Regional North West communities receive sports equipment through Perth-based charity

Working with some of the most remote communities in WA, Fair Game has reached a major milestone, donating the 100,000th piece of preloved sports equipment through its Equip for Sport program. The program aims to increase access to sport by providing second-hand sports shoes and equipment in good condition to remote, regional and underserviced communities across WA. “The whole idea was to become like a little bit of a matchmaking service, so we take equipment from people that are no longer using it, and then get it into the hands of people who require it to be active,” Fair Game CEO Nicki Bardwell said. “The best part about the program is that everything is distributed on a needs basis, so we only give stuff to people when they ask for it.” When the Equip for Sport program began, Ms Bardwell said she never thought it would be possible to deliver 100,000 items of equipment. “Now we’re up to 15,000 items a year going out, so I think we’ll reach 200,000 a lot quicker than it took us to reach 100,000,” she said. “We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without CTI Logistics. They not only help us deliver equipment all across WA, but they’ve also provided us with the space in Perth that we use as our headquarters.” Through the partnership with CTI Logistics, Fair Game is able to deliver equipment to locations such as Karratha, Newman, Port Hedland and Broome. “We go as far out as Punmu in the Western Desert and all over the place,” Ms Bardwell said. “We’re privileged to work in the communities we do. “We know how hard all the local people in the communities are working, so it’s a privilege that we can come in with a little bit of extra support on top of the great things that are already happening there.”