Nsw Football Infrastructure Strategy Better Facilities, Connected Communities Forewardforeward
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NSW FOOTBALL INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY BETTER FACILITIES, CONNECTED COMMUNITIES FOREWARDFOREWARD It is our pleasure to introduce you to the NSW Football Infrastructure Strategy – a document that sets the future directionIt is our forpleasure football to facility introduce planning, you toprovision the NSW and Football development Infrastructure across NSW Strategy for the – a decadedocument 2020-2030. that sets the future direction for football facility planning, provision and development across NSW for the decade 2020-2030. This Strategy has been collectively developed by Football NSW and Northern NSW Football through our FacilitiesThis Strategy and Advocacy has been Unit. collectively While our developed organisations by Footballindividually NSW plan and for Northernand deliver NSW football Football across through the state our of Facilities and NSW,Advocacy this jointly Unit. funded While and our developedorganisations project individually is one of the plan largest for and planning deliver exercises football undertaken across the bystate a NSW of NSW, this jointly peakfunded sporting and bodydeveloped in recent project times. is one of the largest planning exercises undertaken by a NSW peak sporting body in recent times. With almost 300,000 individual registered players, close to 1,000 sites and 2,250 playing fields used for football everyWith week, almost Football 300,000 is the individual largest participation registered players, sport in closeNSW, towith 1,000 current sites rapid and growth 2,250 certainplaying to fields continue. used for football every week, Football is the largest participation sport in NSW, with current rapid growth certain to continue. We need to plan for the future. We need to identify the needs of our sport for those that currently play and for thoseWe need that want to plan to but for cannot.the future. 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Football’sFootball’s contribution contribution towards towards the health,the health, social social and economicand economic benefit benefit of the NSW of the community NSW community is well is well documented. It documented.contributes $515It contributes million annually$515 million to the annually local economyto the local and economy $4.5 million and $4.5 annually million inannually community in community health benefits. This is healtha significant benefits. contribution This is a significant to sport contribution and to our togreat sport State. and to our great State. Finally,Finally, to to our our partners, partners, our ourclubs, clubs, the football the football community community and of courseand of ourcourse facility our providers facility providersand sponsors and in sponsors in local localgovernment. government. We We wish wish to thankto thank you you all allfor for supporting supporting Football Football in in NSW NSW and and we we look look forwardforward toto continuing continuing our work with ouryou work into with the you future into and the throughfuture and the through implementation the implementation of the Strategy. of the Strategy. Sincerely, StuartStuart Hodge Hodge DavidDavid Eland CEO,CEO, Football Football NSW NSW CEO,CEO, Northern NSWNSW FootballFootball NSW Football Infrastructure Strategy – Final June 2020 Page 2 2 NSW FOOTBALL INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT The NSW Football Infrastructure Strategy provides the NSW football community and its stakeholders with 1 Executive Summary ............................... 04 a detailed assessment and analysis of the state’s football facility landscape across metropolitan, regional and 2 Introduction and Context ....................... 07 northern NSW. 3 Football Infrastructure Framework ............17 The Strategy identifies the key focus areas for the future planning and development of almost 1,000 community football facilities and over 272,970 active club participants across NSW. The Strategy will provide a strategic 4 Football Context ................................... 29 framework to support football’s vision of connecting communities through well located, welcoming, accessible 5 Participation Overview .......................... 37 and sustainable football facilities. 6 Facilities Audit Overview .........................51 Specific facility and infrastructure priorities are provided in 26 Football Area Summaries, comprising: 7 Consultation Findings ............................ 62 • 16 Metro Football NSW Associations 8 Demand Assessment.............................. 67 • 3 Regional Football NSW Branches, and 9 Football Facility Hierarchy ...................... 78 • 7 Northern NSW Football Zones. 10 Strategy Implementation........................ 84 11 Appendices .......................................... 93 Priorities have been recommended following a detailed need and demand assessment. Local area priorities are evidenced based and will enable the football community and government partners to confidently and jointly invest in future football related projects. The Strategy will evolve over time and is versatile enough to respond and adapt to changes in the local, state and federal environments. Collaboration between Football NSW (FNSW), Northern NSW Football (NNSWF), their respective Associations and Zones, and all levels of government, is key to this Strategy and its collective funding. The Strategy delivers on a range of recommendations established in the 2014 Football NSW Facilities Strategic Plan and has been led and supported by the joint FNSW and NNSWF Facilities and Advocacy Unit. NSW FOOTBALL INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Ageing nature of existing infrastructure • Quality of playing fields and underlying drainage and irrigation issues With 272,970 registered seasonal club competition • Extensive use of existing playing fields players, football in NSW is by far and away the biggest • Need for a greater number of more robust playing field surfaces state body of all sports in Australia. • Pitch lighting struggling to meet minimum standards • Ability of change room amenities to provide inclusive environments • Inadequate number of playing fields to cater for training and competition needs The NSW Football Infrastructure Strategy is focused on identifying and understanding the • Attracting shared investment into infrastructure projects that are rising in cost infrastructure required to support and sustain community football over the coming decade. • Providing the right, balanced mix of facilities in new open space areas Using a sound evidence base of on and off-field facility audits, existing participant and likely market demand data, this Strategy strives to identify the current infrastructure gaps and • Relatively limited number of well-sized, quality community and social future requirements needed to better support football across NSW. rooms. The Strategy seeks to highlight the key population areas that have significant football In-line with the significant sport and government sector consultation, participation now and project the areas of greatest need by 2030 and beyond. It also and review of the NSW Government and football stakeholder provides decision making tools in order to identify the areas where funding and investment directions, a strategic framework with accompanying principles and is needed most. infrastructure pillars has been developed. It also delivers on Football Many key stakeholders have been involved in the preparation of the NSW Football NSW’s strategic objective of developing more and better facilities Infrastructure Strategy, including more than 68 Local Government Authorities (LGAs) as and Northern NSW Football’s strategic priority of facilities to owners and managers of land and facilities used by football. support participation. All 38 Football NSW and Northern NSW Football affiliated Associations and Zones were The NSW Football Infrastructure Strategy identifies the following engaged via surveys and face-to-face workshops in strategic locations across NSW. As key pillars and associated objectives