About Recreation Services

The Recreation Services section plays a critical role in implementing Council’s drive for an active and healthy community by:

• actioning community sport and recreation customer issues/enquiries
• providing technical advice
• coordinating the use of Council’s community, sporting and recreation facilities
• coordinating community, sport and recreation funding (grants, subsidies and divisional allocations)
• project managing/delivering a range of sport and recreation projects including the development of community facilities, building capacity of sporting and community organisations, education and awareness

What are we trying to achieve?

Recreation Services is committed to working with sport and recreation organisations to build a ‘thriving’ sport and recreation community with quality facilities, able to provide quality activities run by skilled and capable people.  We plan to achieve this by:

• delivering exceptional customer services
• developing excellent working relationships with internal and external customers
• assisting in the development of a culture (in sports/clubs) based on partnerships and collaboration
• engaging in meaningful planning
• developing all aspects of sport and recreation (activities, facilities, people) in a holistic manner

Current issues in Sport and Recreation on the Gold Coast

The City is currently facing several sport and recreation issues including:

• growth of the City.  It is estimated that we will need to double the current number of sport and recreation facilities to keep up with growth
• high community expectations
• lack of partnerships and collaboration
• rising costs
• competition for funding
• confusion in regard to roles of sport and Council in particular in regard to infrastructure development

The Sports Fusion program has been formed to address these issues.  The program is a join initiative between sporting community, local, and state government.