Community hui on Council’s Investment in Rec, Sport and Play

Series of community hui on Council’s Investment in Rec, Sport and Play. 

You are invited to a conversation about sport, recreation and play in Lower Hutt, and the future challenges and opportunities facing both the community and  Council. We know sport, recreation and play are highly valued by our community, and that’s why every year significant rates funding goes into providing fields, hard surfaces and facilities.  At the same time, we know the sports community is under pressure from increasing costs, decreasing funding and in some cases, low or declining participation. 

Council also faces financial challenges. Our community has been clear with us that we need to find ways to reduce rates increases, and we recently adopted a new Target Operating Model, which charts a course to do this. This includes reconsidering levels of investment into all services and divesting some assets.  The focus will be on providing the best possible value for money for rate payers and residents.  

We are keen to hear from you about the challenges and barriers you may be experiencing as an organisation involved in sport and recreation, share with you the challenges for Council and talk about how we can work together to ensure our people can continue to be active. We have already been doing some thinking around this, which we are keen to test – you can read this here.

We are running a series of community hui, and we’re inviting anyone with an interest in keeping our community active to come along for a korero.  

• Monday 18 May, Pelorus Sports House 6pm-7:30pm
• Monday 25 May, Wainuiomata Neighbourhood Hub 6pm-7:30pm
• Thursday 28 May, Walter Nash Centre. 6pm-7:30pm”