Annual Report 2017_2018

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT
H ar b o u r Sp o r t
co n t in u es t o w o r k
clo sely in livin g o u t
it s p u r p o se o f
in sp ir in g,
em p ow er in g an d
st ren gt h en in g t h e
co m m u n it y
t h ro u gh p h ysical
act ivit y.
Ou r st rat egic go als
o f In crease Par t icip at io n , Qu alit y
Exp er ien ces, Be Co n n ect ed an d In sigh t s t o
In flu en ce Act io n w ed ge u s clo sely t o t h e
N o r t h H ar b o u r co m m u n it y in all t h at w e
d o .
Diver sifyin g an d in creasin g t h e skill set o f
H ar b o u r Sp o r t as an Organ isat io n h as
b een a key co m p o n en t over t h e last year .
Wit h a n u m b er o f n ew co n t ract s w it h in t h e
b u sin ess, H ar b o u r Sp o r t h as seen a lar ge
st aff grow t h as w ell as a d iver sit y in t h e
areas o f co m m u n it y en gagem en t t h at w e
h ave b een in vo lved in .
Wit h t h e co m m u n it y at t h e h ear t o f
ever yt h in g H ar b o u r Sp o r t d o es, w o r kin g
clo sely w it h t h e lo cal p eo p le, ascer t ain in g
n eed s, u n d er st an d in g t h e d em o grap h ics
o f a grow in g an d ch an gin g co m m u n it y are
at t h e fo re o f lead er sh ip an d resp o n sib ilit y
o f an o u t w ard facin g, co m m u n it y-b ased
o r gan isat io n .
In o rd er t o co n t in u e t o b e t h e ch an ge t h at
t h e co m m u n it y d esires, H ar b o u r Sp o r t
also co n t in u es it s d iver sificat io n , seekin g
o u t n ew an d in n ovat ive o p p o r t u n it ies t o
en su re su ccess in lo cally led co m m u n it y
d evelo p m en t p ro gram m es t o su p p o r t o u r
co m m u n it y an d en ab le m o re p eo p le t o
b eco m e act ive.
Evid en ce o f t h e valu e H ar b o u r Sp o r t is
p rovid in g acro ss a b read t h o f areas w it h in
sp o r t , recreat io n , p h ysical act ivit y an d
h ealt h , reflect s t h e skills, kn ow led ge an d
exp er ien ce o f t h e st aff an d t h e reco gn it io n
b y ext er n al fu n d er s o f t h e excellen ce in
lead er sh ip , in n ovat io n an d d eliver y t h at
H ar b o u r Sp o r t co n t in u es t o p rovid e.
To o u r key fin an cial p ar t n er s, w e t h an k yo u
fo r t h e fait h t h at yo u h ave in H ar b o u r
Sp o r t t o d eliver . We kn ow t h at sp o r t an d
recreat io n b r in gs ab o u t sign ifican t b en efit s
o t h er t h an ju st h ealt h an d fit n ess. We
ap p reciat e t h at yo u sh are w it h u s t h e
valu es o f grow in g co m m u n it y co h esio n
an d co n n ect io n , su p p o r t in g t h e w ellb ein g
o f o u r co m m u n it y an d in vest in g in it s
fu t u re.
It co n t in u es t o b e an o n go in g ch allen ge t o
secu re p ar t n er s an d yet H ar b o u r Sp o r t ?s
p ar t n er s h ave o ft en b een o n t h e jo u r n ey
w it h u s fo r so m e t im e an d w e ap p reciat e
t h at w e can o ffer valu e an d a p o in t o f
d ifferen ce fo r fu n d er s t o in vest in t h e
fu t u re w ell-b ein g o f o u r lo cal co m m u n it y.
M y t h an ks t o t h e Bo ard over t h e last
eleven year s. Yo u r kn ow led ge an d visio n
fo r t h e regio n an d co m m it m en t as
vo lu n t eer s t o m akin g an im p act is
sin cerely ap p reciat ed . Yo u h ave given o f
yo u r t im e t o sh are yo u r w ealt h o f
exp er ien ce as b u sin ess an d co m m u n it y
p eo p le an d t h e N o r t h H ar b o u r co m m u n it y
are all t h e b et t er fo r it .
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