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**RTO**


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**Category**
Empowering learners/RTO-Business Partnership

**Business Partner**


Executive summary
<The Foot-e Club utilises the love of rugby league in isolated western communities (high Aboriginal populations) to build social capacity enabling communities to manage rugby league (or other) events. Participants of the virtual club learn the skills required through the delivery of Certificate 2 Business Services (TVET) meeting via video conferencing with Country Rugby League(CRL) Development Officers and other school participants. Participants in the virtual club were able to access thew CRL website to download comments and newsletters. This prepared participants to run CRL Gala Days. (Gala Days are rugby league inter school competitions) >

**Final report**
The Foot-e Club aims to build capacity to support the management and governance of sporting events in the community. In Walgett rugby league competition had not been active for a number of years. As a result of the skills learned and confidence of the Foot-e Club members, there is now an active Sports Committee in the town with members of the Foot-e Club manging the committee. Regular Video Conferences were held between the CRL Development Officer for the region and participating schools. This proved a vital link as it generated genuine activities that the participants had to perform, thus becoming more than a "simulated workplace". Participation in the VC increased the confidence of participants through successful interactions between people with whom they would not usually have contact. School attendence improved, interpersonal communication skills improved and skills in using technologies improved. While the results in 2009 have been beyond expectation, it is expected that the project will develop further in 2010. Many more schools will be involved, there will be a pool of capable mentors for the Foot-e Club, barriers of isolation will be further reduced and the successes of the project built consolidated.