By DANE LILLINGSTONE
WIRAC will be holding an open day on Saturday 12 September as part of its initiative to encourage the three pillars of fitness and show people how the centre has changed.
The free day will showcase all current and future activities at the centre and will run from 10am to 4pm.
The three pillars of fitness are healthy living, empowering young people and social impact.
WIRAC manager Frederic Meyer said these pillars would form the core of the centre’s big plans for the future including the eventual introduction of traineeship programs.
“We’re new here so we don’t yet have the network to establish traineeships,” he said.
“We’ve got six or seven students less than 21 who have joined our team.
“We’ve started to train them in things like being a pool lifeguard or in the gym area.
“At some stage we will definitely introduce traineeships here.
“In this area, we will be able to provide a job at the end. They wouldn’t just have a traineeship, they would have a job.”
Term four at WIRAC will see the introduction of the new Pas’Sport program that will allow children aged seven to 16 year to practice up to five sports per week from 3.30pm to 4.30pm every day.
The centre will be introducing a junior basketball training program on Saturday mornings and a new rock wall program.
Frederic said that the centre wanted to promote a healthy lifestyle.
“It’s about empowering young people – to achieve their dreams of learning something, in a trade or being more confident,” he said.
The YMCA health check station will also be available at Rose City next week for two weeks.
It provides a quick and free health overview of blood pressure and body fat.
