Community
1 September, 2024
School radiant after $2.8m
RADIANT Life College at Innisfail has been granted $2.8 million in Go for Gold sports funding.
The funds will be used to transform the school's oval and sporting infrastructure into a state-of-the-art facility, complete with a running track encircling a football field, change rooms and toilets, and a strength and conditioning room.
Radiant Life College was one of 17 schools to be selected out of over 700 applicants across Queensland for the second round of Go for Gold funding. Principal Nathanael Edwards said it would help the school provide education and sporting opportunities for First Nations students.
“Located in a regional area, we can get overlooked in some respects, but this time our local member has supported us in this journey,” he said.
Mr Edwards said Member for Hill Shane Knuth “knows and supports the school community, and we thank him for his partnership in our desire to create, not just a learning space for our students, but an opportunity for sporting activities that will bring the greater community together”.
“We know that the social impacts of this sporting facility upgrade will be long-lasting and generational.”
Mr Edwards said engaging First Nations youngsters in sports and physical education had significant short and long-term benefits in education, teamwork and physical and mental wellbeing.
Mr Knuth said Radiant Life had "earned the faith of the Department of Education and ministers past and present”.
