Aktive Annual Report 2013-2014

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18 Aktive Annual Report 2013/2014 AUCKLAND-WIDE PROGRAMMES Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan The Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) is a collaborative project that coordinates professionally delivered swimming lessons to primary school children in the greater Auckland region, ensuring the development of fundamental swimming and water safety skills. GAAAP targets schools in decile one to six and children in years three to six. Over the past 12 months, GAAAP has continued to deliver a comprehensive swim and survive programme that increases the swim ability of all participants. A total of 112 schools were involved in 2013/2014 with over 18,000 kids participating in lessons. There was a 118% increase in kids swimming 25 metres; a 268% increase in kids achieving 100 metres and a 400% increase in kids achieving 200 metres – the benchmark for being able to swim and survive. July 2014 marked a change in leadership of the programme with Aktive assuming that role from Sport Auckland who had admirably managed the programme since its inception in 2011. GAAAP would not be possible without the generous support of ASB Community Trust, KiwiSport and Water Safety New Zealand. Programme highlights: • 18,358 kids received GAAAP funded lessons from 112 schools • Swim ability increased against all nine measures • Aquatic sector collaboration to teacher professional development • Water Safety New Zealand re-invested into the initiative and identified Aktive as the lead agency for swim and survive programmes in Auckland • Half a million lessons delivered to be celebrated in late 2014. KiwiSport KiwiSport is a national initiative, launched in 2009 by the Prime Minister, which aims to: • Increase the number of school-age children participating in organised sport – during school, after school and by strengthening links with sports clubs; • Increase the availability and accessibility of sport opportunities for all school-aged children; and • Support children in developing skills that will enable them to participate effectively in sport at both primary and secondary level. It consists of two funds: 1. A Direct Fund to all primary and secondary schools (public and private) through operating grants. The amount allocated to each school is based on a per capita formula and is funded directly by the Ministry of Education through operational funding; and 2. The Regional Partnership Fund, administered by Aktive and local RSTs in Auckland and allocated on a per capita student basis. The investment is directed to community groups to support sport participation for children aged 5-18 years. In Auckland, the Regional Partnership Fund has been split into a local KiwiSport investment administered by individual Auckland RSTs, and a regional KiwiSport investment administered in 2013/14 by the four Auckland RSTs under the Regional Sports Trust Alliance. The inclusion of a regional investment fund, which is unique to Auckland, supports organisations that deliver across greater Auckland. It is estimated that KiwiSport investment in the Auckland region supported 239,633 young people to participate in sport in 2013/14. A summary of the regional and local distributions that were made in 2013/14 follows on pages 29-33. 970 secondary school coaches developed by the Greater Auckland Coaching Unit
Aktive Annual Report 2013/2014 19 LOOKING AHEAD KiwiSport When regional KiwiSport investment transferred from Auckland RSTs to Aktive, there was an opportunity to review the management and distribution of this contestable funding. The resulting changes, effective in the 2014/15 year, have improved impact and transparency, and streamlined the regional application process. Decision-making is now overseen by a Regional KiwiSport Advisory Group. Headed by Mike Stanley as an independent chair, it has representation from: • Aktive • Auckland Council • College Sport • Counties Manukau Sport • Harbour Sport • Primary school representative • Sport Auckland • Sport Waitakere. “Every elite athlete as a child had the chance to try their sport for the first time. KiwiSport extends this opportunity to thousands of Auckland children. As independent chair, my role is to ensure that regional KiwiSport investment is made wisely, by supporting applications from codes that introduce – and keep – the maximum number of children into sport.” Mike Stanley Independent chair, Auckland Regional KiwiSport Advisory Group Us Girls Aktive has secured investment of $630,000 over a three-year period towards a project with the working title of Us Girls. The project seeks to develop an holistic approach to ‘growing and retaining’ difficult-to-reach girls aged 13-18 years in sport and recreation via formal and informal opportunities, working within targeted low-decile communities including Papakura, Manurewa, Manukau, Otara, Mangere, Green Bay, Lynfield, Blockhouse Bay and Mount Roskill. The project has set a target of positively impacting the lives of 15,000 girls within those communities during this three-year period. Confirmed project partners include Aktive, Sport New Zealand, Auckland Council, Sport Waitakere, Sport Auckland, AUT, Aktive Coaching, College Sport and Netball New Zealand. To achieve our target, on-the-ground emphasis will be placed on: • Youth-led development work that informs the design phase including product development • Connecting, up-skilling and mobilising a network of providers across the region to develop services and programmes informed by the design phase. Providers will include NSOs, RSOs, schools, facility providers, community groups and others • Developing leaders • Identifying employment opportunities in sport and recreation • Championing a culture of it being ‘cool for girls to be active’ • Resource development • Identifying best practice • Development of empirical research • Volunteering/coaching • Use of technology. 15,000 girls will benefit from newly funded Us Girls project
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