We recently signed a three-year, $150,000 partnership with Fair Game Australia supporting its health education and fitness programs, which reach thousands of children in remote and regional Western Australia each year.
Fair Game’s Fit and Healthy in the Outback program aims to empower and support children to make healthy lifestyle choices, through inclusive, fun, team fitness games and interactive activities.
On behalf of the Western Australian State Government, our $150,000 partnership will co-fund a community liaison officer and two recreation coordinators, as well as supporting volunteer training and management for the teams who deliver the remote community programs.
The partnership will enhance ongoing program development, boost the charity’s impact through greater continuity in relationships, and create more opportunities to work closely with communities in designing programs tailored to their individual needs.
In 2024, Fair Game reached more than 9,000 session participants in the Kimberley, Pilbara, Mid West and Gascoyne, visiting around 30 remote communities, two to three times each, as well as running weekly after-school programs in Kununurra, Broome and South Hedland.
Fair Game also collects and donates pre-loved sports equipment – diverting it from landfill – with almost 15,000 pieces of equipment distributed across WA last year, including footballs, soccer balls and cricket bats.
The West Australian Government, through Horizon Power's Community Partnerships Program provides $1.1 million each financial year to initiatives and events that positively impact remote and regional communities. Horizon Power has supported Fair Game since 2011.
Horizon Power Acting Chief Executive Officer, Krystal Skinner, said the new partnership reflected Horizon Power’s confidence in Fair Game’s ability to deliver sustainable, community-driven outcomes.
“Fair Game’s programs promote healthier lifestyles but also foster social cohesion, cultural inclusion, and environmental responsibility—values that are strongly aligned to Horizon Power’s guiding principles”.
Fair Game Australia Chief Executive, Nicki Bardwell, said Horizon Power’s support, particularly through multi-year partnerships, had been “instrumental in allowing the organisation to expand the geographical reach of its health, education and fitness programs”.
“It gives us the operational certainty required to commit to regular program delivery for an increasing number of remote communities across the Kimberley, Pilbara and Mid West,” she said.
“The three-year partnership will enable us to co-fund a community liaison officer and two recreation coordinators, enhancing our impact, with greater continuity in relationships, and increased opportunity to work closely with communities to co-design programming tailored to each one’s specific needs."
To find out more about Horizon Power’s Community Partnerships program, visit: www.horizonpower.com.au/partnerships
