CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU

Earlier this week, the RV initiated, Dept of Sport and Rec funded Member Protection Information Officer (MPIO) training sessions wrapped up.

Through the State, our community now has an additional 67 fully accredited MPIOs. An amazing response, show of strength and fillip for our community.

The course facilitator, VICSPORT, the Dept of Sport and Rec and our legal support are amazed and congratulatory with this result and have all stated that they are unaware of any other State sporting Organisation that that has both instigated and received such a positive result in working to ensure their sport is safe, fair and inclusive for all its members.

Engagement through the sessions and feedback received to date has been extremely positive with a few wishing they had MPIOs in their clubs sooner as many concerns would not have festered to become issues….

RV will now continue to provide support and develop/ update resources for all members regarding the communication, development and maintenance of safe, fair and inclusive club environments.

We now have large, state-wide community of MPIOs who can lean on each other for support if met with challenges regarding Member Protection issues. Please reach out to your club and thank your volunteer MPIO for taking on this role.

In addition to our pool of Umpires, boat drivers, coaches, club administrators, commission members, board etc, this result highlights the strength and commitment to our sport of our volunteer community.

For those who are still wanting to become an MPIO, please reach out to the office as there are some further sessions planned for later in the year.

Rowing Victoria; working to promote a safe, fair and inclusive sport for our members.