- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Sport for Good
Issued by
Torrens University Australia
Sport unites us, connects us, and challenges us to be our best selves. We all have the power to do something good in the world if we’re given the right tools. Earning this badge signifies you have learned how you can use your voice, your position in the sports industry or your love of the game to make a positive impact in the world. You gain a unique insight into the sports industry, strategic activism and the role of the industry in protecting human rights and championing social change.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Successfully completed Torrens Short Course: Sport and Society. This short course provides an overview of the changing role of sport in the global social and political landscape; issues of impact and the evolving opportunities and expectations on athletes and sports administrators to enable and support sports advocacy as part of global change-making.
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Successfully completed Torrens Short Course: Sport and Human Rights. This short course will helps the learner to understand human rights and the challenges faced in maintaining the priority of these rights in various social, cultural and political contexts. This course also explores the intersection and overlap between sport and human rights; and the growing global conscience around human rights that's driving new frameworks of operation with the aim of a broader definition of success.
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Successfully completed Torrens Short Course: Sport Leadership in a New World. This short course explores the uniquely powerful position of sport in society, the shift towards "Sports for Good" leadership in a rapidly changing global environment and the role of sports governing bodies in supporting and facilitating this shift. This course explores the broader "Movement for Purpose" and how engagement in, through and beyond sport, driven by a strong purpose, can help a sports brand to thrive.
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Successfully completed Torrens Short Course: Sport as a Voice for Change. This short course explores strategies for finding authentic alignment between personal and professional voice as a critical step in actioning social responsibility through advocacy safely, and with optimal impact. The learner will develop their awareness of risks when considering creating or joining social movements. They explore models for decision-making and change management to support their journey into advocacy.