver key social change messages our respectful relationships programs can meaningfully engage with students to prevent violence against women.
Developed in conjunction with Centacare and the Department for Education, these programs are research informed and rooted in evidence-based approaches to preventative education.
Students who participate in Power Community Ltd’s respectful relationships:
- are able to identify types of violence
- are familiar with key experiences of violence against women and statistics
- can unpack gender roles and communicate the impact of these stereotypes
- are able to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics
- have more confidence to call out bad behaviour from mates
- can understand the difference between respectful and disrespectful behaviour online
- have awareness of the support services available
Our presentation will focus on the outcomes of the external review of our programs by Flinders University, and the recommendations implemented for a strengths-based primary prevention program.
We will also discuss some of the challenges and gaps in the preventative education space that we’ve encountered including:
- resistance from students to some of the learnings
- the framing of violence against women as a gendered issue, which excludes non-binary or LGBTQ+ students
Key Learnings:
1. The impact of engaging identifiable athletes in the classroom as role models and ambassadors for preventative education.
2. The necessity of a multi-pronged approach to preventative education.
3. The importance of framing preventative education programs around key learning outcomes for greater engagement and understanding from students.
As the non-profit arm of the Port Adelaide Football Club, we engage our AFL and AFLW players with experienced facilitators in the classroom to deliver our Power To End Violence Against Women and Empowered programs aimed at Year 10 boys and Year 10 girls, respectively. By using elite athletes as role models in this capacity to deliver key social change messages our respectful relationships programs can meaningfully engage with students to prevent violence against women.
Developed in conjunction with Centacare and the Department for Education, these programs are research informed and rooted in evidence-based approaches to preventative education.
Students who participate in Power Community Ltd’s respectful relationships:
- are able to identify types of violence
- are familiar with key experiences of violence against women and statistics
- can unpack gender roles and communicate the impact of these stereotypes
- are able to identify healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics
- have more confidence to call out bad behaviour from mates
- can understand the difference between respectful and disrespectful behaviour online
- have awareness of the support services available
Our presentation will focus on the outcomes of the external review of our programs by Flinders University, and the recommendations implemented for a strengths-based primary prevention program.
We will also discuss some of the challenges and gaps in the preventative education space that we’ve encountered including:
- resistance from students to some of the learnings
- the framing of violence against women as a gendered issue, which excludes non-binary or LGBTQ+ students
Key Learnings:
1. The impact of engaging identifiable athletes in the classroom as role models and ambassadors for preventative education.
2. The necessity of a multi-pronged approach to preventative education.
3. The importance of framing preventative education programs around key learning outcomes for greater engagement and understanding from students.
Biography
Erin is leads Power Community Ltd.'s Respectful Relationships programs and has a work history in the primary prevention space, as well as diversity and inclusion and early careers. She is passionate about gender equality and working with communities to impact social change.
