2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Sport and Active Recreation Plan

                                                                                                                                                                           Sport and Active Recreation Plan


                       Noosa is recognised as one of Australia’s most desirable places     The nature of physical activity is changing nationally,         Definitions


          1            to live, work and visit, thanks to its outstanding beauty, mild     with the following trends emerging that will impact
                                                                                                                                                           The following terms and abbreviations have the
                       subtropical weather and enviable lifestyle. It is also renowned     Noosa and consequently inform the motives of this Plan:
                                                                                                                                                           meanings assigned to them.
                       for its active population, ranging in all ages and abilities. The   •   A perfect fit – people are looking for unstructured
                                                                                                                                                           Term          Meaning
                       Noosa Sport and Active Recreation Plan aims to provide a clear          sporting opportunities to fit into their busy lifestyles;
                       direction for the future development of the sport and active        •   From extreme to mainstream – this trend recognises
                       recreation sector in the Noosa Shire.                                   the rise in alternative and fast-paced sports;              Sport         • has formalised rules, competition and
                                                                                           •   More than sport – broader benefits to society of                            conditions of play


  Executive            Council conducted extensive community consultation
                       to provide evidence for this plan that included a resident
                       participation survey, workshops with local sports clubs,
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                                                                                               sport;
                                                                                               Everybody’s game – the diversification of sporting
                                                                                               participation to include all ages and abilities;
                                                                                                                                                                         • has a formalised structure and a
                                                                                                                                                                           recognised representative body at a
                                                                                                                                                                           regional, state and/or national level

  Summary              interviews and surveys with commercial operators and a
                       document review of local, state and national policies and
                       strategic plans.
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                                                                                               New wealth, new talent – new areas that have
                                                                                               increasing wealth are participating in sports
                                                                                               Tracksuits to business suits – the corporatisation of
                                                                                                                                                           Active
                                                                                                                                                           recreation
                                                                                                                                                                         • activities that require some level
                                                                                                                                                                           of physical exertion as a core
                                                                                                                                                                           element (above a baseline level)
                                                                                               sports.                                                                     and are undertaken by people for
                       From this consultation the following principles were identified                                                                                     enjoyment in their own free time
                                                                                           This plan aims to provide a vision that brings together
                       as being integral to the future of Noosa’s participation in sport                                                                                   with a reasonable expectation that
                                                                                           all levels of government, not for profits, and commercial                       participation will increase physical
                       and active recreation. These consequently form the basis of
                                                                                           operators providing sport and active recreation in                              fitness
                       this Plan:
                                                                                           Noosa. It identifies the need for significant change in the
                                                                                                                                                                         • may include indoor or outdoor
                                                                                           delivery and planning of physical activity in the Shire
                       Principle 1 – Participation: Noosa’s priority is to provide for                                                                                       activities
                                                                                           which requires innovative and future focused leadership.
                       grass roots participation in a wide variety of sport and active                                                                     ASC           Australian Sports Commission

  Providing a clear    recreation activities.                                                                                                                            (Commonwealth)
                                                                                                                                                           DNPSR         Department of National Parks Sport and

   direction for the   Principle 2 – Quality Outcomes: Our coaches, instructors,
                       administrators and trainers are suitably qualified for best                                                                         Facility
                                                                                                                                                                         Racing (Qld)
                                                                                                                                                                         A physical place at which sport or active

future of sport and    practice delivery of their sport or activity. Our clubs are well
                       governed and our facilities fit for purpose.                                                                                        NFP
                                                                                                                                                                         recreation is undertaken
                                                                                                                                                                         Not For Profit. An organisation that is
active recreation in   Principle 3 – Choice: Residents and visitors have choice
                                                                                                                                                                         operating for its purpose and not for
                                                                                                                                                                         profit or gain (either direct or indirect) of
             Noosa     over the activities they participate in and who provides                                                                                          its individual members
                       those activities to them. Our facilities and public spaces will                                                                     QPWS          Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
                       encourage formal and informal physical activity catering for a                                                                      Physical      Encompass all activity undertaken as
                       wide range of ages, abilities and interests.                                                                                        activity      either a sport or active recreation
                                                                                                                                                           Services      Tangible and intangible mechanisms
                       Principle 4 – Efficiency: The effective and efficient use of                                                                                      that provide for participation in sport
                       resources through coordinated partnerships between not-for-                                                                                       and active recreation
                       profits (NFPs), commercial and government providers.                                                                                SLO           State Level Organisation
                                                                                                                                                           Sport and     Organisations or indidviduals (can
                       Principle 5 – Environmentally Responsible: All providers of                                                                         active        be commercial or NFP) who provide
                       sport and active recreation facilities aim to achieve best                                                                          recreation    sport or active recreation activities to
                                                                                                                                                           providers     residents or visitors
                       practice use of natural resources and technologies to minimise
                       the impact on our environment.


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