Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
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Recreation and leisure<br />
<strong>Council</strong> activities and<br />
services<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> Otautahi<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
p85.<br />
<strong>Council</strong> activities and services<br />
Recreation and leisure<br />
What are recreation and leisure services and what<br />
does the <strong>Council</strong> do?<br />
These services include running city sports facilities and<br />
programmes, promoting <strong>Christchurch</strong> as a destination for top<br />
sports events, and hosting festivals and events in the city.<br />
Why is the <strong>Council</strong> involved in recreation and<br />
leisure?<br />
The goal is to make <strong>Christchurch</strong> a better place to live by promoting<br />
healthy, active lifestyles.<br />
Local government is responsible for promoting the cultural,<br />
economic, environmental and social well-being of communities for<br />
the present and the future.<br />
Recreation and leisure activities contribute to the social well-being<br />
of the community by offering a wide range of facilities (pools,<br />
leisure centres, stadia and sporting facilities) as well as a range of<br />
services, programmes and events, many of which are based around<br />
those facilities.<br />
They also contribute toward the achievement of the city’s<br />
Community Outcomes by helping to make <strong>Christchurch</strong> a city of<br />
diverse and inclusive communities, a prosperous city, a healthy<br />
city, and a city for recreation, fun and creativity – four of the nine<br />
goals for our city that are included in our Community Outcomes.<br />
This contribution is made by providing the opportunity for, and<br />
encouraging everyone to, participate in leisure, sport and physical<br />
activities. It also delivers economic benefits to the <strong>City</strong> through<br />
festivals and events and by encouraging residents to live a healthy<br />
and active lifestyle. For more information on these nine goals see<br />
the Community Outcomes section of this report.<br />
How does it affect me?<br />
You use the <strong>Council</strong>’s recreation and leisure services if you use<br />
facilities like QEII Park, Pioneer Leisure Centre, Jellie Park or<br />
Centennial Leisure Centre. You also use them if you attend any<br />
<strong>Council</strong> events such as Christmas in the Park or Classical Sparks, or<br />
a council-supported sporting event in the city, such as PGA Golf.<br />
What activities are included in recreation and<br />
leisure?<br />
Recreation and sports services<br />
Recreation and sport centres, swimming pools and stadiums<br />
enable residents to take part in recreation and sport. As well<br />
as running these facilities, we support other groups offering<br />
recreation and sport programmes, and secure regional, national<br />
and international sporting events for <strong>Christchurch</strong>.<br />
Events and festivals<br />
Events and festivals help make <strong>Christchurch</strong> a fun, interesting city<br />
to live, and they attract visitors both from within New Zealand and<br />
internationally. We produce a year-round programme of free and<br />
affordable events, and support a range of festivals that enhance the<br />
lifestyle qualities of <strong>Christchurch</strong>.<br />
What did we achieve?<br />
Participation in recreation and sports has remained strong.<br />
New programmes such as Zumba have helped increase group<br />
fitness participation and focussed professional marketing has<br />
increased gym membership amongst our target populations.<br />
Much loved community events such as Children’s Day, Community<br />
Orienteering and Culture Galore achieved record numbers.<br />
A focused approach to building capacity within community groups<br />
to deliver recreation and sports has lifted standards across the<br />
board, especially in <strong>Christchurch</strong>’s response to the Government’s<br />
Kiwisport programme. We are working together with our partners<br />
to improve the swimming ability of our most vulnerable kids.<br />
The development of an artificial hockey pitch at St Bedes College<br />
and the redevelopment of the Wharenui Pool have been completed<br />
and frustrating delays in the Graham Condon Recreation and Sport<br />
Centre have been overcome; the centre is now under construction.<br />
We have worked with our partners to host a great programme<br />
of major sporting events including the Wellington Phoenix,<br />
Cycling Road Nationals, NZ Women’s Golf Open and the NZ PGA<br />
Championships. We have secured <strong>Christchurch</strong> as a World Cup<br />
training base for rugby giants England, Argentina and Australia.<br />
Our achievements during the year have contributed towards<br />
community, prosperity, health and recreation community<br />
outcomes. One way of measuring our progress towards these<br />
outcomes is through the number of visits to council sports and<br />
recreation facilities. The result for <strong>2010</strong> was 4,718,216, compared to<br />
4,289,632 in 2009 and 3,922,172 in 2008.
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