Hoops 4 Health: Celebrating the success of First Nations' people

Timmy Duggan | Owner/Operator Hoops 4 Health

When we met with Timmy Duggan who heads up Hoops 4 Health he was extremely impressed with the work Community First Development does in partnership with community, with mob, and he couldn’t help by reacting with this response ‘’this sounds too good to be true!”

Hoops 4 Health has been operating since 2001 and is led by Timmy Duggan, NT’s first National Basketball League player! It is an Indigenous owned and operated community enterprise with a vision to provide an early intervention model to support young people in the Northern Territory. Hoops 4 Health uses basketball as a vehicle to promote health and wellbeing, with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.   

How does it work?

Hoops 4  Health  combines  the  power  of  physical  movement  and  skills  development  with mental health exercises to build personal confidence and pathways for participants.  The organisation uses  basketball  to  change  the  direction  of  young  people's  lives.  The program operates in youth justice centres and remote communities. 

Hoops 4 Health incorporates a ‘calmness on the court’  approach,  helping  young  people  to  take  control  of  their  decision making, starting  with  interactions  on  the  basketball  court.    Program leaders use mental imagery, yarning and calmness circles to lead post-game reflections on individual behaviour and  team performance.  Driven by evidence and their consumers, they offer consumer focused social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) programs targeted at a variety of audiences. The fundamental philosophy of Hoops 4 Health is to always celebrate the success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.   

We are currently working with Hoops 4 Health to explore funding opportunities for growth. We are very excited to be a small part in their growing success.

More information about Hoops 4 Health is at their website: https://www.hoops4health.org/

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