Annual Report 2015-2016

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Sport Waitakere
Sport Waitakere has completed another successful year
delivering within our four strategic pillars to achieve our
vision “Everyone connected, healthy and active”.
Schools
KiwiSport has allowed our schools and communities to
identify their own areas of need and have the solutions
supported via funding. 47 projects have been invested in
via KiwiSport funding to the tune of $259,864.
From this funding we have created
over 120,000 opportunities
and leveraged $239,650, meaning
the total investment in the young
people’s space is well over
$499,000.
Our Growing Leaders programme is customised to suit the
needs of our community through workshops that were open
to students and teachers. Future Leaders Day brought together
students from nine West Auckland primary schools. 78
students participated in the workshop. We continued to work
hard to ensure that there are plenty of opportunities for these
leaders to continue to serve their communities. This year sees
the first crop of students who have been through the Growing
Leaders programme in previous years come through the
Growing Coaches programme in high schools.
Building physical literacy remains a targeted area across
the whole of the young people’s space. It is important to
us that development of physical literacy continues in our
community.
This year we have trained 47
teachers, 26 coaches, 15 parents
and 62 high school students to
take knowledge back into their
communities. Alongside this
we delivered physical literacy
workshop blocks over 10 sessions,
to 698 West Auckland students.
Sport
Sport Waitakere has continued its targeted approach to sport
in West Auckland through support of our local clubs in the
Sport Waitakere catchment area. We acknowledge that
the existing targeted approach to the Sport NZ priority sports
will change in the coming year, and look forward to working
with a wider variety of sports across West Auckland.
Community
Move It Youth Holiday programmes were delivered during
the holidays with over 100 youth attending every day.
Mau Rakau, Ki O Rahi and other cultural games were
introduced to this free programme which attracts a high
percentage of youth from Pacific and Māori communities.
Sport Waitakere led an activation project in Olympic Park
funded by Auckland Council to reduce the amount of graffiti
in the park. Through activation efforts such as local youth led
murals, pop up sports activities and events, the park has seen
a decrease in graffiti of just under 30%.
Healthy Families Waitakere
Healthy Families New Zealand is part of the Government’s
wider approach to helping New Zealanders live healthy,
active lives. Healthy Families Waitakere is one of ten
communities across New Zealand involved. Ten new staff
have joined the wider Sport Waitakere team to support
and drive change in the community.
Healthy Families Waitakere is supported by a number of
organisations to provide strategic leadership and create healthy
change within their spheres of influence. Initiatives targeted
by the team include Smokefree and Water only, Nutrition in
Sport Clubs, Early Childhood Education and Workplace health.
We look forward to working with our community in the year
ahead, and continue being one of the flagship organisations
in our region, striving for our vision of “everyone connected,
healthy and active.”
We are a pilot location for Play.sport. This Sport NZ project
supports teachers, schools, parents and communities to
improve the quality of young people’s experiences of play,
physical education, physical activity and sport. 26 schools are
involved and we now employ 2.5 activators to support schools
to provide students with the confidence, competence and
motivation to be involved in sport and recreation for life.