Annual Report

2019

Chairperson’s Annual Report by Grant Chivers for 2019

This is my first year as Chair of the Board for Crossover Trust so I would like to thank Lidwina for her leadership and passion during her season of leading the board over several years. It is a privilege to be a part of a grass roots community group that has been bringing change to the lives of families within their local communities. The work and relationship we have with the local primary schools includes Addington, West and Rowley and our staff team and volunteers again have been serving families faithfully during a hard year. We all experienced an all-time low during March 15 tragedy but out of these awful circumstances came amazing community support and strength for the Muslim community. No doubt this will be reflected later in the manager’s report.

Our local connections extend beyond the school gates to networking with other community groups and ministries from South West Baptist Church, local businesses, the Rowley Resource Centre, CCC local Community Boards, Sport Canterbury, local sporting bodies/clubs and other community-based NGOs.

We could not have done this without our strong volunteer culture that continue to support neighbourhoods and families. These include – sports team coaching, reading sessions, breakfast/lunch clubs, (mentoring) “ESPs” (volunteers are known as this in the Addington Community), community shared meals, Touch Rugby competitions and new this year in the Rowley community a music and recording studio.

Our financial viability is still being strengthened with our Social Enterprise, ‘Caring Campers’ focused on the buying and selling of campervans and also hiring camper vans out. We are looking at how we can extend this enterprise to enable the Trust to be less dependence on grant funding.

Going into 2020 we will continue to do what we do well - community development, but also keep our ear to the ground to hear the heart cry of our communities and endeavour to empower locals to achieve their dreams.

It has been awesome to see Mike Pule continue to grow as a community youth worker in Rowley and engage with Hillmorton High students along with Greg Spence who continues to develop the Origin Sport Programme.

We were delighted to see our Manager Roy Kenneally receive a Community Service award from the City Council. These are given to individuals in recognition of significant voluntary service.

Financial Position

Cross Over Trust has presented a small loss of $1,376 for the year ending 31 December 2019, down on 2018’s profit of $12,692. Unfortunately, the Social Enterprise Projects which did so well in 2018 didn’t perform as expected in 2019. The Social Enterprise Projects earned $52,197 Gross (including gain on sale), down from $64,818 (2018). The Social Enterprise Projects return was $(6,417) down from $16,761 (2018). This was due to the downturn in Campervan sales and hire income. Social Enterprise Projects are long term, they will still act as a revenue stream for the Trust and thereby enable a greater impact in local communities.

On the flip side, Donations, fundraising and other similar revenue was $233,586 up from $180,138 (2018). $50,000 of this was for the Pakari Project. Programmes expenses increased to $61,077, up from $41,243 (2018) and Salary and Wages was $203,204, up from $164,669 (2018). Most of these increases were due to the Pakari Project. Our three communities show a profit of $2,225, up from $(5,616) (2018). It is pleasing to the staff efforts rewarded with Origin Sport’s profit $6,777 up from $(59) (2018). It was a good effort by Roy and his team.

The Board

The board meet every second month throughout the year. They are a great team that all have a passion to see communities thrive. They provide a solid governance foundation for our teams to work from. Thanks to Tim, Rachel, Viv, Murray, and Lidwina for their volunteer roles to govern the trust well. We are so blessed to have you on the team.

Finally, we want to thank the many supporters of Crossover, it is because of your support we can continue to grow Thriving Woven Communities and resilient children and youth of character.

Managers Annual Report By Roy Kenneally for 2019

As with most years, 2019 had times of great celebration such as the opening of the Lights in the Park alongside times where we supported those who were affected by the March mosque attacks. The relationships our staff have built up over the years and our capacity to mobilise volunteers in the community meant we do and did both well.

After our usual busy start to the year, 2019 came to a sudden halt on March 15 – A day marked in history as one of the darkest days for our city. In the Addington community there were many Muslim families and in particular 18 of those families who are personally known to the staff of Cross Over Trust. In Rowley another four families, all of whom were affected in some way by this tragedy. The light that shone in the dark, was the relationships we had at the school, in the community and with South West Baptist Church, which enabled us to be on the doorsteps of those families immediately following the event. Alongside the tragedy there were glimmers of hope stories such as being able to support some Muslim women to obtain their drivers licence and assisting in providing for families who had loved ones come to visit or live with them in support. Later in the year we played a key role in organising and taking part in the Memorial Service at Hillmorton High School. Naturally this has influenced our work but by working together we have all helped one another get through the year. This has led to the Muslim families feeling much more connected to the community and of course everyone being so much more empathetic to their needs and helping them feel like they belong.

