Sports and Entertainment Bar Restaurant | Illawarra Steelers Club

Corporate Governance

Whilst providing a place of enjoyment for our Members and Guests is the focus for us as a club, the primary function of the company is to propagate sport in the Illawarra, in particular Rugby League. This is achieved by adhering to our key strategic fundamentals:

A viable Steelers organisation
Profitable Licensed club = Investment in Rugby League
World class NRL & local rugby league in the Illawarra
Honouring our commitments
Valuing our key stakeholders
Operate within our affordable means
Custodians of our members’ interests

Board of Directors

Chairman – Graeme Gulloch
Deputy Chairman – Sean O’Connor
Director – John Brannon
Director – John Borgo
Director – Bob Millward OAM
Director - Gerry Murphy

Management

General Manager – Rowen Cole
Administration Manager – Alison King

Annual Report

Financial Report 2023

Community Engagement

The Steelers Club provides financial assistance through the Club Grants program to Rugby League in the region, registered charities and other fundraising activities. In addition, we provide accommodation to the Illawarra based Dragons administration, Illawarra District Rugby League administration and Illawarra Steelers Representative staff. The Steelers Club also support local sporting teams by donating the Steelers facilities with complimentary room and equipment hire.

Men Of League Foundation

The Steelers Club is an active supporter of the Men of League Foundation. The Men of League Foundation supports members of the rugby league community who have fallen on hard times. They provide practical assistance with everything from medical operations, rehabilitation and nursing equipment to welfare support, grants and scholarships. For more information click here.

Community

Steelers are proud to have contributed to the following organisations in recent years. We continue to provide on-going support to the community:

Community Cancer Link
Coniston FC
Dancing with the Stars
Harvey Norman Women's Rugby League
Illawarra Cancer Carers
Illawarra Hawks
Illawarra Health & Medical Research
Illawarra Junior Rugby League
Illawarra Senior Rugby League
Illawarra Steelers Representative Rugby League
IMRI
International Women's Day
Leukaemia Foundation
Mental Health Movement
One Door Mental Health
Rodeo for Life
Steelers Bowlers
Vax Illawarra
Wear it purple
Wollongong AFL Club
Wollongong Surf Life Saving

Bronze Partner - NSW Government Sustainability Advantage Program

As a commitment to the Illawarra Steelers Club's vision to be economically and environmentally sustainable, a Sustainability Team has been established to facilitate a shift towards sustainable business management practices and align with the club's overall strategic focus to propagate Rugby League in the Illawarra. The Steelers Sustainability Team is pivotal to delivering upon internal sustainability objectives and goals, as well as engaging with external stakeholders to shape sustainability in the broader context of the community. The role of the Steelers Sustainability Team is to provide leadership, coordination and guidance to the integration of sustainability into the Illawarra Steelers Club, including the administration of initiatives and projects designed to meet the club's sustainability objectives and goals.

Important Information For Club Members

This club is required by law to make available to its members information that relates to the management and financial administration of the club including:

A register of disclosures made by the directors and employees of the club.
Details of overseas travel made by the directors and employees of the club.
Details of loans given by the club to employees.
Details of contracts of employment of top executives.
Details of payments made by the club for consultant services.
Details of legal settlements made by the club with a director or an employee of the club.
Details of legal fess paid by the club for a director or an employee of the club.
The club's annual gaming machine profit.
The amount applied by the club to community development of support.
Details of training completed, or exemptions claimed, by a director, club secretary or manager of the club

The club must provide quarterly financial statements to its board for adoption, and make them available to members, including:

The club's profit and loss accounts and trading accounts for the quarter, and
A balance sheet as at the end of the quarter.

Steelers are committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your personal information.

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your personal information.

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

Personal information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Common examples include a customer’s name, address, telephone number or date of birth. We collect your personal information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you; we may also use your personal information, by consent, for secondary purposes such as marketing. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

Third Parties

In concurrence with our partnership with Aristocrat, Personal Information collected from you will be accessible only for one of the following purposes:

database/system maintenance or upgrades
review and improve products and services
perform statistical analysis for Steelers
help us to comply with our AML/CTF Act compliance
to comply with other legal obligations

In such a case we will take reasonable and practical steps to ensure that your personal information be kept secure.

Regulators

We may disclose your personal information to:

regulators and law enforcement agencies (including those responsible for enforcing the AML/CTF Act);
respond to an enquiry from a government agency under State, Territory or Commonwealth laws; and
any other relevant Commonwealth, State and Territory government authorities and agencies. made aware of the information provided to us by the third party

Security of Personal Information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

Access to your Personal Information

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

Steelers will not charge any fee for your access request or for providing a copy of your Personal Information. In order to protect your Personal Information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information

It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

Policy Updates

This Policy may change from time to time and is also available from club reception.

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Address: PO Box 900

Wollongong, NSW 2500

Email: steelers@steelers.com.au

Phone: (02) 4227 2255