Active Communities

To realise this vision, Sport New Zealand’s mission is - Creating a sport and recreation environment where more New Zealanders participate, support and win.

Sport NZ is committed to achieving the following goals by 2015:

• More Kiwi kids in sport and recreation;
• More Kiwis in sport and recreation; and
• More Kiwi winners on the world stage

Applications for 2012 Active Communities Investment have now closed.

Sport New Zealand’s Active Communities Investment is intended to support innovative project-based initiatives that demonstrate a collaborative approach to reducing barriers to participation in sport and recreation at a community level.

The initiative supports pilot projects targeting new/modified methods of delivery to increase participation in sport and recreation. The intention is that lessons learned from projects will be shared with the sector.

Key Information

• Territorial Authorities will be given priority for investment
• There is a prescribed minimum partner cash contribution required of 40% of the total project cost. Partner cash contribution levels (‘skin in the game’) will be a key consideration in the decision making process. Cash contributions should also not be sourced from other Sport New Zealand funding i.e. Kiwisport, Community Sport Investment, contestable Outdoor Recreation Investment 
• Increased emphasis placed on interagency/partner collaboration 
• Project partners must provide a minimum cash contribution of 40% of the total projects costs
• Stronger emphasis placed on project sustainability 
• Greater emphasis placed on communication/sharing of project learnings