Clubs & Organisations

Volunteering comes in many forms and without these amazing people, many local sport clubs, competitions and events would struggle to survive. It’s a smart choice to invest in your people and we can help you with the following.

• Volunteer planning – attract and manage

Where can volunteers have the most impact? What motivates them? Who manages them? What are the risks? Is there flexibility and a diverse range of roles?

A plan can help answer these questions and ensure positive outcomes.

• Volunteer recruiting – advertise, screen and welcome

Learn the key steps of the recruitment process.

• Volunteer recognition - retain

Those who feel appreciated and have their motivations fulfilled will stay for longer. It’s not just about acknowledging hours volunteered. What behaviours and attributes can you recognise?

Learn more: Resources, Sport NZ Volunteers

Our Sport and Recreation School Advisor is your best contact. They can provide advice and put you in touch with schools we think are a good fit. Answering the below questions will help us to tailor an offering that is beneficial to all. Please provide our Advisor with the below answers when reaching out to them.

• What organisation are you with and what is the sport you provide?
• What are you looking to achieve working with schools?
• What are you currently doing, if anything, in the school space?
• Where in the region will this take place? It is for the whole region or for a sub-region?
• What age, demographic and gender will benefit from your activity?
• How long will the activity last?
• How can the activity be sustainable so that tamariki and rangatahi can continue to benefit?
• Are you seeking to be part of our calendars such as the BOP Secondary School Sport Event Calendar?
• If you are seeking promotion of your sport, have you got resources and information ready to provide?

Learn more: School Sport and Recreation Advisor, Primary and Intermediate Schools, Secondary Schools

We provide extra guidance to help keep girls and women engaged in play, sport and physical activity across the Bay.

Some helpful resources and information below:

• Sport New Zealand's Women and Girls Action Plan and Roadmap to 2024.
• Women in Sport Aotearoa have provided case studies, and an interactive platform providing ideas on leadership, voice and visibility, participation and youth.
• Research indicates that young women recognise the importance of physical activity for their overall wellbeing and are eager to engage more. Here are some recommendations for sports and active recreation providers to keep in mind when creating, developing, and implementing programs for teenage girls.
• Balanced Female Health is a new resource for adults supporting young people in community sport.
• Sport NZ has developed guiding principles for the inclusion of transgender people in community sport.
• Sport Stereotypes And Stolen Dream - Women In Sport UK (2023).
• Menstruation and Rainbow Inclusive Practices by Education Outdoors New Zealand.

Luuka Jones

Young Women and Girls Lead

021 459 126

Our events are a great chance to meet sport and recreation providers like yourself. Check our Events page for upcoming workshops and webinars.

If you’re a Regional Sport Organisation (RSOs), welcome. We have a RSO Cafe which takes place six times a year. Come along to hear the latest news from our Sport Development and Coaching Team. Connect with other RSOs to discuss challenges and opportunities. Contact our Team Leader or Community Sport Advisor for dates.

Learn more: Events, Sport Development and Coaching Team, Spaces and Places Team

Sport Bay of Plenty staff ensure school and community events have opportunities for people with a disability to participate and compete. Our organisation advocates for inclusiveness so that more people can be more active more often, no matter what their abilities.

• Halberg Foundation – connect with your local Halberg Advisor. They work with physically disabled young people and their families to get them involved in sports and recreation. They also raise awareness and capability for the provision of inclusive sports programmes and events.
• Parafed Bay of Plenty - a sports activity provider for people with physical disabilities in the Bay of Plenty. They aim to create opportunities for disabled people to play sport, socially and competitively, formally and informally. Parafed coordinate and communicate opportunities within the sector to provide the best possible pathways for athletes, coaches, officials and administrators.
• Special Olympics New Zealand - offer a year-round programme of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
• Blind Sport New Zealand - helping to ensure every blind and low vision New Zealander is engaged in regular sport and active recreation.
• Paralympics New Zealand - supports and encourages opportunities for disabled people to participate in sports, from regional, national and international levels such as the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

Learn more: Halberg Foundation, Parafed Bay of Plenty, Special Olympics NZ, Blind Sport NZ, Paralympics NZ