About Us
About
About Us
About
I want to
Our Vision
At Peninsula Leisure we improve lives by inspiring activity and connection.
We are passionate about enhancing the health and wellbeing of the community by creating places to be active, happy and connected. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional experiences to every person with any need at our award-winning places and by living our values.
Peninsula Leisure Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Frankston City Council, governed by an independent board, and charged with the management of the municipality’s leading aquatic and recreation facilities.
Our Purpose
Peninsula Leisure exists to create YOUR PLACE to be active, happy and connected.
We are here to help our community live healthy, happy lives. We create safe, welcoming and inclusive places that inspire activity. Whether you’re a regular gym goer, in need of rehabilitation, looking to learn how to swim or just want to get moving more, you can find your place with us.
Driven by our ability to reimagine along with our talented team, we deliver places and services where you can overcome challenges, make new connections, reach goals, experience positive moments and most of all, have fun.
Our Strategy
We are here to serve and support our community in being active and connected. In every one of our strategic priorities, our values and core themes act as the foundation to deliver.
Our Values
We think people | We reimagine | We deliver
We think people
People are the core of everything we do. We put people first, from the visitors through our doors to our incredible employees, this ensures we create places where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging.
Our employees are the backbone to our success and we are committed to identifying, engaging and developing talent through a true values based culture. Find out more about why Peninsula Leisure is a great place to work here.
We reimagine
We challenge ourselves to think differently. As a team we push the boundaries of innovation within our services and operations. Offering places that are not only inclusive, accessible and highly functional, but also provide engaging experiences.
By reimagining our approach to each challenge or obstacle in our path we hope to inspire our community in their own journey of transformation.
We deliver
We do what we say we are going to do. Through all the fads in the health and fitness industry, Peninsula Leisure delivers stability, reliability and a promise that you will find your place to overcome challenges, make new connections, reach goals, experience positive moments and have fun.
This is our commitment to you and is the driving force behind everything we deliver.
‘Every Child In Frankston Can Swim’
This is Peninsula Leisure and PARC Swim’s mission statement for our community learning to swim. It has been part of our Company DNA from our inception and is something our whole Team are very passionate about.
The current model of Learn to Swim in Australia is well established, with the standardised approach of weekly lessons over many years.
But not every child fits this traditional education model. In fact, we know that up to 80% of children in the Frankston LGA are missing out on vital swimming and water safety skills. This number doesn’t consider the many adults and young adults who have missed out on these important skills to keep themselves and loved ones safer in and around the water.
January 2024 has proved a tragic month for drownings in Victoria, seeing the incident rate double (16) when compared with the same period last year. Many of these avoidable incidents were on our doorstep, occurring on the Peninsula.
To achieve our mission that ‘Every child in Frankston can swim’, we need to think about new ways to teach swimming and water safety. We need to find innovative approaches of exposing more of the Frankston community to the minimum essential survival skills which can prevent drownings.
And that’s where our Can Swim community swim programs come in!
In partnership with Frankston City Council, we will be providing more, fully funded opportunities for the Frankston community to improve their knowledge and skill around water.
Across Council’s leading aquatic facilities PARC and PINES, Peninsula Leisure will be running free community Can Swim programs.
Each of these programs are targeted at different audiences, using different teaching methods and settings.
About the Community Can Swim Programs
Can Swim – Family swimming and water safety session
- WHO: Families / parents with children aged 5 years and over
- WHAT: This program is for the whole family to participate in together. Learn basic swimming survival techniques, practise water safety and participate in a variety of rescue scenarios for various inland and open water environments. Have fun while learning how to be safe in and around the water.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Teen swim program
- WHO: Teens aged 13 – 17 years
- WHAT: This program is for teenagers 13 years to 17 years old who do not regularly participate in swimming and water safety program and wish to gain skills to be safer in and around water. The intensive program will group teenagers in similar experience levels for progressive and age focused activities, aimed to improve swimming fitness and practise in water safety and rescue techniques.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Infant water familiarisation program
- WHO: This program is for children 6 months to 2 years old.
- WHAT: Together, parents and their child participate in this multi-session program to learn the fundamentals of water familiarisation and to begin their swimming and water safety journey. This program equips parents with the skills and knowledge to practise in their own time and build essential, foundational skills with their child.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Other bespoke programs
Along with the 3 fully subsided community swim programs above, we are also creating opportunities for those who are not currently engaged in swimming lessons with PARC and PINES, capturing individuals in the community who are missing out on these vital lifesaving skills. Targeted cohorts will include;
- At-risk communities, schools and locations
- Teen/Youth age group
- Families
- Grade 5-6 students about to depart primary school
- Parent and Child age groups (infant and pre-school target)
- And more…
If you have specific needs, or questions about the programs, please contact parc.swim@peninsulaleisure.com.au.
Can Swim – Funding partners
We would like to extend our thanks to our partners at Frankston City Council for their support of our Can Swim initiative.
We are excited to continue and scale this important, life saving goal that the Frankston community Can Swim.
Our Vision
At Peninsula Leisure we improve lives by inspiring activity and connection.
