Goals
More of our communities are living active lives by participating in organised and informal recreation, sport and physical activity.
More people choose to enjoy our easily accessible sport, recreation and outdoor activities and events.
More of our communities are choosing to be involved in parks and recreation through volunteering.
Priorities
Affordable and accessible opportunities to be active
- Providing more low-cost options for family-friendly recreation opportunities
- Encouraging recreation and physical activity opportunities that appeal to a diverse range of communities including older adults and people with disabilities
More active children and young people
- Encouraging initiatives that appeal to children and young people
More active older people
- Encouraging programmes that promote healthy and active lifestyles
Increasing awareness of opportunities and places to be active
- Partnering with others to coordinate, promote and enable the community to contribute to open space and recreation activities
- Integrating recreational facilities and open spaces with the Spatial Plan and Transport Strategy
- Partnering with others to enhance and promote Dunedin’s outdoor recreation experiences
| New sport and recreation actions | Lead | Support | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Develop a plan to target resources into low participant communities including older adults, people of Asian and Polynesian cultures, young women and people with disabilities to support increased participation in sport and recreation opportunities | DCC Sport Otago | Schools, regional sport organisations (RSOs) and clubs, health agencies, community and commercial providers, tertiary institutes, facility managers | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |
| 2. Work with young people to design/redesign appealing, accessible and innovative programmes and activities aligned to Sport Otago’s Young Person’s Plan that encourage greater participation in sport and recreation | Sport Otago | All | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |
| 3. Create more opportunities for casual and innovative recreation activities across Dunedin | DCC | Sport Otago, clubs, community and commercial providers, facility managers RSO’s and WellSouth | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |
| 4. Develop a cycleway and walking plan to provide easier access to major recreation and sporting hubs and outdoor recreation areas | DCC | Sport Otago, facility managers, ORC | ☑ | ||
| 5. Investigate and deliver easily accessed, coordinated information and promotional campaigns on sports and recreation activities and places to be active | Sport Otago | GDA, DCC, tertiary institutes | ☑ | ☑ | |
| 6. Include an ‘Active Dunedin’ theme in the Destination Dunedin Plan to promote access to Dunedin’s key outdoor recreation opportunities | DCC Enterprise Dunedin | Sport and recreation clubs and organisations, DoC WellSouth | ☑ | ☑ | ☑ |