1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS CONTACT DETAILS We would like to acknowledge Visitor Solutions with input from The Leisure Centre the input and enthusiasm of the management, staff and members of 159 Brightside Rd management, staff, members and the Leisure Centre. Whangaparaoa 0932 sports clubs associated with the Leisure Centre. 09-424 1914 2 CONTENTS Section One : Background and Context 4 • Introduction • Background • Methodology • About the Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre Section Two : Positive Values of the Facility 7 • Philosophy and Management Values of the Leisure Centre • Management Value One: Passion - Truly believe and deliver on our mission • Management Value Two: Leadership - Inspiring, including, and encouraging our teams • Management Value Three: Positivity - Look for solutions not problems, treat challenges as opportunities Section Three : Members Success Stories 17 Section Four : Added Values of Leisure Centre Members 22 Section Five: Opportunities and Challenges 25 • Opportunities • Challenges Section Six: Conclusion 27 3 The key components that make up photographer was also used to SECTION ONE ‘social value’ are: provide additional photos which BACKGROUND & CONTEXT • Stronger communities portray a day in the life of the • Social inclusion Leisure Centre. INTRODUCTION • Reduced antisocial behaviour • Improvement of members’ mental • Design Graduate The Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre has and physical well-being A design graduate was used to partnered with Sport New Zealand develop the design and template to provide a case study on the value Sport New Zealand is endeavouring for the case study. that the Leisure Centre provides to its to highlight the considerable social members and the wider community. value of sport and recreation to the everyday lives of New Zealanders. The purpose of the case study is to In this case study, it is highlighting the demonstrate a potential process and social value a community-based leisure template that other community-based centre plays, through the various leisure centres can use to develop their interactions it provides for its members own case studies on their facilities. and its local community. BACKGROUND METHODOLOGY Why this values report is being About the values report and the written process used. “Sport has the power to unite people in The case study on the Stanmore Bay a way little else can. Sport can create Leisure Centre has been developed hope. Breaks down racial barriers... using a number of key tools that can be laughs in the face of discrimination... easily used by other community leisure speaks to people in a language they can facilities wishing to develop their own understand.” - Nelson Mandela case studies. The key tools used for this case study were: It is generally recognised that sport and recreation makes an enormous • Sport New Zealand ‘Value of contribution to New Zealand society. Sport Tool Kit’ (available on-line) Though the health and economic benefits of sport and recreation are • Review of information that was well known and documented, the social readily available such as: benefits are sometimes overlooked. • Leisure Centre Website • Leisure Centre newsletters It is accepted around the world • Articles on the internet that sport and recreation brings • Statistics New Zealand considerable social value to • Local authority planning local communities. It helps build documents communities through social inclusion and gives these communities a sense • Interviews of connection. • Manager of the Centre • Leisure Centre Staff International research finds that sports • Members of the Leisure clubs and community organisations Centre are important conduits for developing • Sports Club committee ‘social value’ and are excellent members barometers of community strength. • Photo Library Staff and members of the Centre provided some of the photos used in the document. A professional 4 Coast, the areas which are directly ABOUT THE STANMORE BAY adjacent to the Leisure Centre account LEISURE CENTRE for 21,546 people. It was officially opened in Stanmore The Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre Bay in October 1990, and developed to is located on the Hibiscus Coast, on service the Hibiscus Coast community. Auckland’s east coast -a 40-minute drive from Auckland’s CBD. The The Leisure Centre was the first coast is bounded by the Hauraki Gulf, significant indoor leisure centre which provides a number of sandy developed by the Rodney District beaches and maritime recreational Council and includes: opportunities. • 2 basketball courts • 4 squash courts There are a number of active • 25-metre swimming pool recreational facilities within the • Learners swimming pool Hibiscus Coast, including more than 20 • Gymnasium sports fields and over 30 hard courts. • Fitness class rooms The Stanmore Bay Leisure Centre is • Crèche the only leisure centre in the area. The Leisure Centre now employs In addition to sports facilities at 12 more than 100 staff, including 47 FTEs schools within the Hibiscus Coast (fulltime-equivalents) from a wide region, there are private recreational variety of backgrounds. This level of opportunities provided by the employment has a positive economic Northern Arena Aquatic and Fitness impact on the local community. They Centre, Waiwera Hot Pools, Snow are all committed to the success of the Planet, and a go-cart track. Leisure Centre. The Hibiscus Coast coastline The membership of the Leisure Centre extends over 100 kilometres and has increased from 900 members in offers significant coastal access and 2000 to 2,200 members today. Since recreational activities. In addition they joined, many of these members there are 32 public boat ramps along have adopted exercise as a daily part the coastline, maintained by the local of their lives. And overall around council. 