NEWS

Helping Hoops is delighted to welcome Nike as major partner. Nike will support Helping Hoops Power, a new weekly basketball program for girls in inner-city Melbourne Public Housing. Led by Coach Renee Clarke, who has…

Our first ever photography exhibition – Helping Hoops Untold – saw 80 images on display at BSIDE Gallery in Fitzroy from May 23-26. Untold was the culmination of a 12…

Helping Hoops has opened up our latest location with the launch of the Kensington program. Kensington is our fifth public housing program located in inner-Melbourne, and has quickly established a…

Houston Rockets sixth man Eric Gordon visited Melbourne to run two basketball camps in August 2018. The Melbourne edition of Gordon’s camp welcomed 30 children from Helping Hoops programs, who…

2018 NBA Rookie of the Year, and Melbourne-born Philadelphia 76er, Ben Simmons held his second annual basketball camp in August 2018, and offered 20 spots to Helping Hoops children from…

How many free throws could you shoot in 15 minutes? That’s the question we asked our supporters again this year at the 24 Hour Charity Shootout, which took place on…

How many charity shots could you shoot in 15 minutes? The 24 Hour Charity Shootout will see over 200 people do exactly this across the weekend of July 14-15. The…

Today, it’s 8 years since we opened our first free basketball program for disadvantaged kids in Footscray with a handful of friends and volunteers. From that one program, we’ve grown…

Corey “Homicide” Williams is a New York streetball legend, NBL MVP, and current broadcaster for the NBL. On April 5, Corey collaborated with Helping Hoops for the first time since…