New and outgoing Staff As part of the Pakari Project we were able to employ Fiona Kenneally to establish a relationship between local primary schools and netball clubs to encourage continuity of teams between the two and Lewis Clarke as a temporary Rugby Administrator in the Hillmorton area. Lewis also assisted Greg Spence in Origin Sport through Sports Canterbury Funds. Laurette Risdon joined our team as the Administration Assistant. Laurette will be assisting, and in some respects, job sharing with our Administrator Ellen Weston. Laurette is passionate about helping others and assisting the staff with helping others in the community and working towards the vision of Cross Over Trust. Kim Turner assisted Jo Robertson at Addington this year as Liasion support and one of her main achievements was getting the whanau room back up and running after the rebuild. Parents particularly appreciate the space to drop in and have a chat. Kim also ran the coffee cart this year as Jo was particularly kept busy supporting the 18 families in the community who were affected by the March mosque attacks. We farewelled Stacy Silich after two years as Liason support at West Spreydon School. Stacy was always on top of the school/parent communication and through Project Esther was also responsible for establishing the teaching and awareness of New Zealand Sign Language both in the classroom and amongst parents. We wish her well as she moves on to new things. Antoine Houle joined us in April and assists Ruth Major as support in West Spreydon school and in the community. Antoine has a contagious personality. He lives locally and is often able to make those connections both in and out of school. Antoine is very involved in a local initiative repairing kids bikes for free giving him great connections. Everyone knows Antoine!

Staff Training Completed 2019

Course Ruth Roy Jo Robertson Judith Greg Fiona Antoine Major Kenneally Whittam Spence Kenneally Houle

Xero Training day x Onuku Marae Wananga x x Faith and Gen Z research - x Oxford Tce Baptist

Transforming x x Communities, Living Springs Netball Training Course x Tikanga Code of Ethics x Quarterly Community x Sports Coordinators Forum

Staff List 2019 • Roy Kenneally Manager COT/Liaison Te Kōmanawa Rowley School • Ellen Weston – Administrator • Laurette Risdon-Administrator assistant • Judith Whittam – Financial Officer • Greg Spence Origin Sports Co-Ordinator, Lewis Clarke Co-ordinator support (Part year) • Ruth Major Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School Liaison; • Stacy Silich and Antione Houle Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon Liaison Support • Jo Robertson Addington Te Kura Taumatua School Liaison role; • Fiona Kenneally Community netball co-ordinator (part year) • Jeremy Chee Te Kōmanawa Rowley School support and Praxis student • Michael Pule Rowley School Te Kōmanawa /Hillmorton High School support and Praxis student • Kimberlea Turner, Liaison support, Addington Te Kura Taumatua • Antoine Houle, Liaison Support, West Spreydon Te Ara Koropiko • Lee-Ann Boyne, Volunteer accounts • Lewis Clarke, Origin Sport Assistant

Addington School have finally finished their rebuild after almost four years, Rowley Primary completed their refurbishment while West Spreydon school packed up to move out for a year while their school is rebuilt. Rowley Primary have been through a transitional stage with leadership staff. All of this adds up for staff, parents and children alike and this is where we can rally our communities to support these sometimes stressful times.

We also celebrated the opening of the Lights in the Park, a four year journey of a group of young men in Rowley who pursued their dream of lights, seating and a barbecue so that basketball could be played year round and a place where the community gathered to play together. This was a great example of how our funders, partners and the community pulled together to make it happen. One of these boys and one other from the community have ended up in the Praxis Youth Work course. They passed with merit this year and will go on to Year 2. Again, an example of what can happen when young people receive the support they need.

We have seen several successful events happening in our communities where we were involved and supported to varying degrees with the Addington School Production, the first in many years at the school, The Lalaga Market in Rowley and netball competitions.

