Annual Report 2016/2017

SPORT CAPABILITY
DEVELOPING THE CAPABILITY OF OUR SPORTS ORGANISATIONS
Working collaboratively to support sport and recreation organisations at a number of levels to deliver
and maintain a quality sport system in our region, by engendering a philosophy of good governance,
good practice and continuous improvement, remains the key objective of the Sport Capability Team.
To enable us to achieve our goals of increased participation opportunities, more participants, coaches
and volunteers in sport and recreation, we work closely with organisations to identify their strengths
and areas for improvement, so that they are in a position to implement the systems and processes
required to create or enhance a high-performing organisation. The identification and sharing of good
practice examples, the training, development and support for the people and volunteers that work in
the sports sector and the linking of the community to make the most of identified opportunities,
continue to be our key areas of focus in achieving our objective. In taking this holistic approach we
look to foster and develop quality, sustainable programmes, strong partnerships and effective
collaborations which will be of benefit to the whole community.
Harbour Sport?s delivery of inclusive support for the development of capability in Regional Sports
Organisations, Clubs, targeted communities, the Asian Community, Volunteers and Schools (Secondary
and Primary), is achieved by providing a variety of capability development opportunities in the
community, tailored to meet the identified and agreed needs of the user. This approach has proven to
be very successful, developing and utilising a number of different initiatives through a variety of
Specific, Targeted and Generic programmes, depending upon the level of support required by each
organisation. Specific topics and support has included Strategic and Annual Planning, Governance,
Leadership, Volunteer Development, Coach Development, Club Development, Officials Development
and programme management and development. The provision of this support consisted of a number
of development opportunities including generic workshops, specific workshops, one-to-one and group
organisational planning and development, capability assessments, Toolkits, Template development,
and the mentoring of key people in sports organisations.
The 2016/2017 year has seen some changes in the priorities from Sport NZ, one of which was the
removal of their targeted sports with whom we had prioritised our work in previous years. In line with
Sport NZ, we have devoted a significant amount of time and staff resource to supporting Aktive with
the development of a series of work plans which make up the regional Auckland Approach.
Additionally, significant time and resource was invested into the development of Community of
Activity Plans, which form the basis of our community-based work for the 2017/2018 investment
period.
Harbour Sport continued to work with our regionally significant sports and support organisations
throughout the region with initiatives and projects as much as limited resources would allow. A variety
of programmes / interventions benefitting a number of different sports organisations were
successfully implemented by Harbour Sport:
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