{"id":122455,"date":"2026-01-19T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/?p=122455"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:49:38","slug":"education-beyond-the-classroom-how-shared-spaces-shape-stronger-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/education-beyond-the-classroom-how-shared-spaces-shape-stronger-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Education beyond the classroom: How shared spaces shape stronger communities."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]This International Day of Education (24 January), we&#8217;re celebrating a powerful idea: education isn&#8217;t confined to classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme \u2014 &#8220;The power of youth in co-creating education&#8221; \u2014 reminds us that learning happens everywhere. In sports halls. On playing fields. In spaces where young people connect, grow, and thrive together.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gZtwncFpIlJFVyDKWvYALmSxqMhmblGzKNacLdw \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/frensham-schools\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Frensham Schools<\/a> lives this philosophy through the Gillick Sports Complex, a world-class facility they&#8217;ve opened to the wider community through <a class=\"gZtwncFpIlJFVyDKWvYALmSxqMhmblGzKNacLdw \" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vennu\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Vennu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By making premium sports infrastructure accessible to all, they&#8217;re reinforcing that education, wellbeing and community are inseparable.<\/p>\n<p>Shared spaces create opportunities. They bring people together, encourage participation, and help build the inclusive, sustainable societies we all want to see.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re organising youth programs, community sports, or group activities, quality facilities matter.<\/p>\n<p>On this International Day of Education, let&#8217;s celebrate the spaces that empower the next generation to learn, play, and lead.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"grve-element grve-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/u\/gsc_frensham\/857\" class=\"grve-btn grve-btn-medium grve-square grve-bg-primary-5 grve-bg-hover-black\"><span>Book the Gillick Sports Complex now<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"grve-element grve-image grve-align-center\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/67593514-438f-497e-96f9-e174e140c7e1.avif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Outdoor Courts - Gillick Sports Complex\u200b,\u200b Frensham\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/67593514-438f-497e-96f9-e174e140c7e1.avif 1024w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/67593514-438f-497e-96f9-e174e140c7e1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/67593514-438f-497e-96f9-e174e140c7e1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]This International Day of Education (24 January), we&#8217;re celebrating a powerful idea: education isn&#8217;t confined to classrooms. This year&#8217;s theme \u2014 &#8220;The power of youth in co-creating education&#8221; \u2014 reminds us that learning happens everywhere. In sports halls. On playing fields. In spaces where young people connect, grow, and thrive together. Frensham Schools lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":122159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vennu.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}