Expand Wellbeing Hub and enable behavioural change

To maintain and build on the Wellbeing Hub as a regional resource owned by all group members as regional leaders; with multiple group members contributing resource and time to continuously evolve and improve the value of the content available to influence greater physical activity and health behaviours.

SW Project Lead: Kate McCartney

• Principles developed, looking into questionnaire/insight/data gathering methods, communication plan and community engagement plan to be drafted.
• Project plan aimed to be completed by December.

Supporting organisations: Regional Public Health, Upper Hutt City Council, Hutt Valley DHB

Develop insight statements to inform planning and programmes

To develop insight statements for targeted communities across the Greater Wellington region for all regional stakeholders to use when developing and delivering their plans and programmes to get communities more physically active.

SW Project Lead: Leoni McKelvey

• Insights project group has been inaugurated and meeting every 3 weeks.
• Scope for insights statements has been discussed, drafted and available for feedback
• First draft insights statements for feedback end of Nov

Supporting organisations: Masterton Council, Kapiti Coast District Council, Wellington City Council

Promote and advocate to stakeholders and communities

To consolidate our messaging to stakeholders, funders, and communities regarding the importance, value, and impact of physical activity; includes joint advocacy and promotional campaigns.

SW Project Lead: Meaghan Wilby

• Collective Key Messages to be finalised by group and then disseminated across all organisations in the Regional Recovery Group.
• Planning is underway for 1-2 joint promotional campaigns. 

Supporting organisations: Regional Public Health, Masterton District Council, Porirua City Council, Hutt Valley DHB

To implement the Greater Wellington Region’s Regional Spaces and Places Plan. The first two areas of work will be:

• Establish a Spaces and Places regional steering group
• Implement a regional approach to facility decision-making

SW Project Lead: Nicky Sherriff 

We are in survey design mode so we can begin to seek the following information from RSOs:

• Current facility use
• Future facility needs
• Evidence that supports decisions re future facility need
• Current issues associated with facility access and use
• Opportunities for change relating to facility access and use

Supporting organisations: Upper Hutt City Council, Hutt City Council, Wellington City Council, Carterton Council, Wellington Cricket

Explore adapting competitive sport delivery

To identify how competitive sports could be adapted in line with the Balance is Better philosophy and to better meet with wants and needs of participants; includes developing a consistent framework for programme execution.

SW Project Lead: Ella Pudney 

• Outcomes and scope have been drafted – awaiting on contractor to begin work and connect the group.

Supporting organisations: Sport NZ, Hutt City Council, Wellington City Council

To identify, share, and pilot effective programmes and initiatives which support sustainable physical activity behaviour change in targeted groups and communities of interest who experience barriers to participation.

SW Project Lead: Adam Gosney

• Meeting being held with Sport NZ to establish how we can leverage their knowledge in this area to accelerate this work.

Supporting organisations: Regional Public Health, Upper Hutt City Council, Wellington Cricket, Hutt Valley DHB, Wellington City Council, Hutt City Council

Establish a Regional Funders Forum

To establish a forum of major regional funders to share funding priorities; including strategically aligning and complementing each other’s work where appropriate.

SW Project Lead: Kirsten Kilminister 

• Meeting held
• Actions discussed
• Discussed finding a project that will initially bring everyone together (common purpose) to collaborate on and possibly use as a pilot.
• Talk to Tony Giles, Mike Knell, Sarah Dunning to get their thoughts.  

Supporting organisations: Upper Hutt City Council, Wellington City Council, Wellington Cricket, Sport NZ, College Sport Wellington

Explore Central Support model options to improve regional system efficiencies and effectiveness

To understand shared services model options that would result in Greater Wellington region system efficiencies, improve sustainability, and create a more effective regional system for impacting the physical activity of Wellingtonians.

SW Project Lead: Kenji Sawada

• External project working group is meeting 13 Nov to discuss what survey has told us about customer demand and next steps in exploring structural model options for Central Support Platform.

Supporting organisations: Sport NZ, Y Central, Wellington City Council

Influence recruitment and development of regional and local workforce

To develop a responsive and fit-for-purpose workforce to support our communities to be physically active.

SW Project Lead: Kenji Sawada

• Living Well Regional Workforce Development Plan has been created.
• Implementation of the plan is being planned at present.

Supporting organisations: Sport NZ

Capital and Coast District Health Board

Guidelines for physical activity at different alert levels

Collaborate in establishing a central reference point on the Sport Wellington COVID-19 webpage for stakeholders to access the latest information relating to physical activity parameters for play, active recreation and sport across the alert levels. 

View guidelines

ACTIVE PEOPLE PRIORITY

Contact tracing software options

Sharing updates to leverage where possible

Download guide

ACTIVE PEOPLE PRIORITY

End-to-end health and safety planning for delivering sport and recreation

Sharing examples to leverage.

Signage – Consistency and bulk supply opportunities.

See Resources & Templates

AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT PRIORITY

Working with Councils and RSOs on sports field allocations and management of winter and summer season demand. 

An opportunity to influence joined-up thinking on sports field allocation for winter and summer sports across the region.  

View Sport NZ Season Transition Guidelines

See Local sport & rec info

OPTIMISED and CONNECTED SPACES AND PLACES PRIORITY

Policy and funding alignment e.g. working with Councils and other funders on economic relief packages to support the physical activity system.  

An opportunity to collaborate in creating a single view of ‘live funding opportunities’’ for our stakeholders, which we can update and communicate weekly. 

AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT PRIORITY

Central online repository promoting opportunities and ideas for physical activity (play, active recreation, sport). 

An opportunity for the Sport Wellington COVID-19 webpage to be used as a hub of relevant, trusted information for the sector and community to guide physical activity opportunities. 

ACTIVE PEOPLE PRIORITY

Insights gathering to inform our responses and enable collaboration. 

Collaborate to share insights as they come in across the group. Avoid duplication. Build single view of impact across the region to help inform decision making. 

INFORMED COMMUNITIES PRIORITY

Adapting how play, active recreation, and sport opportunities are provided against the alert levels. 

An opportunity to collaborate in identifying how competitive sports could be adapted and delivered to meet the alert level parameters.   

ACTIVE PEOPLE PRIORITY

Regular and consistent messaging via a variety of channels – advocacy. 

Collaborate in consolidating our messaging to stakeholders, funders, etc, regarding the importance, value and impact of physical activity. 

INFORMED COMMUNITIES PRIORITY

NZ Transport Agency Fund opportunity  

An opportunity to collaborate on the Innovating Streets for People pilot fund being run by NZTA (8 May and 3 July funding rounds with $7M available). 

AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT PRIORITY