NEWS

Workers Lifestyle Group has made a strong submission to the NSW Government review of ClubGRANTS. The ClubGRANTS scheme is one way registered clubs like Blacktown Workers and Blacktown Sports contribute directly to our community, sporting groups and charities. Submissions closed on 18 March 2024. “Our submission calls on the State Government to support and strengthen the most important ele...

Join us in the 2kg Challenge today by registering at 2kgChallenge.com.au   This is your opportunity to empower yourself to reduce your chance of type 2 diabetes. The 2kg Challenge is a diabetes awareness, detection and prevention campaign.  If you are at risk of diabetes, losing just 2kg can reduce your chance of developing type 2 diabetes by 30%. You can do this by regular physical activit...

Congratulations to Catherine O’Donnell for her artwork Gilded Communities winning the Blacktown Arts Main Prize.  The winner of the First Nations Artist Prize was awarded to Nathan Dawson for his artwork Loss of Identity/Culture. Workers Lifestyle Group are proud sponsors of the Blacktown Arts Prize and congratulate all the winners and finalists. The Blacktown City Art Prize and Young Artist P...

Workers Lifestyle Group members generously donated Christmas presents to 40 local families via Junaya Family Development Services.   Junaya told us that the presents members donated through our Giving Tree at Workers Blacktown and Workers Sports were the only gifts children in some families received at Christmas time. So thank you to our members for your Christmas kindness.   Junaya Family ...

The Workers Lifestyle Group’s annual Children’s Christmas Party at Blacktown Showgrounds raised funds for the Blacktown Hospital children’s ward, via the Better Foundation.   The day included amusement rides, shows on the main stage, a petting zoo and face painting. There was also a very special visit from Santa and friends.   Market stalls sold food, drinks and other pr...

Workers Lifestyle Group directors, management and staff proudly salute our President, Kay Kelly, who is stepping down after 16 years of exceptional leadership.   Kay became President in 2008 and has been a director for 29 years of WLG (or Blacktown Workers Club, as it was previously).  She has been a member since 1976, three years after she joined Workers Blacktown’s staff. In 2023 Kay was...

Health checks highlight Western Sydney diabetes risk  Health checks at Workers Lifestyle Group’s two Blacktown clubs predict 7.4% of participants will develop type 2 diabetes within five years.    Type 2 diabetes is largely caused by lifestyle factors and Western Sydney is a hotspot for the disease, as 15 months’ data from Blacktown Workers and Workers Sports clearly shows.   The health ...

Sydney Zoo Glow! Workers Lifestyle Group an Event Partner for the Sydney Zoo GLOW Festival launched in May.  We  sponsored the Kaurna Skink animatronic light installation, designed by an indigenous artist. Sydney Zoo expected more than 110,000 visitors during the Festival, predominantly Western Sydney residents. Workers Lifestyle Group received a number of complimentary tickets which we made ava...

Workers Lifestyle Group is continuing to develop our (Reflect) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).  We are currently working with a number of Elders and key community partners to develop our program. Acknowledgement to Country Workers Lifestyle Group acknowledges the Darug people as the traditional custodians of this land on which our venues are located.  We pay our respect to Elders past, present...

Workers Lifestyle Group has been recognised in the ClubsNSW Clubs and Community Awards for its ground-breaking Western Sydney Changing Diabetes campaign and the stalwart community service of President Kay Kelly. Kay Kelly has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her 50 years of exceptional service to Workers Lifestyle Group (previously Blacktown Workers Club) and the Blacktown commu...

On possibly the coldest evening this year, Thu 22 Jun, over 40 participants from Workers Lifestyle Group and our partners braved the freezing, wet weather at our third annual CEO & CO Winter Sleepout to raise funds for Carevan Blacktown. During a time when many are doing it tough, Carevan Blacktown helps those in need with food, hampers and warm clothes. Last night, Workers Lifestyle Group he...