Re-certification opens doors for Collective Leisure

Australia’s first social enterprise leisure management company, Collective Leisure, has been re-certified as a legitimate social enterprise through Social Traders’ world-leading framework - Building a more inclusive Australia.

Collective Leisure is run by a team dedicated in enabling well-being without boundaries and a mission to co-create programs that work for communities through a ‘systems’ approach.

The enterprise believes ‘no matter who you are, where you’re from or what your background is, you have the right to access education, services and opportunities to be a well-being’.

Collective Leisure’s programs aim to reduce inactivity and improve population health while providing access to training and employment for people from marginalised communities.

Collective Leisure Chief Executive, David Burns explains “we’re very proud of re-certification which means we’re a standard and recognised as a business for good for our impact in the sport, leisure, health and well-being sectors.

“Our re-certification ensures we can continue delivering on our purpose and mission through a social enterprise model.”

Andrew Marselos, Social Enterprise Coordinator NSW, added “Collective Leisure have been a certified social enterprise since 2020. A social enterprise is a unique business that exist to create impact through trade, with purpose at the heart of what they do.

“We are proud to have Collective Leisure as a part of our community, contributing to unlocking business for good in Australia'”.

One of the enterprise’s services is employment and training. An example of this is its partnership with Accessible Diversity Services Initiative Limited to recruit and train coaches from a refugee background, to deliver the Inclusive School Sports Program NSW.

In the last 12 months, Collective Leisure has developed an array of partnerships and varied programs across the eco-system of health and well-being, including:

• Training and employment 

• Well-being and coaching

• Inclusion programs

• Adaptive sports programs

• Systems wide public health initiatives

To find out more about Collective Leisure programs and services go to their website

For more information go to www.collectiveleisure.com.au/

Image: Collective Leisure’s work with Special Olympics Australia connecting children with intellectual disabilities and autism to sport was nominated in the ZEST Awards 2021 for the Exceptional Community Partnership category. Credit: Collective Leisure.