{"id":26181,"date":"2022-05-02T13:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?page_id=26181"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T04:08:16","slug":"multicultural-tennis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/players\/diversity-and-inclusion\/multicultural-tennis\/multicultural-tennis","title":{"rendered":"Multicultural Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia, in conjunction with Member Associations, is committed to embracing diversity by ensuring our sport and events are welcoming, safe and inclusive for everyone. We believe that being inclusive is reflecting the diversity of our local communities and that everyone should have the opportunity to be included and engaged through tennis in a way that is positive and meaningful for them regardless of culture, ethnicity or any other defining characteristic.<\/p>\n<p>Inclusion is about providing choice for people to participate in sport in a way that they feel comfortable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_013-700x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_013-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_013-700x450-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_013-700x450-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>OUR COMMITMENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Tennis Australia is committed to increasing opportunities and accessibility to tennis for multicultural communities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engagement with multicultural stakeholders and communities<\/li>\n<li>Educating clubs and coaches<\/li>\n<li>Creating inclusive playing opportunities through community events and tournaments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_076-700x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_076-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_076-700x450-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/files\/2022\/05\/JC_Ace_NthMelbourne_271014_076-700x450-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SUCCESS STORIES<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Afghanistan immigrant Aref Ahmadi overcame trauma through tennis:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aref Ahmadi: multicultural tennis in the community | Tennis Australia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9JZ_9gJrWwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Croydon Tennis Club received a grant to run tennis clinics for the Burmese Community:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AO Ball Drive | Australian Open 2018 | Kia\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vGJnFHRNRW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more information on how you can be involved, contact\u00a0<a href=\"inclusionsa@tennis.com.au\">inclusionsa@tennis.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to find out about tennis programs in your community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia, in conjunction with Member Associations, is committed to embracing diversity by ensuring our sport and events are welcoming, safe and inclusive for everyone. We believe that being inclusive is reflecting the diversity of our local communities and that everyone should have the opportunity to be included and engaged through tennis in a way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6294,"featured_media":0,"parent":13384,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26181","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26181\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}