Next Telecom

Save a significant amount of your next phone bill through Next Telecom  

Fitness Australia is now using Next Telecom for landline billing, we anticipate saving $1,000 each month of our phone bill! Reap the same benefits which are now available to Fitness Australia's registered exercise professionals and businesses.

Benefits to Businesses 

• All billing options, services, reporting and functionality are available on-line
• Integrated communications solutions for small and medium businesses; if they have more than one service with Next Telecom (for example more than one landline number, mobile phones, faxes etc.) the business will only receive one bill.
• Next Telecom now provides its business customers with a web based SMS service. This service is ideal for the sending of bulk SMS for marketing or competition purposes, billing reminders, special offers etc. For further information and pricing contact Next Telecom on       1300 006 932.

Benefits to Exercise Professionals 

• Mobile Services: GSM and 3G, mobile data solutions such as GPRS & Blackberry, SMS and MMS, lower roaming costs.
• Broadband and Data Services: High speed business grade broadband ADSL and SHDSL, Ethernet, managed end to end services, regional and metro national coverage.

Call Gavin Roache from Next Telecom on 1300 006398 or email sales@nexttelecom.com.au and ask for Fitness Australia special rates.

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Life Fitness

New strategic partner shows support for proposed changes to Fringe Benefits Tax legislation

As part of its strategic agenda, Fitness Australia announced in August that it will be seeking to effect changes to the current Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) legislation to include tax exemptions for fitness centre memberships and personal training services offered to employees by their employer.

Fitness Australia is pleased to announce the support of a new Strategic Partner, Life Fitness. This partnership, which commenced on 1 November 2010, has enabled Fitness Australia to engage with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd who will undertake this work in order to ensure a level of professionalism and independence that will more readily influence government policy makers.

About Life Fitness

Life Fitness is a strong advocate of the health and fitness of Australians. Life Fitness is the global leader in designing and manufacturing a full range of reliable, high-quality fitness equipment for commercial and consumer use.  They are the only manufacturer that has been providing premium exercise equipment for over 30 years with a proven track record and history of excellence. They can supply both new and second hand equipment. Fitness Australia are thrilled to have a strong and promenade company as a strategic partner. For more information on Life Fitness go to http://www.lifefitness.com.au.

Follow these easy steps for access to your discount:

1. Log in to ba.com/fitnessaustralia

2. If you are already a registered customer of British Airways please log-in and you will be re-directed to the exclusive offers page.

3. If you are not a member, simply click on the "sign up now"button and register your details. Once you have completed the registration form you will be re-directed to the exclusive offers page.

Guild Insurance

Fitness Australia aims to enhance the profile of registered exercise professionals and by partnering with Guild Insurance, believe we are now aligned with the most appropriate and credible insurance partner for our industry.

Considered to be one of Australia’s leading insurers in the specialist healthcare sector, who is now providing insurance for personal trainers, fitness instructors and exercise professionals.

Review the features & benefits of Guild’s Insurance For Exercise Professionals for yourself right now.

Guild Insurance’s is a quick and simple online application, you can get covered straight away. Get a Quick Quote or Apply Online now.

Sportspeople

National Fitness Industry Job Board, powered by Sportspeople

The Fitness Australia and Sportspeople alliance provides employers and job seekers with Australia's most comprehensive fitness industry job board.

About Sportspeople

Sportspeople Recruitment services
Sportspeople works with the employer managing all stages of the candidate screening and selection process for jobs throughout Australia and New Zealand. Sportspeople Recruitment includes advertised and targeted selection for entry-level roles to Chief Executive. There are four recruitment options - Sportspeople Shortlist, Sportspeople Executive Shortlist, Sportspeople Recruitment and Sportspeople Executive with prices starting from $2,500 (plus GST). If you can think of a job in sport, fitness and aquatics it is likely Sportspeople has or can fill it! To take a look at some of our past clients, click here.

Sportspeople Learning 
Sportspeople Learning is a directory service designed to encourage ongoing professional development of people working or seeking work in the sport, fitness, aquatic, coaching, venues, events, leisure and lifestyle sector. Sportspeople Learning provides a comprehensive listing of: Tertiary courses and programs, TAFE courses and programs, Industry specific courses and training, Conferences, Seminars and Workshops.

Connecting the sport, fitness, aquatic, coaching, venues, events, leisure and lifestyle community, the Sportspeople Forum includes topics for Job seekers and employers alike as well as surveys and closed forums for CEO's, HR Managers, Presidents/Chairpersons and High Performance Professionals.

Fitness Australia's HR Hotline Resource

Fitness Australia's HR/IR Advisory Service* provides professional, industry-specific advice exclusively to fitness businesses and exercise professionals regarding all employment matters 

About Wentworth HR
Wentworth HR is a team of human resource, industrial relations and training & development specialists that provide quality, innovative solutions to a broad range of clients in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.

Wentworth HR's story began in 1991 when our Managing Director, Mark Werman, established the HR Consulting Division at BDO Chartered Accountants and Advisers.

In 2002, Mark negotiated a management buy out of the division from BDO and he is now Managing Director of the new business entity known as Wentworth Human Resources Pty Ltd.

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Baker IDI

Lift for Life Program: Combating type 2 diabetes in Australia

Fitness Australia and Baker IDI, the national heart and diabetes institute have joined forces to help combat the increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in Australia. 

About Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is Australia's first health and medical research institute tackling the deadly trio of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Our work extends from the laboratory to wide-scale community studies.

Baker IDI fills a void in health and medical research by allowing traditionally disparate groups to work together and collaborate under one umbrella and one organisational culture.

Baker IDI was created in 2008 after the merger of the Baker Heart Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute (IDI). The establishment of our new institute is an important milestone for medical research and patient care both Australia-wide and internationally. Baker IDI combines the formidable strength of Baker's research into cardiovascular disease and diabetic complications with the outstanding diabetes research, education and patient care of IDI. Patient care is focused on equipping diabetes sufferers with the skills they need to slow down - and where possible halt - the progression of their disease before the appearance of life-threatening complications. 

We do this with our staff of specially-trained educators and health professionals who understand the importance of a holistic approach to self-management of the disease. Our staff and clinics offer care, support and education in applying the latest developments in diabetes therapies.

Companion Card

Fitness Australia is shaping a more socially inclusive Australia by becoming an affiliate of the National Companion Card. 

About Companion Card

The Companion Card is a tool to assist organisations that charge an admission or participation fee to comply with existing anti-discrimination legislation .

The Companion Card is issued to people with a significant, permanent disability, who can demonstrate that they are unable to access most community activities and venues without attendant care support.

The card contains a photograph of the cardholder and can be presented when booking or purchasing a ticket at events and venues, provided the cardholder requires attendant care support in order to participate at that particular activity. Participating organisations will issue the cardholder with a second ticket for their companion at no charge. 

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