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Exploring the needs of young people and listening to today’s athletes will give us courage to be tomorrow’s leaders. Embracing generational change is a challenge to modern leaders and participants alike, so how can we learn from our future champions today so we can create a successful culture and environment and success for the next decade. What can we learn from other global approaches and what is the commitment of today’s leaders to change ready for the leaders of tomorrow.

The National Sports & Physical Activity Convention (NSC) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner with, providing greater access to the latest global insights to the Australian community sports, aquatic, and leisure facilities market.

Has Australia lost its place in the globe’s rankings for sport, are our expectations too high in the new global hierarchy of sporting super-powers? Was the Crawford Review accurate in 2010 and should we focus our investments on community participation? With the plethora of global sporting events to visit our shores over the next decade, and the rotation of National championships with key states, will these types of sporting events stimulate greater participation and what community impact will they have?

During the Covid pandemic, many peak bodies from sport, recreation, and the facilities sectors collectively started collaborating, resulting in the establishment of many alliances. The NSC has brought these organisations together to identify and discuss their priorities for the sector from a Policy /Strategy Lens, a Program or Events Lens and for a Facility/Environmental Lens.

For us to make an impact on community’s lifestyles, we need to think differently in how we plan, design and manage community facilities.

Global thought leaders set the scene for our Agenda for 2030 and 2050.

An active nation begins at local community levels, but where does it start and how do you prioritise resources and needs. A thorough data assessment to prove needs and priorities with a collective agreement on where the policy and resourcing should be invested. Exploring the European and Queensland approach.

This year’s Community Sport and Recreation Expo is starting to buzz with close to 60 exhibitors, peak bodies and sponsors showcasing the latest solutions and innovations. Come and see first-hand the latest in sports equipment, lighting, sports technology, play equipment, aquatics equipment, sports surfaces technology, education and more.  The Expo is free to attend and open Tue 12th and Wed 13th July. The Expo will also host:

The National Sports & Physical Activity Convention will offer a day of innovative tours to sports fields and facilities, community sport and leisure facilities, and children’s playgrounds and play spaces. The NSC Tours are on Monday 11th July and will include:

If we continue to do the same, the same results will occur. We need to reimagine outcomes and be bold to innovate enhanced and generational changes to our sector and support this boldness.