In 2019 we received specific funding under CCC’s The Pakari Project to establish new projects for young people in the community. We employed Lewis Clarke to lift the profile of rugby in the Rowley/Hillmorton communities and Fiona Kenneally to connect local netball clubs and local primary schools to work together so that children were playing in the same teams across club and school. We also helped to kick start The Orchard, an initiative to attract young local musicians and artists and give them the opportunity to create and hone their natural talents. The year ended with an invitation to perform at Classical Sparks in February 2020, a huge honour and an exciting opportunity.

Origin Sport continues to grow from strength to strength seeing an increase of 3000 children coming through the programmes this year from 2018. Greg has made huge inroads in connecting with local schools but also children coming from as far as Diamond Harbour to attend our Thursday night Touch Rugby modules in Term 1 and 4.

And finally, our 30-year celebration was held in July. A panel of two of the former managers and myself spoke of our work to the congregation at South West Baptist and afterwards we enjoyed a luncheon with past and present trustees, staff, volunteers' funders and friends. There were many stories shared but what was evident was the impact the Trust had on so many lives over the time we have been in operation. It was encouraging to know that a child from 20 years ago, still held the view that being part of a Cross Over Trust was hugely and positively influential in their lives. These stories serve to remind us of how important a part we play in the lives of young children and Growing Resilient Children and Youth of Character.

Our Communities

Addington Te Kura Taumatua

In 2019 we are pleased to say Addington Te Kura Taumatua has finished it’s school build! It is a great space for the kids and parents and we are delighted with the new school and school grounds.

As for many people, 2019 was a hard year regarding the mosque attacks. We had many families in Addington community directly affected by the attacks. Our Trust worked to connect quickly with agencies of support for the people affected and worked hard to care for everyone feeling the repercussions of this event. The community really came together this year to support and care for one another and meet the needs of the community.

This year Addington Te kura Taumatua had their first ever school production! We were so impressed with everyone getting involved and producing such a high quality show. We saw the work that everyone had put into music over the entire year at the production as it sounded great!

The whanau room has been set up at the school and been used for lots of courses and connecting including computer and English classes. We have seen great connection in Addington community in 2019 and look forward to supporting the relatationships in 2020. Next year our Principal, Trudy Heath, will take study leave and we welcome the appointment of Donna Buchanan as Acting Princpal. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112928248/church-supports-mosque-attack-victims-as- they-would-their-own-family

Te Kōmanawa Rowley School

In 2019 We farewelled Miss Martindale who has served in our community for over 30 years by teaching our tamariki with lots of Aroha. We welcomed Denise Torrey as the new principal and Kym Scown Deputy Principal who have come on board our school and introduced some amazing leadership opportunities for our students to grow and role model to our juniors and even us as adults! Before Te Kómanawa Rowley School was about to start for 2019 we wanted the school to look amazing for the students. After the long break it was looking unkempt. So we organised a working bee to help weed, mow lawns, sweep the paths, pick up rubbish and clean decks. We had students, parents and local residents come and lend a hand, working alongside the caretaker. We were so impressed with the involvement from the community in getting the school grounds looking good and it was great to see people taking ownership and caring for their school.

Cross Over Trust worked with the school and community to look after those families affected by the March attacks. We grieved with those who lost loved ones and celebrated the 4 lost lives in Rowley community with a memorial service at Hillmorton High School. Our commuinty gathered together to support one another in this time.

We are thrilled to say this year, the community finally celebrated the Opening of Hoon Hay Lights in the Park. A core group of young people originating from Te Komanawa Rowley School, fundraised, proposed to council, and fundraised some more. The local community board got behind it and saw this vision become a reality. This whole journey took four years. Good things do take time. We are already seeing the impact that this is having on the next generation of Te Komanawa students willing to give back to their school and community.Finally, we would like to thank Denise Torrey and her team for leading us through, what was a challenging transition after the resignation of Niulesā Anthony Faitaua. Next year we will welcome Kim Scown as Acting Principal to kick off 2020. https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/youths-jump-through-hoops-for-hoon-hay Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School

In 2019 we saw West Spreydon community came together and look after one another. Support was needed by the community when the March attacks happened. This was seen with making meals, providing childcare, rides to the hospital, an almost constant stream of visitors, a woman spending many nights at the home of our friends to keep the mum company while the dad was in hospital, and an ex-teacher of the kids looking after them a lot during this time.