355,000 visits are made to the Leisure Centre each year. Many of the people The Hibiscus Coast region is a large who exercise and play sport in the urbanised area covering 7,280 hectares. Leisure Centre see it as an essential It has a population of approximately asset of the Hibiscus Coast region. 39,000 (2006 Statistics NZ National Census). The Leisure Centre continues to extend the activities it provides, and Although the Leisure Centre attracts has steadily increased the numbers of members from all over the Hibiscus people who use it each day. Core Stanmore Bay Leisure Population Stanmore Bay East 2,385 Stanmore Bay West 2,622 Manly 6,123 Army Bay 3,360 Viponds 2,469 Wade Heads 2,688 Gulf Harbour 1,899 Total Core Stanmore Bay Leisure Population 21,546 Data Source: NZ Stats Census 2006 5 The Leisure Centre is now a focal Pools point for many major events on the The Leisure Centre has one 25-metre Coast. Its own events include the pool and one learner pool, both used annual Hospice Fun Walk, an Open for Swim School. The main pool is also Day, and health seminars. The Leisure used by members, casual swimmers, Centre has also hosted home shows, schools, the North Shore Swim cat shows, American exchange sports club, Flipper Ball, Dive HQ, and our tournaments, and helped host the own aqua classes. During the school swimming events of the Trans-Tasman holidays and weekends, large numbers Masters Games. of children enjoy our aquatic facilities, which include the aqua run and Some of the key programmes on offer stepping stones. The numbers doing at the Leisure Centre are: these activities have also increased significantly after the recent provision Swim School made for ‘free swimming’ for children The Leisure Centre Swim School aged under 16. Due to the high usage, believes learning to swim is one of life’s space is at a premium, and ensuring most exciting and essential learning everyone is catered for can be very experiences. It is an asset that allows challenging. lifelong enjoyment of water-based activities. Student ages range from 6 months to adults of all ages. Private lessons can also be arranged. Growth has been rapid, with approximately 1000 students enrolling every term. Fitness gyms Group Fitness classes There are 3 gyms in the Leisure Centre, The popular and highly professional with a weight room and cardio theatre, Les Mills classes run throughout the catering for everyone from beginner day, seven days per week. There are 86 to bodybuilders. A particularly popular classes to choose from, ranging from fitness programme is the Circuit ‘Yoga’ to ‘Body Combat’. The Aqua Express. This is a comprehensive Works programme is very popular, 30-minute workout designed for especially with seniors. Approximately people who want to improve their 1000 participants take part in Group fitness but have a busy urban lifestyle. Fitness classes each week. The trained staff members are all REPs (Registered Exercise Professionals) and Indoor stadium programmes can provide individualised health checks, Catering for both children and programmes and assistance. There adults, our stadiums are a hive of are also personal trainers available for activity, especially after school and in anyone requiring a specialised personal the evenings. Programmes include training programme. netball, squash, volleyball, gymnastics, basketball, roller hockey, badminton In-house services and table tennis. During the day, Overall health and wellbeing can be preschoolers enjoy ‘Gymnees’ – our enhanced by using the Leisure Centre’s very own gymnastics programme for in-house services. A nutritionist, this age group. The majority of local dietician, massage therapist and schools use the stadium regularly, and physiotherapist are all available. our schools programmes continue to grow. The popularity of stadium Clubs and community groups activities has meant that we have had As a community centre it is a venue to ‘satellite’ a number of our basketball for 17 clubs and groups, including leagues, most recently to Dairy Flat Tae Kwon Do, Senior Indoor Bowls, School. This enables children in the Cardiac Club and Senior Badminton. outlying area to participate in sport and recreation. 6 The following section outlines the key SECTION TWO management values that the Stanmore The staff member was aware of POSITIVE VALUES OF THE Bay Leisure Centre strives to live by.