Peter Cullen has always wanted to do something meaningful with his life.
The Werribee resident is the founder of Reclink Australia, a sport and recreation program which has benefited hundreds of disadvantaged Australians.
Mr Cullen said he truly believes there’s a real help through community.
“If we can include the unincluded, it brings home the power of inclusion and the power of validation through people being invited and people being able to participate,” he said.
“It’s just very powerful in people’s lives.”
To commemorate the 30-year anniversay of Reclink, the organisation is releasing a book titled ‘The Power of Sport’, full of contributions from former and current Reclink participants.
“I think it it’s a real education in understanding the power of sport, like the title suggests,” Mr Cullen said.
“When I started Reclink, I saw people in deep isolation in the community, there’s a lot that stops people from drowning, but not a lot that helps people to swimming, and the desire was to take people from that deep isolation.”
“Thirty years later, with the impact of isolation through covid, everybody’s talking about how it has affected people.
“Community sport is a great way to take people from that.”
Details: reclink.org/about/news/power-football-pre-orders-open-now