Te Ara Koropiko West Sreydon school had an ex-student come back to the school and teach art classes to the kids. Cross Over Trust were able to help her set up up the class for the kids. This was a great example of people giving back to the community and the kids enjoy partaking in the art classes.

In 2020 Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon school are moving sites to the old Spreydon School site while the school is rebuilt. We are looking forward to the new build of the school and what that will bring. We endeavour to ensure the transition to the temporary site goes well and we will be on the ground to support the teachers and families during this time and throughout 2020. https://baptistmag.org.nz/baptist-churches-sponsor-refugees-in-pilot-scheme/

Social Enterprise

In 2019 we continued the Social Enterprise of hiring out campervans. In addition to our one van purchased in the previous year, we bought three new vans and sold two. We now have a current fleet of 4 camper vans. The booking season started about November and was a bit slow but picked up into the new year. Over the 2019/20 summer we will have had 10 bookings.

In the summer Jan-May 2019 we had eight bookings which indicates the height of the bookings is at the beginning of the year rather than the pre-christmas season. That said we do have bookings which go out in December but come back in January which are included in those figures.

We are on track against our strategic plan building toward a sustainable income from an excellent fleet of vehicles.

The Pakari Project (Youth Resiliency)

In 2019 we had two Praxis students Michael Pule and Jermey Chee working in the Rowley community under the Pakari project. They mentored younger children coaching several sport and were involved in the weekly Bible Study. The Bible Study took off and we sent 30 young people to Easter Camp. Both of them passed their first year with Merit and will continue studying toward the Diploma in 2020 and be employed by Cross Over Trust. For a part of the year we employed Fiona Kenneally as netball co-ordanitor in the Rowley community and school. Lewis Clarke was employed and funded by KiwiSport to assist The Origin Sport Coordinator and Pakari funds to employ him at Hillmorton High School to encourage students into rugby. Fiona worked in Te Komanawa Rowley school liaising with the local netball clubs and built up the profile of netball amounst the students. We were very thankful for the support of these people and the funding of the Pakari project From Christchurch City Council. Having these people on board with staff gave us our trusted presence in the community creating relationships with the kids and families, local schools and clubs.

The Orchard-Enliven Spaces

Cross Over leased one of the Rowley shops as a Creative Art Space from July 2019 and will continue to do so in 2020. This project is being funded by Christchurch City Counsils Enliven Places Grant. The space is specifically for young people to be mentored to create and learn the arts including music. Mentor Mark Vanilau who previously played in the Dave Dobbyn band oversees this project. Solomon Smith from the Community Board is also supporting this initiative. Both have put in many hours to decorate the space to make it a great place to hang out. There has also been a noticeable change in the way the other shop owners have started communicating and working Mark Vanilau together. We have already seen this space be used, encouraging our young people to pursue their passions. We look forward to seeing what this space will Choir Practice provide for our young people in Rowley community in 2020. It is a great opportunity for people in our community. A group of students have been practing there choir skills throughout 2019 and we are looking forward to hearing their first perfomace in February 2020 at Sparks in the Park!

Data Analysis 2017,2018,2019

Our total figures include Origin Sport but are shown separately in the graph below as they make a large contribution to our total children participating. In 2019 Origin Sport engaged with 28427 children, 3000 up on last year. This data is required by Sport Canterbury, one of our major funders for Origin sport, and therefore is an accurate record.

2018 Primary Project Origin Sport Total Adults attendance 4934 325 5259 Children attendance 10700 25528 36228 Volunteer hours 4984 2102 7086 Volunteer numbers 537 273 810

2019 Primary Project Origin Sport Total Adults attendance 1754 28 1754 Children attendance 8291 28427 36718 Volunteer hours 3693 750 4443 Volunteer numbers 505 28 533

Children numbers – In 2019 the number of children in attendance at events was in total 36718. This was a decrease due to a) in 2018 we organised the Pacific Series in the Rowley Community but this year instead, we participated by sending two teams into the competion b) our data for the Addington Breakfast and Lunch club were not recorded for Term 1 due to the unprecedented Mosque attacks, the impact it had in the Addington Community and the extra workload this had on our team. Their efforts went into pastoral care and mentoring for a good part of the year and c) Hoon Hay Fiesta and Hoon Hay Hoops were cancelled due to bad weather.

