Community
Atherton Gardens Program
In 2009-10, Edinburgh CC worked with Victoria Police, Cricket Victoria, City of Yarra and the Australian National University to run a cricket program for boys and girls from the Fitzroy Housing Estate on the corner of Brunswick and Gertrude Streets, Fitzroy with sessions running each week on a Tuesday night from 4pm - 5pm.
The program was a great opportunity for the Edinburgh Cricket Club community to work with disadvantaged kids who live in our community and provide them with access to cricket.
The program finished with a 'Gala' cricket game and BBQ at Brunswick Street Oval.
Programs such as these offer ECC members an opportunity to connect with our local community and give back to those less fortunate.
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Good Sports
The Edinburgh Cricket Club is excited to announce its partnership with Good Sports, an initiative by the Australian Government to aid local sporting clubs.
The program recognises that alcohol does play a part in grass-roots sports and aims to manage it, not get rid of it completely. Among other things, Good Sports aims to increase awarenes of alcohol related issues and increase the viability of sporting clubs.
With sponsorship coming from the Recreation Hotel, Johnnie Walker and XXXX Gold, our club is in a very unique situation with the Good Sports program and we are proof that grass-roots sporting clubs can have a great balance between the above mentioned sponsorships and responsible drinking.
For more information on good sports, visit their website at www.goodsports.com.au
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Life Gift
As part of our committment to the community, the Edinburgh Cricket Club was proud to make a donation of $500 to Life Gift at the 2008/09 Annual Dinner.
Life Gift aims to raise awareness of organ donation and the benefits to the community that come with organ donation.
For people with serious or life-threatening illness, organ or tissue transplantation may mean a second chance at life. More than 30,000 Australians have received transplants in the last 60 years. Improved survival rates now mean that most recipients of organs or tissue can look forward to a better quality of life.
Unfortunately Australia has one of the lowest donation rates in the developed world and we need all Australians to take a moment to consider the issue, discuss it with their family and to register their wishes - either yes or no - on the Australian Organ Donor Register.
For more information on organ donation, vist www.organdonor.com.au or www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/aodr/index.jsp
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