Engage Your Community

Parents and friends

Socktober is a program designed to engage whole school communities, including parents/carers and families. Both the Goal Packages and the Mission Packs can be brought home, and many of the activities invite students to collaborate with family and friends. We’ll keep the parents/carers of registered students up to date with what’s happening in Socktober, but you can consider inviting them to support your event day too!

Your local parish

Through Socktober, you can strengthen your school’s relationship with the local parish – an important part of enhancing your school’s Catholic identity. It takes just a few easy steps: • Promote your Socktober activity in the local parish bulletin. Duplicate school bulletin updates and send them to the parish secretary. • Invite your parish priest to your event day. There’s every chance he’s either a big soccer fan or he has played a bit in his day. So put him in goals and test his ability! • Engage youth groups. If your parish has a local youth group, they can probably support you, both in promoting Socktober through the local parish and in running your event day. Contact your parish to get in touch with the youth coordinator. • Engage parishioners. You might just find your biggest financial and moral supporters are sitting in the pews each Sunday. Ask your local Catholic Mission representative about our Mission Ambassador

Program and give your students a great skill – and confidence‑building opportunity.

Learn more: socktober.org.au/promote

Special guests

Hosting a Socktober Event Day is a great way to connect the wider community to the great work your school is doing. Consider inviting past students, local MPs, and/or athletes or celebrities who hail from your local area to be guests at your event day. With the right kind of creative outreach, you might even find a particularly generous sponsor.