Adult Numbers – The Pacific Series in 2018 increased numbers by 3000 attending. An average of 25 adults still attend the popular West Spreydon Friday Coffee Cart. Greg at Origin Sport accomplishes a huge amount of child contact through the year and this year it was with the help of 28 adults. Rowley had a challenging year with the change in school leadership and so it was encouraging to see 80 adults and 70 children turn up in Term 3 for the School Blessing.

Volunteer hours – While some events attract high numbers, we also acknowledge and value 40 hours given to working bees, 56 hours in mentoring both in Term 1 alone. 500 hours were given in Term 2 to run the Addington Breakfast and Lunch club. 148 hours were given at the opening of the Lights in the Park opening, indicating the high community interest. Hours were somewhat down on last year but again this was largely due to our different involvement in the Pacific Series and Hoon Hay Fiesta.

Volunteer numbers – For the Primary Project this number were similar to 2018 but were well down from 273 to 28 for Origin Sport. In 2019 they were mainly adults, parents and caregivers as opposed to high schoolers.

2019 snapshots

Addington Community

Donna Buchanan, Acting Principal, Addington Te Kura Taumatua School – School Community Liaison, Jo Robertson; Liaison Support, Kim Turner

The work of the School Community Liaison here at Addington Te Kura Taumatua is valued highly by both our staff and our community. We are incredibly blessed to have such a kind, caring and giving person as part of our whanau.

Jo offers great support to a huge number of parents within our community and works hard to build and maintain the connections made. Through her work and connections we have a large number of parents and members of the community volunteering their time within the school. This may be at breakfast club or lunch club and a large number who work in our ESP (extra special people) programme, working with individual students, or maybe working in classrooms or with resources.

We could not have done without Jo’s support, caring and connections in the past 12 months, post the 15th March 2019 Mosque Shootings. Jo has been instrumental in advocating for families, supporting them through tragedy and helping them keep connected to their school and community. She has been the person we have needed to call on.

Lastly, I would like to thank Jo for the contribution that she also regularly makes to our Pastoral Care Team at our fortnightly meetings. She is the conduit between our community and the school and both do an amazing job for and with the school and its community.

What we were up to:

• School build • Parents English classes • Whanau room being used • Production • Driving lessons for parents • Exersise classes • Breakfast and lunch club\ • Samoan language week • Extra Special peoples project • Christmas party • Harvest garden • Yoga classes • Addington fair • Hip hop classes • Liaisons between year 6 and youth community • Whanau Hui • Touch rugby club • Coffee Cart mornings

Story: In 2019 we have had an emphasis on caring for our Muslim brothers and sisters, particularly the wives of those men who were injured or killed in the Mosque attacks. Computers in homes ran a course for parents at Addington Te Kura Taumatua. It was great to see some women come to the course and grow in confidence and connection. We recognised that it was important to include Muslim women in this course in order to give them skills towards independence, and safe places of belonging and connection. Cross Over Trust funded 5 Muslim women to complete this course alongside other immigrant and local women. Following the Mosque attacks, women in our community had also expressed interest in learning how to drive as a way of gaining independence. We arranged paid lessons and also had a volunteer take driving lessons. Two women are continuing their efforts of learning with our volunteer, one women has passed her written test and two others have passed their practical driving test! We were encouraged by the feedback by one woman saying "Thank you so much for helping us, Jo. Without your support we could not stand strong at this time."

Rowley Community

Aroha Swann, Board Chair, Rowley Resource Centre - School Community Liaison, Roy Kenneally; Liaison Support, Michael Pule Rowley Resource centre has been nestled on Rowley Ave, Hoon Hay community for over 25 years. We are a community-based centre that focuses on enabling community development and growth through the provision of community led groups and projects for a better quality of life within our community. We are a registered charity.

Crossover Trust partnered with us to help setup the Lalaga Night Market, our newest venture alongside SYC, Te Komanawa Rowley Primary School and CCC Recreations advisor. The market was a great success for our community, partaking in presenting stalls and attendance to event.

We have also had the pleasure of working alongside Cross Over Trust in the planning and development each year for the community ‘Fiesta Event’ and other local events held either ‘in-school’ or within the community (Lalaga Night Market; Matariki etc.)

Cross Over Trust remains such a pivotal part of the Rowley Community especially amongst the local’s, youth and other organizations working alongside them.

