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Evaluation of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Multi-Sport Regional Participation Agreement Submission 018 Attachment A Evaluation of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands Multi-Sport Regional Participation Agreement June 2010 East West All Stars softball game, Fregon, June 2010 Compiled For: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; and Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations Primary Contact: Matthew Keene, Strategic Policy APY Lands Regional Operations Centre Level 18, ANZ Building, 11 Waymouth Street, Adelaide SA 5000 Ph Email: Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd │ Consultants & Business Brokers PO Box 310, Glenside SA 5066 David Muller This document has been specifically prepared for limited distribution. This document contains information and material which Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd considers confidential, proprietary and significant for the protection of its business. © Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd All Rights Reserved. Prepared by Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd 1 Submission 018 Attachment A Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................... 1 1.1 TO BE COMPLETED AFTER MEETING WITH STEERING COMMITTEE ..................................... 1 2 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 OVERALL ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 APY MULTI-SPORT REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ................................................ 3 3 TERMS OF REFERENCE ........................................................................................................ 4 4 METHODOLOGY..................................................................................................................... 5 5 THE STORY OF THE RPA TO DATE: .................................................................................... 7 6 FINDINGS ON SENIOR SPORTS LEAGUE (SSL) ................................................................ 14 6.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE SSL ............................................................................................. 14 6.2 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SSL ......................................................................................... 18 6.3 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS FOR SSL ........................................................................... 18 6.4 INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ................................................................ 20 6.5 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 22 6.6 WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT COORDINATION ...................................................................... 22 6.7 RECOMMENDATIONS/OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................ 23 7 FINDINGS ON THE JUNIOR SPORTS PROGRAM (JSP) (INCORPORATING THE AFTER SCHOOL AND HOLIDAY SPORT AND RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND THE JUNIOR MULTI- SPORTS PROGRAM) .................................................................................................................. 26 7.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE JSP ............................................................................................. 26 7.2 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JSP ......................................................................................... 27 7.3 CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS FOR JSP ........................................................................... 27 7.4 INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES................................................................ 28 7.5 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................ 28 7.6 WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT COORDINATION ...................................................................... 28 7.7 RECOMMENDATIONS/OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................ 28 8 DISCLAIMER ......................................................................................................................... 29 ATTACHMENT ONE - REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT ............................................. 30 ATTACHMENT TWO - SUMMARY OF FUNDING ALLOCATIONS ............................................. 31 ATTACHMENT THREE - SANFL APY LANDS STRATEGIC PLAN 2008 TO 2012 .................... 32 ATTACHMENT FOUR - APY TALENTED PLAYER PATHWAYS ............................................... 33 Prepared by Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd 2 Evaluation of APY Lands Multi-Sport Regional Participation Agreement Submission 018 Attachment A 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 1.1 To Be Completed After Meeting With Steering Committee Key Risks Cessation of funding Insufficient funding Loss of key personnel Insufficient number of APY Lands based volunteers Unrealistic expectations and demands on the program and key staff Lack of co-ordination and support for the JSP Importance/Performance Analysis The following table summarises key findings in regards to the following categories: Keep up the good work - features in this category are deemed as being high in importance and in terms of service delivery satisfaction levels are relatively high Needs more or ongoing work -- features in this category are deemed as being high in importance however performance is an area of potential weakness and requires a higher emphasis Too much emphasis at this stage - features in this category are deemed as being relatively low in importance and there is too much emphasis placed on these features Low priority - features in this category are deemed as being relatively low in terms of both importance and satisfaction levels. Keep up the good work Needs more or ongoing work > SANFL Program management > Development of the Junior Sports > SANFL administration of the Senior Program, including After Schools Sports League Activities > > SANFL community engagement Securing funding for a further 3 years > > Relations with Government Agencies Links with education authorities > > Level of Government funding, at least in Links with other State Government the short term authorities > > Community and individual enthusiasm for Preparation of consistently good facilities sports competitions at all communities > > The Ambassador program Recruitment and retention of locally based volunteers > Clinics for players, coaches and officials > Community Sporting Clubs > The focus on providing diversionary sport > and recreation activities Community control over willful vandalism Prepared by Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd 3 Evaluation of APY Lands Multi-Sport Regional Participation Agreement 1 | P a g e Submission 018 Attachment A Too much emphasis at this stage Low priority > The current focus on relating the > Expansion of the SSL in the short term structured activities to reduction in petrol > Concentration on building HQ facilities at sniffing and substance misuse might be expense of sustaining and continuing the better replaced with objectives such as current competition and community personal skill development, health, facilities fitness and individual self esteem and > community confidence Creating grassed ovals Prepared by Armstrong Muller Consulting Pty Ltd 4 Evaluation of APY Lands Multi-Sport Regional Participation Agreement 2 | P a g e Submission 018 Attachment A 2 BACKGROUND 2.1 Overall Spanning an area of over 100,000 square kilometres in north-western South Australia, the Anangu, Pitjantjatjara & Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands are home to about 2,500 Anangu people (2006 Census). The male/female ratio is approximately 50/50. The median age of residents is 26 years. There are nine major communities, each with a school, and numerous homelands and outstations, with Umuwa being the neutral administrative centre of the Lands. There are numerous organisations and service providers throughout the communities, involved with education, health (primary and secondary), media, arts centres, and civil and municipal services. School populations vary from approximately 20 children at Watarru (pre-school through to Junior Secondary), to approximately 120 children at Ernabella/Pukatja (pre-school to secondary). 2.2 APY Multi-Sport Regional Partnership Agreement In early 2007, State and Federal Government Departments, the SA National Football League (SANFL), APY communities and the APY Executive worked together to develop a three year “Regional Partnership Agreement” (RPA) aimed at introducing structured Multi Sport Activities onto the APY Lands. The stated objectives of the APY Multi-Sport RPA are to provide alternative activities to combat petrol sniffing and substance misuse on the APY Lands. As per the Terms of Reference to this evaluation: “The RPA has three major components: > Sports leagues (Australian Rules Football and softball) > After school and holiday activities (Youth Multi- Sport activities) > Youth recreation activities The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) is Commonwealth and State joint funded $1.42m between 2006/07 to 2009/10 to deliver the activities under the RPA. Separate to the RPA but complementary to its outcomes is funding provided by the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department under their Indigenous Justice Program, which is funded over the same period at $0.77m. Also separately, additional funding has been accessed to support the Far North West Sports League (FNWSL) and to commence the development of a centralised sporting complex on the APY Lands. A Steering Committee has been established to
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