Sad news from the team at Confit Gym in Parramatta, with Founder and CEO Joe Kwon announcing the gym will officially close on August 31.
The gym opened to the public earlier this year and was headed up by a team of trainers who have either served time in jail themselves or grown up in a family who has.
With the slogan ‘Train to be Free’, the gym was designed to drive meaningful change by giving people coming out of the justice system more opportunities.
“This has been the hardest decision that I have ever had to make but we have decided to close down Confit Gym as it was not feasible in running its operations due to the cost of living crisis in western Sydney,” Kwon said.
Although Confit Gym is now closed, Confit Pathways is still operating and will continue to make an impact on people in and connected to the justice system.
Ellie Busby is a news reporter for Western Sydney Publishing Group. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire and Western Sydney University, she is a journalism Major. Ellie has worked with Universal Media, The Cova Project and for a range of other organisations. In 2024, Ellie was named Young Writer of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.