What we were up to:

• Rowley clean up • Rowley netball and rugby • Volunteer readers • Whanau backyard disco • Youth hui • Volleyball senior boys • Option 7 café • Pink shirt Day • Waterblast Fun • Lalaga Market • Junior and Senior Hoon hay hoops • Praxis students have come on board to Cross Over Trust • Youth Resiliency project • Maori language week • Year six leavers dinner at Addington Co-op • Disco • School attendance prizes • School camps • Pacific nations rugby league tournament • Post earthquake aid • Lunch club • Pastoral care • Community fun day • Community Mural • Mentoring • New school principals • Samoan language week • Make Music Aotearoa workshop • Community night • Rowley’s got talent • Neighbourhood mediation • Adventure based learning • Rowley’s biggest loser

Story: At the end of 2019 Te Komanawa Rowley School hosted their first ever Lalaga night market. The market included some food stalls, craft stalls, entertainment and lots of people! The lalaga night market has continued over the summer and there has been great feedback of how much people enjoyed the quality of food and that they would defently come back! The market was a great place to connect and get to know people in the community. It was a place of fun and belonging. We had one person in the community make a game for the kids to play at the market. Everyone got involved and a lot of fun was had by all! In 2019 we also had the chance to celebrate the lights being put on the basketball court at Hoon Hay Park which has been a four year long journey. There were several key young men, who were all ex students at Te Komanawa Rowley School that were involved from start to finish. This had been a massive under taking, so it was great to be able to celebrate this achievement with the wider community ! Well done to everyone involved in making this dream come true!

West Spreydon Community

Marriene Langton, Principal, West Spreydon School – School Community Liaison, Ruth Major/Stacy Silich/Antoine Houle

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What we were up to:

• Basketball • Coffee cart mornings • Cross country • School pool • Pink shirt day • School talent quest • Winter sport • School pool working bee • Art classes • Gymnastics • Pastoral care • Able tasmin trip • Friday family picnics • Canterbury centrals basketball • Junior school production • School pool opened • Swimming sports • Junior school triathlon • Sign language • Athletics support • Netball tournament • Christmas activities • Mums netball team • Clean up Waimokihi river • Music lessons • Kapahaka • Wearable arts • Passion projects-music, drama, dance • Exercise class • Garden show • Holiday catch ups • Anxiety workshop • Performing arts project • Garden workshops • School playground built • School bake sale • Weetbix triathlon

Story: An art class has been running at Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon. This class was initiated by an ex-pupil of Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon. She had been wanting to give back to the community and found a need at the school where she can use her strengths and skills. We have lost of kids attending this and this class will continue to run in 2020.

One of our staff had been teaching kids at school sign language. It was great to see the kids using this skill they had learnt. Our staff member no longer runs this class as a Mother at the school decided to take on the volunteer role! We were so encouraged by her enthusiasm to run this class for the kids.

Origin Sport 2019

2019 was a year in which we saw an increase in the number of people we were able to engage with and also a year which Sport NZ changed the focus for providers such as us going forward into 2020. In total 28,427 participations took place across our programmes.

Our Weekly Sport sessions with all of the Year 3-4’s in West Spreydon, Addington, Hoon Hay & Te Kōmanawa Rowley schools were once again at the core of the work that we did in our communities. The focus of these session remains to help develop the children’s confidence & skill base so they can give any sport a go once they reach Year 5 & get given the opportunity to represent their school in local competitions. One of the highlights of this was working alongside Sport Canterbury to deliver the SportStart Home programme at Te Kōmanawa Rowley School which involved providing the students with sports equipment to take home and engage with their families.

As we did in 2018, we ran both a Term 1 & Term 4 Touch module in 2019. Once again, we saw growth with 84 teams entered across the two competitions. Without volunteer referees none of this would be possible & across 2019, with the help of Touch Canterbury, we helped developed 12 new referees aged from 10-16 years of age.

5 weeks of our Sports Week holiday programme took place in 2019. We continue to be in a fortunate position to not need to do any external advertising for this. We simply send an email out to our past participant’s families & in combination with word of mouth we are either at, or close to, our capacity each day. West Spreydon School continues to be an ideal venue for what we provide & 2019 featured some afternoons in the school pool during the summer months.