We are passionate about enhancing the health and wellbeing of the community by creating places to be active, happy and connected. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional experiences to every person with any need at our award-winning places and by living our values.
Peninsula Leisure Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Frankston City Council, governed by an independent board, and charged with the management of the municipality’s leading aquatic and recreation facilities.
Our Purpose
Peninsula Leisure exists to create YOUR PLACE to be active, happy and connected.
We are here to help our community live healthy, happy lives. We create safe, welcoming and inclusive places that inspire activity. Whether you’re a regular gym goer, in need of rehabilitation, looking to learn how to swim or just want to get moving more, you can find your place with us.
Driven by our ability to reimagine along with our talented team, we deliver places and services where you can overcome challenges, make new connections, reach goals, experience positive moments and most of all, have fun.
Our Strategy
We are here to serve and support our community in being active and connected. In every one of our strategic priorities, our values and core themes act as the foundation to deliver.
Our Values
We think people | We reimagine | We deliver
We think people
People are the core of everything we do. We put people first, from the visitors through our doors to our incredible employees, this ensures we create places where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging.
Our employees are the backbone to our success and we are committed to identifying, engaging and developing talent through a true values based culture. Find out more about why Peninsula Leisure is a great place to work here.
We reimagine
We challenge ourselves to think differently. As a team we push the boundaries of innovation within our services and operations. Offering places that are not only inclusive, accessible and highly functional, but also provide engaging experiences.
By reimagining our approach to each challenge or obstacle in our path we hope to inspire our community in their own journey of transformation.
We deliver
We do what we say we are going to do. Through all the fads in the health and fitness industry, Peninsula Leisure delivers stability, reliability and a promise that you will find your place to overcome challenges, make new connections, reach goals, experience positive moments and have fun.
This is our commitment to you and is the driving force behind everything we deliver.
‘Every Child In Frankston Can Swim’
This is Peninsula Leisure and PARC Swim’s mission statement for our community learning to swim. It has been part of our Company DNA from our inception and is something our whole Team are very passionate about.
The current model of Learn to Swim in Australia is well established, with the standardised approach of weekly lessons over many years.
But not every child fits this traditional education model. In fact, we know that up to 80% of children in the Frankston LGA are missing out on vital swimming and water safety skills. This number doesn’t consider the many adults and young adults who have missed out on these important skills to keep themselves and loved ones safer in and around the water.
January 2024 has proved a tragic month for drownings in Victoria, seeing the incident rate double (16) when compared with the same period last year. Many of these avoidable incidents were on our doorstep, occurring on the Peninsula.
To achieve our mission that ‘Every child in Frankston can swim’, we need to think about new ways to teach swimming and water safety. We need to find innovative approaches of exposing more of the Frankston community to the minimum essential survival skills which can prevent drownings.
And that’s where our Can Swim community swim programs come in!
In partnership with Frankston City Council, we will be providing more, fully funded opportunities for the Frankston community to improve their knowledge and skill around water.
Across Council’s leading aquatic facilities PARC and PINES, Peninsula Leisure will be running free community Can Swim programs.
Each of these programs are targeted at different audiences, using different teaching methods and settings.
About the Community Can Swim Programs
Can Swim – Family swimming and water safety session
- WHO: Families / parents with children aged 5 years and over
- WHAT: This program is for the whole family to participate in together. Learn basic swimming survival techniques, practise water safety and participate in a variety of rescue scenarios for various inland and open water environments. Have fun while learning how to be safe in and around the water.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Teen swim program
- WHO: Teens aged 13 – 17 years
- WHAT: This program is for teenagers 13 years to 17 years old who do not regularly participate in swimming and water safety program and wish to gain skills to be safer in and around water. The intensive program will group teenagers in similar experience levels for progressive and age focused activities, aimed to improve swimming fitness and practise in water safety and rescue techniques.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Infant water familiarisation program
- WHO: This program is for children 6 months to 2 years old.
- WHAT: Together, parents and their child participate in this multi-session program to learn the fundamentals of water familiarisation and to begin their swimming and water safety journey. This program equips parents with the skills and knowledge to practise in their own time and build essential, foundational skills with their child.
- WHERE & WHEN: Check back here as the program is confirmed for 2024-2025 summer.
- COST: Fully subsidised, thanks to the support of our partner Frankston City Council.
Can Swim – Other bespoke programs
Along with the 3 fully subsided community swim programs above, we are also creating opportunities for those who are not currently engaged in swimming lessons with PARC and PINES, capturing individuals in the community who are missing out on these vital lifesaving skills. Targeted cohorts will include;
- At-risk communities, schools and locations
- Teen/Youth age group
- Families
- Grade 5-6 students about to depart primary school
- Parent and Child age groups (infant and pre-school target)
- And more…
If you have specific needs, or questions about the programs, please contact parc.swim@peninsulaleisure.com.au.
Can Swim – Funding partners
We would like to extend our thanks to our partners at Frankston City Council for their support of our Can Swim initiative.
We are excited to continue and scale this important, life saving goal that the Frankston community Can Swim.
