As a Work Integrated Social Enterprise (WISE) a primary focus of ours is to provide broader societal impacts by supporting young people from refugee backgrounds into employment in the leisure and aquatic industries. Meaningful employment brings many benefits including improved financial, physical and mental well-being, sense of belonging and self-esteem while allowing for more successful integration into the community.

Parks and Leisure acknowledges excellence in the industry through its prestigious Awards of Excellence. This year it awarded Collective Leisure the Community Based Initiative of the year NSW/ACT award.

Congratulations to Merna Yalda and Carmin Yunadam who were both nominated in this years 7News Young Achiever Awards NSW/ACT which recognises, encourages and celebrates the achievements of young people under age 29 throughout Australia.