Impact
What happens
when people
show up?
20+
years of community-based work
500+
unique participants supported every year
15,000+
total participants every year
300,000+
total participants since 2005
- 6,000+ unique participants since 2005
- Three communities: Richmond, Collingwood and Fitzroy
- Free and low-cost program activities
- Leadership pathways for young people
What we deliver
Week in, week out.
- Weekly soccer, futsal and basketball
- Yarra Futsal Ballers and Fitzroy Lions pathways
- Toolangi Adventure Sports Camps
- Tournaments and community events
- Girls' and women's programs
- School partnerships
- Youth coaching, mentoring and leadership
Our future
Where this is heading.
Proof, in person
Phu Nguyen · Yarra Futsal Ballers
Phu first came through as a participant in Yarra's public housing programs.
He kept showing up. These days he's President of Yarra Futsal Ballers and sits on the Home Ground Hub board — building the same opportunities he grew up with, for the next generation.
John · Fitzroy Lions
John arrived in Australia aged 10, after escaping the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Football gave him purpose through the hardest years of settlement. Now he's Technical Director at Fitzroy Lions, using the game to unite migrant and refugee communities and help others become their best selves.
Be part of the next twenty years.
Programs like these happen because people decide they're worth backing.