The Sport Tasman Schools Team engages with the education sector from early childhood through to secondary school level.

We support early childhood centres and primary schools in fundamental movement skill development through the provision of training and resources for parents, teachers and caregivers and activity opportunities for children.

In secondary schools, we link with the local sports coordinators and sports codes to run over 20 events for students to participate in each year.  We also support the sports coordinators by facilitating regular group meetings and by providing training and resources.

A focus area for the Schools Team is ‘leadership’ – we have a programme supporting young students to develop the skills to become great leaders in the sporting community.

We aim to give all children and young adults access to sport and recreation in our region and the opportunity to develop the skills and confidence necessary to participate.

Sport Tasman is committed to developing the capability of regional and local organisations to deliver sport and recreation in their communities.

There is a focus on increasing the number and capability of volunteers, especially coaching in targeted sports organisations.

Our Sport Advisors provide consultancy and education to sports organisations staff and volunteers throughout the region on a variety of topics.

• Board Governance
• Committee Rule
• Communication Strategies
• Event Planning & Management
• Event Risk Management
• Funding & Sponsorship
• Inclusion
• Membership Recruitment
• Leadership Development
• School & Community Partnership
• Strategic Planning
• Volunteer Management
• Coach Development
• Club Assessment
• Coach Mentoring

Welcome to the Communities programme area for Sport Tasman!  Basically, the role of the Communities Team is to get our smaller communities more active, more often!  We don't necessarily fit into your traditional "sport" way of thinking, but what we DO think about is connecting ALL people with sport and recreation options to suit their needs and their wants in their community.

Your communities that currently have activities running are:

• Buller
• Kaikoura
• Marlborough Community Hubs
• Way 2 Go Hubs