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Aligned Leisure has successfully tendered for the management rights of the Eltham Leisure Centre in Nillumbik Shire. The Eltham Leisure Centre, located approximately 25 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, is currently undergoing a major aquatic redevelopment. Aligned Leisure will commence management of the facility on July 1st. Aligned Leisure Managing Director Cain Liddle said it was a privilege to manage a facility long regarded as one of Melbourne’s premier recreation facilities. “This is a well-established facility that is undergoing a major […]

Aligned Leisure have partnered with Culture Amp, the world’s most powerful employee feedback and analytics platform, to research our recent staff acquisition in the Shire of Cardinia. As part of the management transition, Aligned Leisure employed almost 150 staff, who had previously been employed by the outgoing management group. As the General Manager of People, Culture & Performance, Dr. Amanda Green ensured that people were a focus during the transition. “The people who joined us were already intimately connected with […]

Swinburne University of Technology, in partnership with Richmond FC, Aligned Leisure and Cardinia Shire Council is to undertake a unique combined PHD study that will examine ways in which fitness centre management can be improved to drive better health outcomes for centre members. As part of the project, Swinburne is offering a PhD scholarship to a candidate who will be tasked with integrating the sophisticated data currently being collected by centres showing visitation and activity at visit, with survey data to segment the […]

RICHMOND Football Club has joined forces with Swinburne University of Technology to establish the Richmond Institute of Sports Leadership. This unique program is aimed at developing the next generation of leaders within the sports industry and combines a Diploma of Sport Development with a Diploma of Leadership and Management. The club is also in the unique position of being able to provide students demonstrating excellence, with potential employment opportunities not only at the Richmond Football Club, but also at Aligned […]

Richmond Football Club is now one of Australia’s most diversified sporting businesses. Aligned Leisure, a 100% owned subsidiary of the Richmond Football Club, has successfully won the tender to manage Cardinia Shire Council’s major recreation facilities. The contract will see Aligned Leisure manage eight major facilities within the Cardinia Shire, which is located 50kms south east of Melbourne in one of Australia’s biggest population growth corridors. The facilities will include Cardinia Life Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Pakenham Regional Tennis Centre […]

Richmond Football Club’s primary school program ‘Tiger PAW’ was recognised at the 2015 Aquatics and Recreation Victoria awards. In its first year, Tiger PAW (Physical Activity and Wellbeing) won the Innovative Program Award at the gala awards night at Docklands, in front of 800 industry professionals. Tiger PAW builds on the Club’s goals to inspire, enrich and improve the lives in the community by supporting children to develop the vital life skills of physical activity, healthy eating, diversity, discrimination and […]