Management

The links below provide assistance to organisations through providing guides, modules and templates to improve management practices and capability.

  • Sport Compass - This link provides modules for organisations ranging from small to large or club-level to national bodies. Modules use a series of questions. The answers allow the module to assess the predicament of the organisation and provide suggestions for the best course of action.

  • Clubkit - Sport NZ has various guides under their clubkit that assist organisations in various tasks such as health and safety, intellectual property, volunteers, documenting organisation history, stakeholder communications, and growing memberships.

  • Better Governance - The nine steps to effective governance is a guide that helps improve organisation governance structures and processes.

  • Volunteering - This link leads to multiple Sport NZ volunteering resources that provide guides and templates in relation to volunteer training, officiating, and research.


Finance

Below are various links to financial resources. These resources can either help your organisation find funding, cut costs through improved efficiency, or save costs through shared services.

  • Find Funding - Sport NZ has an open access database to a wide range of funds available for organisations to apply for.

  • LiteClub - This a free service for community sports clubs. LiteClub install electricity, water, and waste saving devices to cut costs. Click on link to find out more.

  • Aktive shared services - Aktive’s shared services provide a lower-cost alternative to various services such as accounting, printing, and telecommunications. Check out the link to find other shared services. (Applies only for Auckland-based not-for-profit sport and recreation organisations)


Coaching and Talent Development

The links below will assist those developing coaches or coaching pathways.

  • Sport NZ Guides - This links to Sport NZ where there are various tools such as coaching guides, frameworks and codes of ethics. Check out the link for more information.

  • Aktive Guides - Links to resources for coaches, coach developers and sport leaders.


events

The resource below provides guidance on how to maintain, attract, grow and enhance major events.

  • Strategy and Policy - Assists with running well managed events and helps identify the benefits of the event to the wider community.

  • Event Guides - Guides on event leveraging and legacy, risk management, and application process to the Major Events Development Fund.


Social

The below links provide information on a couple of contemporary social issues.

  • Diversity - Check out the link’s case studies to see the relevance of diversity and how it could help your organisation.

  • Te Reo - This link provides basic Te Reo for those organisations wanting to adopt Te Reo.

  • Women in Sport - Aktive provide various resources about female sport participation. Click the link to find out how your organisation can cater towards female athletes.

  • Women in governance - Link provides various resources on how your organisation can increase its female representation at the governance level.


Research

The following links provide access to public research via Sport NZ and Aktive. The research can aid your organisation with the latest trends in participation, sport marketing, and various other subjects. Click the links to below to discover new information.