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Highly regarded leisure industry expert Liam O’Brien has been appointed as Nillumbik Leisure Manager. O’Brien will join the Aligned Leisure team in June as they finalise the transition for management of the Eltham Leisure Centre. Aligned Leisure General Manager – Operations, Shane Dunne, will continue in his role of transition manager until early August when he will officially hand over operational management to O’Brien. Throughout his career, O’Brien has managed a number of community leisure facilities including the iconic Brunswick […]

Cardinia Life’s Jake Ward has been recognised as Aligned Leisure’s inaugural Bunjil Award winner. The Bunjil Award is the Richmond Football Club and now Aligned Leisure peer-nominated award that recognises individuals who best role model the values. Bunjil is an Indigenous story about the land surrounding Punt Road Oval. Bunjil and his warriors are strong and powerful symbols of each of the Aligned Leisure values and their story also honours our commitment to community. 2017 marks the 4th year of […]

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 […]