Grants to help Aucklanders be more active
Grants to help Aucklanders be more active
Applications are open for Auckland Council’s regional sport and recreation grant funding programme for organisations inspiring and encouraging Aucklanders to be more active.
The 2015/16 programme was recently confirmed by the Auckland Council’s Parks, Recreation and Sport Committee.
A total of $507,000 is available to support regional organisations in their efforts to inspire and help Aucklanders to be more active improve their health and wellbeing through access to activities or initiatives. This grant programme is for projects with an regional impact and complements local grant funding available through local boards.
Committee chair, Councillor Christine Fletcher says the fund is an important source of investment to create the changes and opportunities needed for Aucklanders to be more active, for the organisations enabling sport and recreation outcomes to be well supported and the system of sport and recreation in Auckland to be effective.
“With sport and
recreation participation supported by 12 million volunteer
hours annually, and the sector providing important and
wide-ranging outcomes from health and wellbeing to economic
development and community cohesion, it is critical there are
systems in place to provide support.”
Outcomes sought
through the fund
are:
Participation
• There
are affordable and accessible options for participation in
informal physical activity, recreation and sport.
•
Our diverse communities enjoy healthy and active
lifestyles.
• Māori participation in sport and
recreation activities has
increased.
Infrastructure
• Participants
in a wide range of physical activities, recreational
activities and sports are equally able to access suitable
facilities and outdoor environments (this grant programme
will not fund capital works).
The fund will
target:
• Supporting more equitable
access to those sport and active recreation activities that
do not currently benefit from dedicated or
council-subsidised facilitiesand outdoor
environments.
• Programmes that enable children and
young people to develop skills which will help them have
lifelong participation in sport and recreation.
•
Providing or supporting easier and more affordable access to
populations with low participation rates in sport and
recreation, particularly:
o Māori aligned to the draft
Māori Sport and Recreation Plan – Te Whai
Oranga.
o Children and young people aligned to I Am Auckland Strategic Action
Plan.
o Populations with health and wellbeing
needs.
o Those facing other barriers, such as access to
transport and information.
The programme supports
implementation of the Auckland Sport and Recreation Strategic
Action Plan, which was developed in partnership with the
wider recreation and sport sector, and contains priority
actions for both the sector and Auckland Council.
For fund criteria and to how to apply, go to the council’s website, aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/funding. Applications close 14 September 2015.
ENDS