2017-07-11 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Draft Sport & Active Recreation Plan

Executive Summary
Noosa is recognised as one of Australia’s most desirable places to live, work and visit,
thanks to its outstanding beauty, mild subtropical weather and enviable lifestyle prospects.
It is also renowned for its active population, ranging in all ages and abilities. The Noosa
Sport and Active Recreation Plan aims to provide a clear direction for the future
development of the sport and active recreation sector in the Noosa Shire.
Council conducted extensive community consultation to provide evidence for this plan that
included 350 responses to a resident participation survey, (including 54 interviews), 38
survey responses and a workshop with local sports clubs, interviews and surveys with 32
commercial operators and a document review of local, state and national policies and
strategic plans.
From this consultation the following principles were identified as being integral to the future
of Noosa’s participation in sport and active recreation, and consequently form the basis of
this Plan:
      Principle 1 – Participation: Noosa’s priority is to provide for grass roots participation
       in a wide variety of sport and active recreation activities.
      Principle 2 – Quality outcomes: Our aim is for NFP clubs and commercial operators
       to have good governance practices and provide quality facilities. Our coaches,
       instructors, administrators and trainers are suitably qualified for best practice
       delivery of their sport or activity.
      Principle 3 – Choice: Residents have choice over the activities they participate in
       and who provides those activities to them. Our facilities and public spaces will
       encourage formal and informal physical activity catering for a wide range of ages,
       abilities and interests.
      Principle 4 – Efficiency: Encourage effective and efficient use of resources through
       coordination and collaboration of NFP, commercial and government providers.
      Principle 5 – Environmentally Responsible: All providers of sport and active
       recreation facilities aim to achieve best practice use of natural resources and
       technologies to minimise the impact on our environment.

Furthermore, it was found that the nature of physical activity is changing nationally, with
the following trends emerging that will impact Noosa and consequently inform the motives
of this Plan:
      A perfect fit – people are looking for unstructured sporting opportunities to fit into
       their busy lifestyles;
      From extreme to mainstream – this trend recognises the rise in alternative and
       fast-paced sports;
      More than sport – broader benefits to society of sport;
      Everybody’s game – the diversification of sporting participation to include all ages
       and abilities;
      New wealth, new talent – new areas that have increasing wealth are participating
       in sports
      Tracksuits to business suits – the corporatisation of sports.
This plan aims to provide a vision that brings together all levels of government, NFPs, and
commercial operators providing sport and active recreation in Noosa. It identifies the need
for significant change in the delivery and planning of physical activity in the Shire which
requires innovative and future focused leadership.