DSR Annual Report 2006/2007
2006/2007 reports and financial statements, including the year's highlights, Director General's report, corporate overview, grants approved.
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Year highlights include:- $18.15 million in funding allocated to sport and recreation organisations which included $11.5m through the Sports Lotteries Account.
- $19.4 million invested in capital upgrades to sport and recreation camps at Hillarys, Orange Grove, Woodman Point, Point Walter and Quaranup.
- $10.52 million was allocated to local governments and sporting organisations to build or upgrade community sporting and recreation facilities.
- A total of 20,239 people visited the department’s four metropolitan recreation camps and recorded a combined 99,035 participations in an organised recreation program, which is a nine per cent increase on the previous year.
- Organisational, governance and planning consultancy support to state and regional sporting associations.
- $988,100 allocated through the Sport and Recreation Community Grants Scheme to initiate 91 projects that led to increased participation in physical activity or enhanced skills by providers of sport and recreation. The scheme had a specific focus on projects focussing on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities.
- The department released the Recreation Strategic Reform Agenda and progressed implementation of its recommendations including the creation of a recreation focussed unit of fi ve staff, formation of the Recreation Advisory Panel, enhanced communications tools, strategic review of education and training framework in recreation and development of adventure activity standards.
- Partnered with the WA Sports Federation to coordinate and facilitate a statewide and industry education program on the Working With Children (Police Checks) Act 2004.
- The Premier’s Physical Activity Taskforce provided significant momentum and commitment to coordinate the whole of government response on physical activity. The Taskforce was successfully transferred to the department from the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
- Through the Country Sport Enrichment Scheme and Champions to the Regions Scheme the department provided $103,000 to help ten sporting organisations to host seven state and national sporting events.
- Online services included free online school holiday calendar to promote sport and recreation based activities for school aged children. More than 200 events were listed during each school holiday period. The Find a Club website gives users the ability to find sport and recreation clubs in their area.
- $157,500 provided to eight state sporting associations through the Regional Academy of Sport program to help country athletes and coaches.
- A total of $101,800 through the High Performance Coach Scholarship program was provided to 17 of the state’s most promising coaches who have the potential to work at the elite level of sport.
- Approval of the Draft Redevelopment Plan for replacement athletics, basketball and rugby union facilities at AK Reserve in the Town of Cambridge following the state’s resumption of AK Reserve and Perry Lakes Stadium sites in February 2006.
- Executive support provided to the Major Stadia Taskforce which provided its fi nal report The Stadium and the City to the Minister for Sport and Recreation in May 2006.
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