Who we work with

We support people with a disability and people with mental health challenges or who are at risk of poor mental health, particularly young people. This takes us into many communities and groups including homelessness, youth cohorts, refugee, elderly and lonely, drug and alcohol addicts and communities that have been impacted by natural disaster. We also focus on low socio economic communities and regional/remote communities where people have limited or no opportunity to participate.

With more than three decades of experience, we are the national leaders in building social capital in these communities to support the mental health of individuals through connectedness (with a focus on intergenerational connectedness) and physical activity and health promotion to encourage better decision making and help seeking behaviours.

When it comes to people with disability we focus on social inclusion, encouraging people of all skills and abilities into sport and recreation opportunities alongside of everyone else. We work with people with disability to enjoy physical activity and to move to their maximum potential. We ensure that through Reclink’s sport and active recreation programs, people have the same opportunity to join a team and receive all the social benefits of belonging to a club. Our club is Club Reclink - a club that helps people across Australia to find and access free sport and active recreation programs in their area.

There is one other group that is key for us to support and that is the counsellors and case workers of our member agency staff. We support them by creating avenues for them to engage and connect with their clients in the context of fun sport and recreation activities. This adds to their ability to support and work with their clients and to connect with them in a more meaningful way. Many of our member agency staff recognise how critical Reclink programs are alongside of clinical therapy or case management and other support mechanisms. They join us because they know it works.