What We Do:

ARMtour (Athletes as Role Models)

The ARMtour program uses sport and high profile athletes as Role Models to encourage Aboriginal children in remote communities to stay in school, lead healthy lifestyles and make positive choices in life.

Our teams of athletes visit remote communities around Australia, working with the schools to deliver educational, health and sporting programs. During our visits the ARMtour role models seek to convey four simple messages to remote Indigenous youth:

• Choose healthy foods and drinks to feel better and live longer.
• Avoid harmful behaviours and substance abuse, in particular petrol sniffing, alcohol abuse and smoking.
• Stay in school to gain formal education & greater opportunities.
• Play sport to keep fit and have fun!

Since 1997, ARMtour role models have reached more than 6,000 young people in 11 communities in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, East Arnhem Region, and the Tiwi Islands. Many community leaders share stories of higher attendance rates at school, increased participation in sport and less destructive and dangerous behaviour among youth.

For Aboriginal Youth - Sport, Health, Education