Werribee is getting its own huddle.
The Werribee Football Club is joining North Melbourne Football Club, the Scanlon Foundation and the Refuge of Hope to establish its own huddle, which will be aimed at engaging and inspiring young people, primarily those aged between 12 and 25.
Based on the huddle that has been running out of Arden Street since 2010, the Werribee Huddle will focus on empowering and inspiring young people and strengthening social inclusion in the community through four key areas – sport and recreation, education and careers, digital skills, and civic participation.
North Melbourne community engagement general manager Cameron McLeod said the Werribee Huddle, which will be based at the Youth Resource Centre in Hoppers Crossing until the Chirnside Park redevelopment is complete, would start offering programs from the start of term 4.
He anticipates up to 5000 people will use the huddle in its first year.
“Our community in North Melbourne and surrounding areas is very similar to that here in Wyndham,” he said.
Werribee Football Club chief executive Mark Penaluna said the club was committed to playing a leadership role in the community.
“We’ve had this philosophy, for a long time, to try and extend ourselves and to assist people – especially those from newly arrived communities,” he said.
