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We thank our national Media Partners who are promoting the extraordinary achievements of our youth across the country.

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WELCOME TO MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA

Midnight Basketball is a national social inclusion programme to help youth identify and embrace positive opportunities.

Dinner, compulsory life skills workshops and tournament basketball games are run in stadiums on Friday or Saturday nights from 7.30pm till midnight, followed by a bus home, providing a safe and motivating environment.

Our first Midnight Basketball program was in Redfern Sydney in 2007 and due to its success the program was launched nationally.

Midnight Basketball is open to youth aged 12 to 18 years.

HOW A MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL NIGHT RUNS

Every night of each 8 Week tournament includes:

Volunteer Briefing Tournament Manager briefs all volunteers and youth workers, professional referees, security, police, bus drivers, workshop facilitators and others (around 15 volunteers a night).

Dinner Players arrive at 7:30pm and are fed a hot, nutritious meal in order to stay focused and energetic for the night ahead.

Workshop Two teams at a time attend a compulsory workshop which focuses on essential life skills, with topics that may cover:

Nutrition, Health, Wellbeing
Substance Misuse, Emotional, Physical Abuse, Self-Harm
Conflict Resolution, Impulse Control, Anger Management
Communication and Decision Making
Confidence, Self Esteem and Making Positive Choices
Personal Identity and Community Engagement Skills
Cultural Development and Awareness
Financial Literacy
Job Readiness

In keeping with our motto NoWorkshop NoJumpshot^® players must attend the workshop in order to play basketball. We applaud loud and hard our Midnight Basketballers’ commitment to voluntarily participating in the whole program, including the workshops.

Midnight Basketball Australia Basketball Players participate in at least 3 matches of tournament basketball a night with qualified referees.

Basketball is crucial to success due to its unique inclusionary qualities as a team sport, including the opportunity to build leadership and teamwork skills, behavioural improvement, fitness and focus. Virtually anyone can play, is held indoors, and both males and females think it is cool.

Safely Home Finally, at the end of the night, a bus takes the players safely home.

CURRENT LOCATIONS

For current locations, refer Locations Home Page.

ENROL AS A PLAYER OR VOLUNTEER IN A TOURNAMENT

Player registration is open to all local 12 to 18 year olds and costs nothing to enter. Volunteer positions are open to anyone over the age of 18. If you are interested visit the location you are interested in via Locations drop down list above.

Current tournaments listed on our Locations Page. This is updated as Tournament start dates are confirmed each term.

MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL IN YOUR COMMUNITY

If you’d like to see Midnight Basketball in your community, please call us (see Contact Us page for details).

Midnight Basketball Australia
Original Signatory to the Australian Government:
National Compact: working together

This collaborative relationship is building a stronger Third Sector in Australia and through this, drive innovation, wellbeing and sustainability in our communities. Signed by Lindsay Cane, Midnight Basketball Australia, 2010.

All information in this website created by
Midnight Basketball Australia is copyrighted 2011

BIG THIS MONTH ...

Midnight Basketball Australia selected for New York Marathon

As a community charity, we have 5 entries into the 4 November 2012 NY Marathon.

Are you motivated and think you could challenge yourself to train to run this 42km Marathon?

If you could help raise money for our amazing Midnight Basketball Australia youth AND run in one of the most prestigious marathons in the world finishing in Central Park with the streets lined with over 2.5 million spectators on course, give us a call.

Info about the Marathon click here:

e-Community and e-Inclusion NSW Winner: for Midnight Basketball Tournament System (MBTS)

2011 iAwards New South Wales State Award Winner
Jonathon Wolfe, Chair, Midnight Basketball Australia accepts the award from The Hon. Matthew Mason-Cox MLC (Liberal) Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance NSW

Jonathon Wolfe, Chair, Midnight Basketball Australia accepts the award from The Hon. Matthew Mason-Cox MLC Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance NSW.

House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

The following Report was released in June 2011. Called 'Doing Time - Time for Doing: Indigenous Youth in the Criminal Justice System'. View the Full Report (for Midnight Basketball refer to pp 70-71).

Australian Youth Forum

The Australian Youth Forum (AYF) is the Australian Government's way to engage with young Australians. The AYF gives you the opportunity to have your ideas heard.

Quitting Smoking

Supporting volunteers to prepare for this terms mentoring by giving up Smoking. Visit the Quitline Website for information to reinforce the dangers ... as if you needed it .. but also sources of practical and professional help. Support our youth by supporting yourself. Ring us if you need a hand.