Annual Report 2019

and have a life-long passion for sport, play and active
recreation.
To that end we are indebted to our major funders; Auckland
Council, Maungakiekie- Tamaki Local Board, Puketapapa
Local Board, Albert-Eden Local Board, Howick Local Board,
Auckland District Health Board (ADHB), Counties Manukau
District Health Board (CMDHB), Foundation North, Lion
Foundation, New Zealand Community Trust, Four Winds, Mt
Wellington Foundation, our Tamaki, Roskill and Inner City
School Clusters and Aktive Auckland Sport and Recreation.
Our outcomes and shared vision are aligned with all these
funders and with their support we are making many inroads
to address the barriers and blinkered thinking that
exist that makes being able to partake in sport, play and
active recreation so hard.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
Helen Keller
reach further than ever before.
Likewise our Health and Wellness team have played a
significant role in our wellbeing work. We have delivered the
Green Prescription programme to over 10,000 participants
on behalf of the ADHB and CMDHB; and over 150 children
took part in the Active Families contract we hold with the
ADHB. Our graduates tell us they have made significant
changes to their diets, have increased their physical activity,
confidence and energy levels are up, stress levels down and
many had lost weight as personal goals were achieved. But,
more importantly they have felt strongly supported by our
skilled staff as they have embarked on their own journey
of behavioural change and self management. It is both
humbling and a privilege to support these participants and
to see the significant changes they have made throughout
the duration of their programmes. Our relationship between
our two Health Boards continues to be very strong and we
thank them both for their continued support of our work.
Aktive plays a significant role for us as they double up not
only as one of our significant funders but as a significant
partner as well. Together with them and our other partners,
Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere and CLM Community
Sport we continue to deliver on the strategy The Auckland
Approach to Community Sport http://www.sportauckland.
org.nz/About-Us/The-Auckland-Approach-to-Community-
Sport. Into its third year of delivery we are building a system
that aims to increase participation in physical activity and
active recreation particularly for our Young People aged
5-18 years, Girls aged 10-18 years, and our Indian, Māori,
Chinese and Samoan ethnic groups. There continues to be
a strong emphasis on helping our tamariki and rangatihi
and helping those communities that due to varying
circumstances are often prone to being more inactive than
others.
Good quality coaching and building the capability of the
community adds significant resource and manpower
to our community sport system. Our skilled staff have
worked tirelessly this year alongside our key stakeholders,
committed to looking for locally-led solutions for local
community issues. We are ensuring that we develop
locally-led leaders that can and will champion for quality
opportunities for play, sport and active recreation in their
local communities. We thank our community sport staff
for all the significant outcomes and impact that they have
achieved this year, including extending our community
We record elsewhere the work our volunteer Board
undertook this year but take the time to thank each and
every one of them for their time, commitment and excellent
stewardship. The Board worked tirelessly ensuring that we
were on track to achieve all of our deliverables, while at the
same time they crafted away on a new refreshed strategic
plan for 2020-2024. There is a commitment by the Board
to achieving the Sport NZ Good Governance mark next
year and that process is currently underway with Sport
NZ assistance. There is also an appetite to undertake the
CQ (Cultural Intelligence) Tick as part of best practice and
looking forward to the future.
So in conclusion as we did last year we again thank all
of our stakeholders and community for placing such a
high element of trust in us in our efforts to inspire our
communities to live healthy active lives. We look forward to
continuing to work with you all during the next 12 months.
Andrew Williams, Chair, Sport Auckland
Mike Elliott, CEO, Sport Auckland
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