• Where do I get the Purple Armbands?

What is a Purple Armband Convenor?
A Purple Armband (PA) Convenor is an organisation that convenes Purple Armband Games on behalf of sports communities under their jurisdiction or in their region or local area. For example, a PA Convenor may be a sports association, local council, sexual assault service, government department, community group, school, club or other agency. Individual sports teams may choose to self-convene.

Who has been a Purple Armband Convenor?
The first PA Convenor was the NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knock-out. The NSW Knock-out, who adopted the purple armband symbol as part of their award-winning 2004 Black-out Violence Campaign.

Other organisations to play the role of PA Convenors include:

• Sports Associations:
  • Soccer NSW
  • Basketball NSW
  • South Sydney Juniors Rugby League
  • Ballarat Football League
  • Australian Women’s Rugby League
• Local Councils:
  • Leichhardt Council
  • Marrickville Council
  • Randwick Council
  • City of Sydney Council
• Sexual Assault Centres/Government Health Services:
  • Ruby Gaea Darwin Centre Against Rape
  • Casuarina Sexual Assault Referral Centre
  • South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
  • Young Sexual Assault Service
• Clubs:
  • Malvern Baseball Club

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What’s involved in being a PA Convenor?
PA Convenors are encouraged to own their Purple Armband Games and to participate at a level that best suits their time, resources and expertise.

At minimum, PA Convenors:

• invite local clubs/teams to participate;
• organise and disseminate the purple armbands; and
• as a courtesy, notify the PAG website manager of their intention to organise Purple Armband Games.

PA Convenors may also choose to:

• promote their Purple Armband Games locally (e.g. a local press release);
• invite input or participation by their local sexual assault referral or domestic violence service;
• use Purple Armband Games as a fund-raiser for local initiatives related to the meanings of the purple armband;
• invite local sponsors and other community members to become involved;
• promote or trial new initiatives related to the purple armbands.

All PA Convenors and participants are encouraged to send in:

• digital photos to post in the Gallery
• story links for the News section;
• lists of participating teams to post on-line.

Send to contact@purplearmband.org

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Where do I get the purple armbands?
The purple armbands are created from purple electrical tape available by box or roll from:

Lots of Watts
2 Bridge Street
Rydalmere NSW 2116
Ph 02 9638 0331
Email sales@lotsofwatts.com.au
Web www.lotsofwatts.com.au

Boxes retail for approx. $160 plus delivery. One box contains 120 rolls, 20metres per roll.

Individual rolls retail for approx. $1.75 plus postage.

We recommend one roll per team. AFL teams may require more.

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