ParticipACTION Day

Gearing up for 2009!

ParticipACTION Day has become an integral part of the Bendigo Community events calendar. Since 2002, the event has attracted over 40,000 people to the banks of Lake Weeroona to participate in a wide range of interactive demonstrations from local sport and active recreation clubs, with the view to them becoming more active and leading a healthier lifestyle.

Our aims for the event are to:

• Provide sustainable physical activity opportunities for currently inactive people.
• Provide opportunities for sport and active recreation clubs to increase membership.
• Support the development of inclusive opportunities and environments for new participants.
• Enhancing skills and knowledge of sport and active recreation volunteers.

However, to this point we haven't been able to accurately measure all of these outcomes and therefore need to re-evaluate the format of ParticipACTION Day in order to gain the information we need.

In order to facilitate these changes and ensure the sustainable future of ParticipACTION Day we have decided to forgo the event for 2008 and concentrate our efforts on making 2009 the launch of the new ParticipACTION Day.

Over the coming months we will keep you informed, via this website, on the dev elopements relating to this exciting new format, so you can share with us the amazing experience that will be ParticipACTION Day 2009.

If you require any further information relating to this event, please don't hesitate to contact any of our helpful staff at Sports Focus.