Annual Report 2014/2015

Sport Capability
Developing the Capability of our Sports
Organisations
The Sport Capability Team’s main objective is to foster
and develop unique partnerships, working to implement
innovative, sustainable programmes for the benefit of the
whole community. The provision of best practice examples,
training, development and support for the people and
volunteers that work in the sports sector has been our
primary focus in achieving this objective.
Harbour Sport provides capability development
opportunities in the community through a variety of
Specific, Targeted and Generic programmes. Supporting the
development of capability in Regional Sports Organisations,
Clubs, targeted communities, the Asian Community,
Volunteers and Schools (Secondary and Primary) remains
our key focus and is achieved by developing and utilising a
number of different initiatives. This approach has proven to
be very successful as the interventions have been tailored
to the specific needs of the user. Interventions utilised
include generic workshops, specific workshops, one-toone
and group organisational planning and development,
WOF, toolkits, template development, and the mentoring
of key people in sports organisations. Specific topics and
support has included Strategic Planning, Governance,
Leadership, Volunteer Development, Coach Development,
Club Development, Officials Development and programme
management and development.
The 2014/2015 year has seen our continued work with the
Sport NZ targeted sports, in addition to Harbour Sport’s
regionally identified sports. Harbour Sport has successfully
implemented a number of different programmes /
interventions to the benefit of a number of different sports
organisations:
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Strategic Planning – Consultation and process for
Harbour Basketball, Harbour Badminton, North Shore
Events Centre completed. Review for NH Volleyball,
Harbour Hockey plans completed. Start of process
for Netball NH, Touch NH and Harbour Hockey. Club
Strategic Planning ongoing with 18 clubs in the region.
Volunteer Management – Plans initiated in depth with
NH Softball, Harbour Basketball, Wakatere Boating
Club and Weiti Boating Club.
Club Development Support – Projects aligned as
outcomes within the strategic plans, including increase
in junior participation, volunteer recruitment, volunteer
training and development (committee PD), conflict
resolution, school club links, and income generation
initiatives.
Coach Development – Volunteer and coach development
workshops and Coach Developer programme through
schools and clubs. Three KiwiSport projects initiated.
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Facility Development Support – Warkworth
Showgrounds, Community Sports Village, Metro Park,
Mairangi Bay Beach Volleyball Centre, Shepherd’s Park.
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Risk Management, Health and Safety, Child Protection –
Generic Workshops held and further support for clubs
and RSO’s: Harbour Hockey, NH Volleyball, and Netball
NH.
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Financial Planning and Governance Support – NH
Softball, Touch NH, Harbour Basketball, NH Volleyball.
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Targeted Community engagement – Interventions
designed to increase participation in Asian and rural
populations, and schools with lower participation in
sport and recreation.
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KiwiSport Project support and development – Ongoing
support with RSO’s, clubs and schools on their KiwiSport
projects.
Workshop Programme
The “Sector Knowledge” days have been designed for
CEO’s and Sport Development staff around specific topics
relevant to supporting their organisation. Topics have
included Auckland Council Engagement; Unitary Plan,
Long Term Plan (LTP), Local Board, ASB funding, Child
Protection, North Harbour Sports Summit. This forum had
over 120 participants.
The Harbour Sport Club Workshop Programme was
reduced to specifically cater for the identified needs of the
community and focused on two key areas as requested by
local clubs. The two topic areas requested and delivered
were:
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Funding
Volunteer Management
ActivAsian
The continued growth in the Asian community has seen
programmes to evolve to meet the varying needs of the
Asian community as they engage more into Sport and
Recreation. The ActivAsian programme has three key
objectives:
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Improving sporting opportunities for Asian people, with
a particular focus on school-aged children.
Improving access to information about sport and
recreational opportunities for the Asian community.
Encouraging more Asian people to participate in sport
The engagement and removal of barriers in varying
cultures is often difficult. The strategy implemented was
to build a system which allows the traditional sporting
frameworks to be developed and grown in their ability to
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“WHERE TOO MUCH SPORT IS NEVER ENOUGH”