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RSTs will invest in organisations and schools that demonstrate they are co-operating and forging partnerships with a focus on sport for school-aged children. Schools are the obvious catchment zone for kids to get involved and play sport.
Organisations will be expected to contribute financially to these partnerships in addition to the support from the Regional Partnership Fund. These partnerships will meet the fundamental Kiwisport aims of;
MORE KIDS | MORE OPPORTUNITIES | BETTER SKILLS
The Kiwisport Regional Partnership Fund is centred on school-aged children. RSTs will invest in organisations which have programmes/projects that demonstrate a focus on more kids playing more sport in school and out of school.
What the Kiwisport Regional Partnership Fund WON’T be used for
The Regional Partnership WON'T Fund;
- Programmes that undermine existing club / volunteer infrastructure
- Programmes that are considered to be business as usual for stakeholder or where funding displaces existing funding
- Sport facilities and other capital works
- One off events and event sponsorship
- Retrospective projects (anything prior to the notification date)
- Social marketing campaigns
- Programmes that focus on nutrition and / or physical activity
- Travel for participants outside of the Whanganui region
- Team uniforms
- School camps
Kiwisport aims to achieve the following objectives;
• More kids playing sport: increase the number of school-aged children participating in organized sport – during school, after school and by strengthening links with sports clubs
• More opportunities: increase the availability and accessibility of sport opportunities for all school-aged children.
• Better skills: support children in developing skills that will enable them to participate effectively in sport at both primary and secondary level.
The Regional Partnership Fund and Secondary School Sports Coordinators
RSTs recognise the change in funding allocations has raised concerns about the ability of some schools (particularly lower decile schools) to support sports coordinators.
RSTs and schools recognise that sports coordinators can play a vital role in achieving the objectives of Kiwisport. RSTs will give priority to investing in secondary schools that wish to retain sports coordinators to ensure no school is disadvantaged by the change in funding allocations.
RSTs and schools will work together to ensure sports coordinators contribute to the objectives of Kiwisport – more kids playing sport; more opportunities to play sport; improving sports skills for school-aged children.