Monday, 11 August 2014
TorontotheBetter Jane-Finch initiative welcomes Tyler Radovanovich as staff
Red Panamericana, the social economy partnership of TorontotheBetter and the Hispanic development Council, is pleased to announce an important step forward by bringing in Tyler Radovanovich, to help realise our goal of bringing Canada’s first Cruyff Court to Toronto. Tyler will be helping to draft proposals, as well as a business plan for our project. With this role now filled, the Cruyff Court Project can move into the next stage of development. Through our generous partnership with Toronto Azzurri a suitable site has already been identified, and now with the introduction of Tyler we can begin to attract the funds required for further capital and operational costs.
After finishing
his studies at York University, Tyler moved into an internship role with the
global NGO Right To Play. While there he was able to see first-hand the
fantastic benefits of sport and play in the lives of children and decided that
sport for development would be a main focus for his future profession. He spent
two years at the Toronto International Headquarters of RTP, before taking a
role at the United Kingdom office assisting in University and Sports
Partnerships. It was in the UK that Tyler developed a keener knowledge of the
fundraising and budgeting side of NGO’s and where we hope his experience can
benefit us in achieving our mutual goals. As a true aficionado of the game of
football, Tyler was immediately attracted to the Cruyff Court Project and was
eager to take any role he could to assist in seeing it come to fruition.
The Cruyff Court
project and its surrounding social economy zone are grounded in the vision of sport as a vehicle for a better life; and
in values of social participation as a critical component of social capital,
and social inclusion for all people regardless of age, gender, origin or
physical capabilities. Red Panamericana hopes that through this project we can
help create a lasting sporting legacy, in one of the cities most underserved
areas. This initiative will promote physical and social health while bringing the community
together. With Tyler now on board we feel we’re moving in the right direction
to achieve our goal.
