20/10/2026
INDEPENDENT OR FRANCHISEE — at a local level, it doesn’t matter.
In our communities, we face the same challenges: rising business costs, staffing needs, and attracting new members while retaining existing ones. Advocacy work is great, and in the long term, we will all benefit. But we, the operators, need practical solutions and choices to overcome our daily challenges — and we needed them yesterday.
Recruitment is a priority. Without team members, our hands are tied. Retaining existing members and recruiting new ones are part of our turnover, but without experienced staff, we can’t serve them, and they leave.
We need alternatives to reduce business costs, including music licence fees and insurance, and we need them now.
Would you support a national return-to-work campaign for fitness professionals who have left the industry? A simple, accessible pathway back to their careers and passions, without expensive upskilling requirements. If we can create return-to-work pathways for people completing rehabilitation, we can find a way to help experienced fitness professionals return to our industry.
Professionals want to return to work for financial or family reasons and because they love what they do.
Open doors, fill gaps, and create a better experience for our communities and for us as business owners.
Thoughts?
AUSactive Australasian Leisure Management Impact Training Corporation Fitness On Demand Australasian Leisure Management Belgravia Leisure MY Momentum Marketing Club RAW Fitness Equipment Genesis Health and Fitness Glen Taylor Halligan's Fitness Joey Toutounji Jamie Hayes Andrew Ng Thomas Plummer Richard Toutounji Les Mills Asia Pacific Les Mills
