- What can I do?
To find out more information about governance of your sport or to report any concerns or suspected breaches of the Fair Play Code :
Peak Bodies
- To find your state sport organisation.
- Vicsport represents sport organisations in Victoria.
- The National integrity of Sport Unit provides national policy direction on integrity issues
- The Australian Sports Commission provides strategic guidance, leadership and funding for sports in Australia
- The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) is Australia’s anti-doping organisation
Behaviour in sport
- Play by the Rules helps sport clubs put policies and guidelines in place to deal with unlawful or inappropriate behaviour like abuse, harassment, unfair treatment, child protection issues and discrimination.
- Got an issue? Visit Play by the Rules issues
- How does the code affect me?
State sporting association and recreation body
Ensure the code is incorporated into a governance document. Establish complaint handling processes and sanctions for code breaches. Ensure all involved have access to, are aware of obligations and can exercise rights under, the code. Demonstrate code compliance to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.
Sport and recreation association - league and club
Check code compliance with any aligned state sporting association or recreation body. Adopt, promote, and establish processes to comply with and enforce, the code. Ensure members have access to and agree to abide by the code. Demonstrate code compliance to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.
Local council
Provide access to and encourage promotion of the code to member clubs and the local community. Ensure sport and recreation clubs who are tenants at a facility are code compliant to be eligible for Sport and Recreation Victoria funding.
Official or volunteer
Be informed about, abide by, promote and recognise compliance with, the code. Report a potential code breach to appropriate authorities.
Player of participant
Be informed about the implications of the code on participation, rights and obligations and abide by the code. Ask a club official about code implementation.
Parent
Educate children about the importance of demonstrating code behaviours and model these behaviours at all times. Be informed about what actions to take for a potential code breach.
Spectator
Abide by the code when attending community sport and recreation, training and club sanctioned activities. Be informed about what actions to take for a potential code breach.
Member of the public
Abide by the code when attending community sport and recreation, training and club sanctioned activities. Be informed about what actions to take if involved in, or a witness to, a potential code breach.
- Meet our Fair Play ambassadors
Dylan Alcott - international wheelchair tennis champion
Indiana Budimir - Southern Metro Junior Football League umpire
Meg Lanning - Australian and Victorian cricket team captain
Dr Ebonie Rio - Victorian Institute of Sport physiotherapist
Lin Jong - Western Bulldogs player
The Fair Play Code sends a loud and clear message – that bad behaviour, violence, cheating and intimidation has no place in sport and recreation in our state.
With 3.9 million participants, 16,000 sports clubs, 9,500 community sports facilities and 580,000 volunteers – Victorians love their sport.
Through the Fair Play Code we are making sure that individuals, clubs, leagues and associations know what to do if they encounter bad behaviour both on and off the sporting field.
At the heart of the code are the five core values that will lead to fair play for all - integrity – respect - responsibility - fairness – safety.
The Fair Play Code builds on the Victorian Government's 2010 Victorian Code of Conduct for Community Sport which aimed to encourage appropriate standards of behaviour to enable every Victorian to be involved in sport that is safe, welcoming and inclusive.
The Fair Play Code also features new guidance on the responsibilities of those involved in sport and recreation, dealing with potential breaches and where to seek further information. The Fair Play Code will apply from 1 July 2018.
Victoria's sporting associations are required to adhere to and enforce the new Fair Play Code to receive funding from Sport and Recreation Victoria.
Fair Play Code form for tenants
If your local council is applying for funding to Sport and Recreation Victoria for a facility at which your club is a tenant:
- Your club must be adhering to and enforcing the Fair Play Code to be eligible for this funding
- An authorised representative of your club must complete all fields in the Fair Play Code form for tenants (Word) and return the form to your local council.