It is envisaged that the Youth Possibility Centre will offer the following facilities:

  • Four indoor courts, two with sprung wooden floors for basketball, and two with all-purpose surfaces
  • 2-3 outdoor basketball courts
  • Outdoor hockey astroturf
  • Games room with table tennis, foosball, pool tables and chess boards
  • Big-screen televisions with sports, health education, nutrition, training and educational content
  • Resource Centre providing high performance sports coaching and playing, motivational and career guidance, anti-bias education and leadership
  • Volunteer Centre, matching people with needs and opportunities
  • Offices to rent (e.g. sports and recreation NGOs, sports management organisations etc)
  • Physio and sports medicine offices and rehabilitation spaces
  • Fitness Centre with weights and aerobic exercise equipment
  • Conference/meeting room with video-conferencing facilities
  • Kitchen and community hall
  • Food court offering healthy snacks and drinks, and restaurant on Friday nights
  • Studio for dance, martial arts, yoga, aerobics, Pilates etc
  • Changing rooms, lockers, showers and laundry facilities for towels and kit
  • Climbing wall, adventure challenges

The programmes will focus on the following:

  • Sports excellence (basketball, hockey, soccer, cricket, netball and others)
  • Participation in social sport, health, fitness and wellness
  • Recreation and sports management
  • Coaching and leadership development
  • Sports, leadership and youth development related research
  • Entrepreneurship and enterprising skills development
  • Adventure
  • Earning now (work opportunities and experience)
  • Volunteer (for the centre and an outreach component)
  • Career exploration

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