Brad McCarroll

Background

About Brad McCarroll

Brad is Chief Executive Officer of Creating Chances, Australia's first Social Enterprise using sport as the vehicle drive social outcomes for young people. Launched in 2014, Creating Chances growth has been exponential with programs now operating in over 120 schools and communities across New South Wales including Metropolitan Sydney, Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Illawarra, Armidale, Sunraysia and Frankston in Victoria. Creating Chances implements a sophisticated outcomes and evidence based youth development pathway for thousands of students from primary schools through to leaving high school. transitioning through the pathway equips young people with employment skills while enabling them to be ready to contribute positively to society. Brad is also the High Performance Manager of the NSW Sports High School Association. This role has been instrumental in the formation of the association and advising the 7 member schools especially in the areas of Sporting organisation partnerships. In the past 4 years the SHSA has developed partnerships with a range of National and State Sporting bodies as well as the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Olympic Committee. In 2007, Brad founded Mutual Sport a community focused sport consultancy. Early clients included the Rugby Youth Foundation and Football United, both merging in 2015 to become what is now Creating Chances. In addition to that Mutual Sport delivered a wide range consulting projects and delivered youth leadership programs, school engagement strategies while facilitating partnerships with dozens of organisations across all levels of government, community and corporate sectors. Brad has experienced both the corporate and community sectors, previously heading up Macquarie Bank Sports and prior to that developing a National Education Program within the Community Rugby Division at Australian Rugby Union (ARU). Brad has also lectured in Sports Management at the University of Technology Sydney, Australian Catholic University and Australian College of Physical Education.