Aktive - About Us March 2016

ABOUT US
March 2016
Presented by Sarah Sandley, CEO, & Rajal Middleton, Marketing & Sponsorship Manager

Our Vision
Auckland – the world’s most active city

Aktive’s Values
GUTSY
We make transparent, bold decisions in pursuit of our vision for Auckland
TEAM UP
We succeed by trusting & playing to each other’s distinctive strengths
RELENTLESS
We have the passion & perseverance to achieve our goals
GO HARD
We work with intensity, urgency & vigour
PLAY IT STRAIGHT
We deal with the facts, focus on solutions,
& treat everyone fairly & with integrity

WHY AKTIVE WAS SET UP

Importance of
Auckland
• Larger & growing rapidly (Tauranga added every 10
years)
• Unique local body co-governance & political landscape
• Sector fragmented: multiple key agencies & diverse
Regional Sports Organisation (RSO) structures
• Which Auckland?:
• More ethnically diverse
• Younger
• Less active; more obese
• Sport NZ & Auckland Council saw effectiveness
dividend of regional & strategic leadership

The Aktive Intervention
Aktive exists to increase participation by:
1. Reducing complexity for regional & national
stakeholders
2. Providing strategic direction for the sector & investors
3. Increasing investment in to Auckland
4. Consistent & efficient regional interventions
5. Taking costs out of the sector’s back office
“Aktive’s role complements the work of existing sports trusts and will enhance their ability
to focus on local communities and local delivery by providing a shared services platform.”
Ian Maxwell, Director of Community Services, Auckland Council

What Aktive does
1. Key strategic partner for major investors like Sport NZ, Auckland
Council, Foundation North, NZCT, Lion Foundation, Watersafety NZ
2. Makes strategic investment in initiatives & organisations that will
get Aucklanders moving, such as:
1. KiwiSport
2. Pathway to Podium
3. Aktive Coaching & Talent Development
4. The Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan
5. Harbour Sport, Sport Auckland, Sport Counties Manukau, Sport
Waitakere, College Sport
3. Leverages stakeholders to increase investment
4. Connects & aligns powerful players around a shared vision
(central and local government, tertiary, sport sector)
5. Aligns commercial partners who can expand our work

MOMENTUM

Steps Towards the
World's Most Active
City
Some Highlights:
• +$8.2m investment in to Auckland (future benefit)
• On track to take $1m net benefit p.a. out of
sector’s back office ($683k p.a. booked to date)
• 240,000+ Auckland children benefited from
KiwiSport last year
• 700,000 free learn to swim and survive lessons
delivered to date by Greater Auckland Aquatic
Action Plan
• 970 secondary school coaches developed by
Aktive Coaching & Talent Development Unit
• Holden, Fairfax Media, 2Degrees and Simpson
Grierson signed on as partners

1. Reducing Complexity
- Engagement
• Auckland Engagement Plan
• Auckland Council Partner
Plan
• Aktive Partner Plan
• NSO forum
Sport NZ
Aktive
• Healthy Auckland Together
• Tertiary Advisory Group
• Regional KiwiSport Advisory
Group
• Aquatics Advisory Group
• Auckland Sports Coalition
• Coaching & TD Advisory
Group
• Senior Leaders’ Group
• Maori Advisory Group
• NSO Advisory Group
• Chairs Round Table
• Local Sport networks
• School Clusters
• Local Kiwisport Advisory
Panels
• NH Sports Coalition
Local
RSTs
Auckland
Council
• Parks Rec & Sport
Committee
• OneVoice
• CE Forum
• ASARSAP Implementation
Group
• Auckland Investors’ Forum

Reducing Complexity -
Single Point of Contact
• Investment, monitoring & evaluation for key
stakeholders:
• Sport New Zealand (inc. KiwiSport)
• Auckland Council
• Foundation North
• Lion Foundation
• NZ Community Trust
• WaterSafety NZ
• Single Point of Contact for NSOs & RSOs
• Simplified engagement with Council
• Strategic advice – how to get results in Auckland
• NSO Advisory Group

2. Providing Strategic
Direction
Strategic plan 2015-2020 launched July 2014
• Alignment with Sport NZ’s Community Sport strategy
and Auckland’s Sport & Recreation Strategic Action
Plan (ASARSAP)
Local Regional Sports Trust (RST) Alignment
• Key delivery partners - clear working model:
Local RSTs: local delivery – schools, clubs,
communities organisations, local boards
Aktive: regional & national agencies and funders,
Council, National Sports Organisations = reach

3. Increasing
Investment
Central & Local Government
Sport NZ
Community Sport
Active Communities
Targeted Populations
• Auckland Council – work in progress
• Ministry of Health/ DHBs
Healthy Families (Sport Waitakere)
Green Prescriptions (Harbour Sport & Sport
Auckland

Increasing Investment
Regional Funders
WaterSafety NZ
NZ Community Trust
Foundation North
Lion Foundation
Sponsorship
$1.23m to date (mainly contra)
“A single point of contact – Aktive – for regional applications for funding
is both prudent and reassuring during our consideration process.
Auckland-wide benefits are more likely to be supported.”
Mike Knell, CEO, NZ Community Trust

4.Consistent & Efficient
Regional Programmes
KiwiSport
• Regional KiwiSport Advisory Group chaired by Mike
Stanley
• $3 million+ per annum
Aktive Coaching & Talent Development
• World class coaching leadership (Sport NZ rating)
• Pathway 2 Podium
• Aktive Talent, Leadership and Character programme
(TLC) under development (schools)
• Performance Coach Advance (coaches)
• “Good Sports” project

Consistent & Efficient
Regional Programmes
Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan
• 600,000 free learn to swim lessons for children in decile 1-4
primary schools to date
Hera – Everyday Goddess
He Oranga Poutama
Sport NZ Investment Targeting Indian &
Samoan Communities

5. Taking Costs out of
the Back Office
Aktive Shared Services – open for business
• Goal to take $1m p.a. out of sector’s back office by
2017
• 29 national & regional organisations involved/ under
discussion:
• e.g. College Sport, Triathlon NZ, Hockey NZ, Sport Auckland,
Sport Waitakere, Harbour Sport, Aktive, Halberg, Quantum,
Sport Canterbury, International Taekwondo NZ, Counties
Manukau Sports Foundation, Sport Wellington, WMG 2017
• $683k realisable savings to date, from 3 areas

Aktive Shared Services
Aktive Accounting
• Xero-based accounting solution
Aktive Procurement e.g:
• Holden
• 2Degrees
Aktive Marketing
• Web sites from $3.5k (saving average $22.5k)
“People have been talking about the NZ sporting sector sharing services for 30 years.
Aktive has actually done it. They’ve not only transformed College Sport’s accounting, but
we’ll also achieve cost savings of more than $100k a year in a range of areas, which will
help us to reduce costs and provide greater services to schools.”
Dave Currie, CEO, College Sport

What We Are Seeking
A partner to go shoulder to shoulder with us in pursuing our goals and community outcomes for Auckland