Late in 2019 we were presented an opportunity to collaborate with Mana Ake in the Te Mana Raupo school cluster. This cluster encompasses Waltham, , Beckenham, St Martins, St Mark’s, Diamond Harbour & Governors Bays primary schools. Together we upskilled their pupils then planned & ran a successful Ki-o-Rahi Festival for their Year 7-8 teams at Hansen Park. The focus was on Whananaugatanga (relationship and connection) ahead of the students heading off to high school.

Sport NZ (who fund Sport Canterbury) made the decision mid- way through the year to change the emphasis for their funding (covering the year from Term 4 2019 through to Term 3 2020). The new approach nominated 12-18 year olds as their priority & dictated that they would not fund anything in the circular space. While this doesn’t prevent us from continuing with our Weekly Sport sessions, as our partner schools make a financial contribution, it means that the funding we do receive from Sport Canterbury must be spent in the co-circular & extra- circular space. The ROWLEYZ SHARP After School Origin Sport Programme, Hoon Hay Hoops events, Pacific League Series, Hoon Hay School Winter Sport Alternative & our Touch module already fall into this bracket but it is an area that we need to grow from 2020 onwards.

Greg Spence

Origin Sport Coordinator

Cross Over Trust celebrating 30 years

This year Cross Over Trust celebrates 30 years of serving the children in our local communities. On July 7 we hosted three church services at South West Baptist, who were the permission givers back in 1989 and the encouragers in the early days, supporters and providers today.

Three of the four Managers (Freedom Preston-Clark was unable to attend) were interviewed during the service and also shared stories and experiences of the journey. 150 of Past and Present Staff, Trustees, Volunteers, sch ool staff, and the community attended a superb hangi lunch, shared the stories and caught up on where life has taken them since. Jo Robertson, our Addington Liaison, also Board Chair at Addington School and Elder at South West Baptist, gave a sermon on the feeding of the five thousand. Relating that Jesus simply asked of the disciples to give what they had to be used for the crowd, to Cross Over Trust using what we, the people and the community have to offer and turning it into their dream. We play our part but we are not alone.

In 1989 John Harrington approached a local high school asking for their eight most challenging children to join his adventure programme. As a result of teen pregnancies, his wife Vicky started up a single mum’s club. John’s passion being evident, their programmes grew to include feeder intermediate schools and finally primary schools. John was also the pioneer of Te Ora Hou in . At that time there were two young men who were to play a significant part in the journey of the Trust. One was Rowan Feron, a youth worker at the time, who went on to take the role of Manager from 2000 to 2009. Rowan further established the vision and built a strong network of relationships with local schools and funders. The other was one of the young boys in the programme, Roy Kenneally. Roy finished school, became a volunteer, then became a youth worker before taking over the role of Manager in 2010.

Roy Kenneally took over in April 2010 and after the September 2010 and February 2011 earthquakes took place, we were propelled into a new day. The city had changed forever and Cross Over Trust saw the birth of The Primary Project. We had been aware of changing times and now was the time to move from a programme based to a presence-based model. Our Board of Trustees, staff, Managers and school Principals all worked together to see the model launched and we have not looked back. Now almost 8 years on, we have the support of our funders, donors and supporters.

Thirty years of touching the lives of literally thousands of children and young people. Thirty years of learning about what is at the heartbeat of our communities Thirty years of being blessed in being supported and encouraged by many far and wide All in all the day of celebration further inspired us to hold that vision, empower those around us and give what we have to be used for the greater and common

Our staff

Roy Kenneally Ellen Weston Judith Whittam Greg Spence Ruth Major Manager & Rowley Liaison Administrator Financial Officer Origin Sport West Spreydon Liaison

Lee-Ann Boyne Jo Robertson Michael Pule Jeremy Chee Laurette Risdon Admin Assistant Addington Liaison Rowley Liaison Support Rowley Liaison support Admin Assistant

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Stacy Silich Fiona Kenneally Kim Turner Lewis Clarke Antoine Houle WS Liaison support Community netball Addington Liaison Support Origin Sport Support West Spreydon Supoort coordanitor

Board of Trustees

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Lidwina Clarke Viv Neilsen Grant Chivers Rachael Green Tim Hayward Murray Teage

Our funders and supporters

Rotary Club of Cashmere

A big Thank you to all our funders and supporters for everything you did to support Cross Over Trust in 2019! We couldn’t do it without you.