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Please see this latest Education Update covering: XTND Age requirements for courses Practical coaching hours Education assignments Our education calendar can be found on the Education calendar and all course bookings should be made via Club Portal. If you need assistance accessing this, please contact your Relationship Manager. Reminders: As 2020 is the last year of the current judging cycle, … Read More

At this time of year, many of you are thinking about grant funding and some are already underway with applications. This is a good time to remind you of the various grant funding resources that are available on Club Portal and also to direct you to the new template to be used for requesting education quotes for funding grants. All … Read More

Safeguarding Children / Child Protection This is a very important area for clubs to understand their responsibilities, have clear policies and procedures in place and be pro-active rather than waiting until something happens before taking action. In order to best support this, GNZ has worked with Safeguarding Children to put together a webinar to support those who take a leadership … Read More

Sport NZ ‘Keep Up With the Play’ In order to address the high numbers of children and teenagers dropping out of Sport in New Zealand, Sport NZ has launched a public awareness campaign ‘Keep up with the Play’ designed to address this issue. “We believe changing the attitudes and behaviours of those delivering or influencing grassroots sport, whether parents, coaches … Read More

With increasing competition for members, bringing in new members to your club is always important and often a challenge. Raising the profile of your club through a range of marketing ideas will help to increase the number of people through the door. Below is a range of ideas that you could consider for promoting your club in the lead up … Read More

Sport NZ Insights – What do young people want? There is now significant research and insights from around the world and in NZ for what motivates people and young people, in particular, to participate in sport or physical activity.  As new generation’s experiences are different from the previous, then so are their needs for the activities they chose to spend … Read More

The draft education calendar for 2020 is on the education calendar. On this page you will see up-to-date versions of the education calendar (regional/weekend view and also by course view) for all coaching courses (including XTND) and judging courses. This page will periodically be updated as courses are confirmed. There may be further additions to the calendar including workshops. With … Read More

Summer CampsWe have included summer camps on the events calendar for Summer 2019/2020. Just scroll down for the calendar.If you have a summer camp you would like to see included on the calendar please contact your Relationship Manager with details. Child ProtectionIn 2020 there will be a significant focus on Child Protection/Safeguarding Children. This will include: • Promotion of Child … Read More

Building a Positive Health & Safety CulturePositive health and safety culture is ultimately about people, specifically your people and team, and how they work together and with others, they come into contact with through your workplace.The importance of moving beyond meeting minimum health and safety requirements via lists and processes is highlighted in this article: Building a Positive Health & … Read More

Women and Girls Government StrategyIn October 2019, the Government launched the strategy for Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation. It has been identified that there are clear inequalities for women and girls when it comes to participation and their wider involvement and visibility within sport and active recreation in Aotearoa New Zealand. This strategy aims to create an … Read More