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About
Our organisation (IIT)
Blind Cricket Tasmania is the state’s largest sporting program of its type, managed by Inclusive Innovations Tasmania (IIT), who are a unique 100% volunteer NFP entity governed by an independent board.
Inclusive Innovations Tasmania
Inclusive Innovations Tasmania exists to make inclusion mainstream. They provide the governance, structures and management that underpins Blind Cricket Tasmania.
As a business, they dedicate resources to think up, facilitate, or deliver ideas that will improve accessibility in Tasmania.
The word that best describes Inclusive Innovations Tasmania is ‘catalyst’.
IIT aims to sustain Blind Cricket Tasmania well into the future, with the appropriate structures and governance for success before transitioning the ownership to a working committee with independent Association status.
Goals
We’re not just developing a blind cricket program for Tasmania, we’re developing a framework that will help make establishing, accessing, and managing more visually impaired sports programs across the state easier.
Over the next 3 years, we will:
1
Increase awareness of BCT by implementing an integrated media campaign across Tasmania to get more people involved in the program.
2
Increase participation numbers across Tasmania, with a goal of running fortnightly sessions statewide by 2024.
3
Develop a coaching program, creating a formal accreditation for blind cricket, and increasing inclusive sport coaching capacity in the state.
4
Make history in partnership with ACT Blind Cricket, with a dual TAS/ACT team competing in the 2022 National Cricket Inclusion Championships for the first time.
5
Ensure that the future guardians of Blind Cricket Tasmania have the tools to promote the sport, and engage with key stakeholders and organisations, government, media and the wider mainstream community.
6
Achieve transitioning Blind Cricket Tasmania to an independent, self-governed Association by 2025.
People
Funding
We are actively seeking sponsorship or other financial support from corporate entities, government funding bodies, and independent philanthropists.
Partners
Thanks to our sponsors and partners.
Blind Sports Australia
The peak body for blind sports in Australia. They help us deliver the program, and get more people involved.
Blind Cricket Australia
The peak body for blind cricket in Australia. They help us deliver our program, and are helping us create a coaching development program.
VisAbility Tasmania
A local support service provider, delivering services to people living with vision impairment for more than 100 years. They help us get more people involved, and promote the program.
Cricket Australia
The peak body for cricket in Australia. They help us share our message, and get more people involved, through media and communications support.
Cricket Tasmania
The peak body for cricket in Tasmania. They amplify our message through media and communications, and are helping us build a coaching development program.
Taverners Australia
The peak charity for all-abilities cricket. They help us deliver the program and let people know about it.
Reclink Tasmania
A social inclusion program focused on sports and arts. They partner with organisations like ours to create pathways to improved health and wellbeing, education and employment outcomes for their participants.
Blind Citizens Australia (TAS)
A representative organisation that informs, connects, and empowers Australians who are blind or vision impaired. They support us through spreading the word about blind cricket in Tasmania.
Eyelines Optometrists
Our major corporate sponsor and leading Tasmanian Optometrist business
Discovery Sports Performance
Our small business sponsor and purpose built gym facility in Sorell giving the everyday athlete access to performance, rehabilitation and wellbeing programs.