Glendyne to receive $2.5 million for gym and sport facility

A school offering an alternative education option for vulnerable students will receive more than $2.5 million to upgrade its sporting facilities after its current gym was damaged in a severe storm.

Carinity Education Glendyne principal Dale Hansen, has welcomed Queensland Government funding for a new gymnasium and sports education facility at the Hervey Bay school.

A Fraser Coast school that provides alternative education options for vulnerable students has received a grant of more than $2.5 million to upgrade its sporting facilities after its current gym was damaged in a severe storm.

The grant was secured under the Go for Gold Fund scheme, which is funded by the state government.

The funding of $2.575 million will deliver a gymnasium and sports education facility for the Hervey Bay school, Glendyne.

“The grant will fund the replacement of the current gym which was damaged by a severe storm in December 2022 and is no longer able to be used,” Carinity Education Glendyne principal Dale Hansen said in a statement.

“The new building will provide students access to a range of sports and activities which can be done in all weather conditions, as well as a sports storage area, a classroom for the sport and recreation program, a weights and gymnastics area, and toilets and laundry for students to access.”

Glendyne caters to students in upper primary and secondary school, Years 6 to 12, including at-risk and disengaged youth who have struggled to overcome personal barriers and challenges, operating in Hervey Bay for more than 20 years.

The school welcomed its first students in 1998, five young men who had experienced extremely adverse life circumstances and has continued to help those in need of alternative education since that time.

In 2021, it was proposed that a similar Carinity Education school could be built in Maryborough.

The Go for Gold Fund aims to support Queensland schools to encourage and enhance physical activity opportunities for students in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Labor Maryborough MP Bruce Saunders said the state government had committed $100 million over four years to provide sports equipment and build and upgrade school sports infrastructure.

“The funding received by Glendyne to provide the school with a new gym and sport and recreation classroom will be a welcome addition after the old facilities were damaged,” he said.

The building project at Carinity Education Glendyne will be completed by December 2025.

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