Sport and active recreation clubs
Sport and active recreation clubs make sport accessible to the Australian community.
'Club sport' is a fundamental building block of the Australian sport sector and assists in underpinning participation and elite performance pathways.
Sport and active recreation clubs make sport accessible to the Australian community. This provides a valuable contribution to society including benefits to health and well-being (physical, mental, social), inclusion, participation, volunteering, and community building and development.
While it has been estimated that there are over 70,000 registered not-for-profit sports clubs currently operating in Australia, ascertaining exactly how many clubs exist, including a definition of what constitutes a sports club, is difficult to quantify and confirm.
