Thank you to supporters in making Deadly Sports Plus Aboriginal Corporation (DSPAC)'s first year as a charity!
Those booking or attending a course, booking event first aid services, and donating to Deadly Sports Plus, have directly contributed in making first aid accessible!
We wanted to share highlights of our achievements in 2024.
MEASURING | Social Impact
Deadly Sports Plus has been an organisation by the community, for the community; providing as much benefit as we can from our trade surplus. This was recognised by Social Traders and internationally with People & Planet First by certifying DS+ as social enterprise. To be a certified social enterprise, an organisation must:
- Have a defined primary social, cultural or environmental purpose consistent with a public or community benefit, and
- Derive a substantial portion of their income from trade, and
- Invest efforts and resources into their purpose such that public/community benefit outweighs private benefit.
Our purpose is to provide training and access to employment to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, LGBTIAQA+SB community, disadvantaged backgrounds and the disabled community. We do this by running the following programs:
- Community First Aid Training
- Employment in Deadly Sports Plus Aboriginal Corporation
- Community Event First Aid Service
With donor support, we were able to run:
- free first aid courses for 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Discounted first aid courses for 5 community organisations
- 20 community events had discounted rates
- Hired 7 casual event first aid workers from targeted communities, providing full training, equipment and uniforms
OFFERING | First Aid Courses
Through 2024, we worked with a wide range of corporate and community organisations across the industries of rail infrastructure, construction, ACCHOs, clothing, child protection, justice, commercial cleaning, women's groups, and roller derby.
We delivered 14 courses of combined Provide First Aid and CPR, and 3 individual CPR courses.
In 2025, we have partnered up with ABC First Aid (RTO 3399). This means we've gone completely digital paperwork, more accessible e-Learning, and the ability to deliver express courses. Making our courses more accessible and flexible for more learners. Reach out to us to book for 2025, as February is nearly fully booked.
PROVIDING | Event First Aid Services
Our event first aid services has expanded over 2024. We have supported over 50 events including music festivals, conferences, community events, childrens events, roller derby, football and netball carnivals, mountain biking, walks and many more.
We recruited 7 new staff ranging from physiotherapists, occupational therapists, health students, as well as general community members.
If you have an event coming up which you book event first aid services, consider using us instead!
REPORTING | Donations and Fundraising
We became a registered charity in January 2024. This means that we are able to accept gifts and financial donations, with any of these valued $2 or more being tax deductible. We partnered with Shout for Good, an Australian platform for charities to collect financial donations with no fees. You can donate at any time. Just click the button below.
Thanks to donors, we have raised $13,000 in 2024
We ran 3 fundraising campaigns in 2024:
$30 for 30th
This was our first fundraiser. Our Managing Director, Nic Radoll, ran a $30 for their 30th Birthday Fundraiser. This raised just over $930
GiveOUT Day
GiveOUT (now Rainbow Giving Australia) brought GiveOUT Day to Australia for the first time in April 2019. It is the only national day of giving to LGBTQIA+ communities in Australia. With their philanthropic partners, they double every donation given by GiveOUT Day (17th October 2024). This raised an incredible $6,400
10x10 Philanthropy
We were invited as one of three charities to pitch DS+ in a shark tank style event for a share in $10,000+ funding raised on the night. With the work of our Chairperson, Brittney Henderson, and Managing Director, Nic Radoll, we raise a great $5,200
AIMING | For 2025
Mental Health First Aid
From April, we will be starting to offer Standard Mental Health First Aid courses through MHFA Australia. These will be offered both as a 2-day face-to-face and a blended virtual course.
Late-2025, we will also be offering Aboriginal Mental Health First Aid courses.
If your organisation has been thinking about undertaking this training, please reach out to us.
Community First Aid Courses
We are aiming to deliver more of our free community first aid courses, which includes HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (if the participant wants the certificate) and a first aid kit. We hope to run 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and 20 LGBTIQA+SB people with through these programs.
Minimising Volunteering
We follow a philosophy that volunteering is a requires privilege; having spare time, reduced family/community responsibilities, and financial position that won't be impacted. This is a privilege that people in our targeted communities do not usually have. In addition, did you know that the median number of paid, full-time staff in LGBTIQA+SB organisations is ZERO? Deadly Sports Plus is no exception to this with the Managing Director volunteering the majority of their time.
Our aim for 2025 is to ensure that people who would have volunteered for DS+ are now paid for their time and expertise.
THANKING | Supporters!
Supply Nation Certified
Kinaway Chamber of Commerce
Social Traders Certification
People & Planet First
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Deadly Sports Plus Aboriginal Corporation (DSPAC)
Address: PO Box 13252, Law Courts VIC 8010