Affordable Sports for Greater Wellington

05/06/2023

Brrr... Winter sports descended upon us this long weekend! 🥶

Ka pai to all players!

01/06/2023

Thank you Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman for getting the ball rolling on the review! 🤩

We're thrilled to be one step closer to making sports accessible for everyone! ⚽️

01/06/2023

“The internal review proposed by HCC is like asking a student to grade their own work. We’ve been asking about the real cost of running sports fields for a decade, and the council can’t or haven’t been able to tell us. There’s no basis to trust its assessment.” Bryan Dickinson, Chief Executive of College Sport Wellington. 👏⚽

Major school-age sport organisation will withhold paying council fees, "to show how serious we are about delivering better outcomes for our sporting rangatahi".

01/06/2023

📣 College Sport Wellington joins Capital Football in withholding sports facility payments to Hutt City Council and Wellington City Council.

'College Sport will withhold payments to Wellington City Council until the independent review commences. It will only pay fees to Hutt City Council after it joins the independent review, which it is yet to do.'

Link to full article in the comments 👇

01/06/2023

Exciting update! Wellington City Council is making strides in initiating the review of sports fees. A big shoutout to all those involved! 🥳

⚽️ We are seeing so many adults and children pulling out of sports and activity due to financial hardship causing isolation and disconnection from their communities.

Proud to second Councillor Nureddin ‘s notice of motion on for a review into Affordable sports Wellington. HUGE mihi to Affordable Sports for Greater Wellington campaign 🔥

30/05/2023

Check out the findings from this 2022 study that highlights the importance of youth participation in sports. Lets eliminate the financial barriers and ensure our entire community can enjoy the benefits! 👌

26/05/2023

'Capital Football stops paying ground fees in Lower Hutt as stoush continues.'

Capital Football has announced it will withhold payments on Hutt City Council ground fee invoices until the Council agrees to participate in a region-wide independent review of sport facility charges across Wellington.

Read the full article below 📰👇

25/05/2023

Exciting progress is underway as the sports codes of Wellington engage in productive meetings with the Wellington City Council.

We are committed to working closely with the councils to ensure a comprehensive independent review 🤝🥳

24/05/2023

Is your council participating in the regional independent review of sport facility fees? Take a look at the map below to find out which one stands out! 👇

18/05/2023

Latest development 👇

Capital Football has announced today it will withhold payments on Hutt City Council ground fee invoices until the Council agrees to participate in a region-wide independent review of sport facility charges across Wellington.

“Mayor Campbell Barry and 8 other councillors promised to do an independent review during the election, and we intend to hold them to that promise." Richard Reid, CEO of Capital Football 👏

Capital Football has announced today it will withhold payments on Hutt City Council ground fee invoices until the...

16/05/2023

Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry has broken his promise to independently review sports ground charges, leaving Wellington sportspeople feeling 'double-crossed.'

Other councils have committed to an independent review, but Hutt City Council remains on the sidelines.

Read Capital Football's statement below 👇Or check the comments for a link to The Posts article 📰

A collective of Wellington sports organisations say Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry has double-crossed sportspeople, after...

15/05/2023

Woohoo! 🥳

'Porirua City Council joins Upper Hutt City Council and the Wellington City Council, which have all declared participation in a regional review which will look at the raw costs behind the fees charged for sport facility use across the region.'

Thank you Porirua City Council!

We're waiting... 👀Hutt City Council? Kāpiti Coast District Council?

Porirua Mayor Anita Baker this week emailed the affordable sports campaign to notify them of her council’s agreement to participate in Wellington City Council’s review of fees for sport facilities. On behalf of sportspeople, the Sports codes have extended ...