Regional Club Development Plan

Goldfields

Regional Club Development Plan

2013-2017

Prepared by the Department of Sport and Recreation in partnership with key club development stakeholders in the Goldfields Region.

July 2013

CLUB DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Vision

Sport and recreation clubs are well resourced, supported and adaptable organisations that create stronger, healthier, happier and safer communities.

Vision for Goldfields Sporting Clubs

Through workshop participation, the following vision for clubs in the Goldfields was devised:

Clubs in the Goldfields are sustainable for the longer term, inclusive in their opportunities and progressive in their participation outcomes.

Purpose

Sport and recreation clubs are sustainable organisations that deliver diverse opportunities for people to participate in physical activity in their local community, in a safe and welcoming environment.

Guiding Principles

§  Advocate for and support the development of sustainable high-level sport and recreation clubs

§  Recognise and respond to the diverse cultures, changing environments and the needs of sport and recreation clubs

§  Provide leadership and develop partnerships to achieve club development initiatives

§  Provide education, training and professional development opportunities for club volunteers and community organisations

§  Collaborative approach to club development by connecting State Sporting Associations, Regional Sporting Associations, Local Government and other relevant community organisations

REGIONAL CLUB DEVELOPMENT PLAN INTENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

This Regional Club Development Plan has been developed by the Department of Sport and Recreation in consultation with regional club development stakeholders. It aims to highlight challenges and opportunities for club development across the region and helps to inform the future direction and delivery models required to achieve the outcomes identified.

The intent of this plan is to:

§  Increase stakeholder understanding of emerging club development challenges in the region

§  Guide strategic and operational planning processes for organisations involved with the delivery of club development

§  Guide investment in club development activities and initiatives.

This four year plan will be regularly reviewed and updated to ensure it remains relevant and continues to respond to the needs of clubs in the region.

This plan does not belong to the Department of Sport and Recreation. It is a strategic plan to guide all stakeholders that have a role to play in the delivery of club development across the region. State and Local government working in partnership with industry and other regional stakeholders is vital.

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SPORT AND RECREATION INDUSTRY STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 2011–2015 (SD5)

Western Australia’s sport and recreation industry has been guided by three five-year strategic directions since 1997, giving the industry a framework in which to operate and develop. It has also guided State Government decision-making and funding directions and has been the catalyst for the achievement of a range of industry outcomes.

SD5 is the title for the next generation of strategic directions.

The intent of the Strategic Directions documents is to:

§  Establish a sport and recreation industry vision and strategic direction;

§  Highlight the current and future key issues and challenges facing the development of the sport and recreation industry;

§  Establish a guiding framework within which sport and recreation organisations can develop their own strategic plans and development priorities;

§  Provide advocacy and policy support to achieve a range of industry outcomes;

§  Promote understanding of Government priorities and their relation and impact to sport and recreation; and

§  Establish key partnerships within, and between, government and industry on key issues.

SD5 is a dynamic framework. Issues and challenges will continue to evolve over the lifetime of the framework.

Relevance to Club Development

This Regional Club Development plan has been informed by two key challenges in SD5, Organisational and People Development.

People Development

1.  The industry must bolster its attraction and retention strategies to ensure competitiveness in a projected tight labour market.

2.  Innovative solutions and models are required to:

a) enable productivity gains for ‘time poor’ volunteers; and

b) engage young people in volunteering.

3.  A strengthened and ongoing commitment to workforce training and professional development is required to underpin the Industry’s long-term sustainability. This extends to initiatives that:

a) strengthen the skills, efficiency and knowledge of employees/contractors; and

b) bolster executive and board governance capability.

Organisational Development

1.  Greater focus is needed on sport and recreation organisations evolving relevant and robust business models that enable:

a) sustainable operational and financial viability;

b) responsiveness to changing markets and contexts (e.g. commercialisation, industrial awards, structure of sport system, unitary modelling, changing participant markets); and

c) efficient application of new technology and business systems.

2.  Concerted efforts are required to manage or reduce the regulatory and compliance burden on the Industry, especially those that impact on the 200,000 volunteers within the Industry.

3.  Partnerships must be formed to assist the Industry to interpret implications and to develop responses to key strategic externalities (e.g. tax reform, multiple COAG agendas, carbon tax introduction, water shortages, climate change).

Meeting these challenges will require a collaborative effort across the Industry and at regional levels. As a call to action, all stakeholders must commit time and energy to progress these challenges.

REGIONAL PROFILE

The Goldfields region covers over 940,000 km2, an area twice the size of Victoria. The region extends from Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun in the south-western portion of the region, along the southern coastline to Esperance and across the cliffs to Eucla on the WA/SA border. The region then extends up the WA/SA border to include the communities of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, west to Laverton and Leonora and south to Ravensthorpe/Hopetoun, including the locality of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and surrounding communities. The region has two (2) major centres, these being Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Esperance, situated 400km south of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on the south coast.

The northern Goldfields is a pastoral and mining sub-region that includes Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the towns of Norseman, Coolgardie, Kambalda, Menzies, Leonora, Laverton and Leinster. Mining is the largest driver of the economy with mining production for the region worth over $8.8 billion in 2010/11. The mining industry has resulted in the northern part of the sub-region’s workforce being highly transient, with many mining enterprises operating on a fly-in-fly-out basis.

The Esperance sub-region is the area south of Norseman that includes the towns of Esperance, Munglinup, Jerdacuttup, Cascade, Condingup, Ravensthorpe, Hopetoun, Grass Patch, Salmon Gums, Gibson and Scaddan. It has significant coastal assets and a mixed economy of agriculture, fisheries and mining. Esperance port provides infrastructure for the whole region as the entry and exit point for north to south transport. Tourism based on natural attractions, is an important and growing industry in the region. The population is more evenly distributed in age than that of the Goldfields and is not characterised by a highly transient workforce.

The Lands are largely Unallocated Crown Land within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, populated with widely dispersed Aboriginal communities. It includes the towns and communities of Wingellina, Patjarr, Jameson, Blackstone, Kanpa, Tjirrkarli, Tjukurla, Wanarn, Warakurna and Warburton. Many of these remote communities lie close to the West Australian/Northern Territory and South Australian borders, with the sub-regional centre of Warburton at least 750 kilometres from the Goldfields centre of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. People are engaged through the Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) in community related activities, in Shire employment, in art, culture, media and music activities and in managing country for conservation.

Distances between communities can be extensive as is indicated in the table below:

Kalgoorlie / Coolgardie / 39 km / Esperance / Gibson / 26 km
Menzies / 131 km / Scaddan / 52 km
Leonora / 239 km / Grass Patch / 77 km
Laverton / 360 km / Salmon Gums / 106 km
Leinster / 369 km / Norseman / 204 km
Warburton / 936 km / Condingup / 68 km
Kambalda / 60km / Munglinup / 102 km
Norseman / 191 km / Cascade / 97 km
Esperance / 395 km / Ravensthorpe / 187 km
Leonora / Laverton / 132 / Norseman / Eucla / 708 km
Leinster / 134 / Kambalda / 151 km
Menzies / 105 / Coolgardie / 165 km
Ravensthorpe / Hopetoun / 49 km

More than 50% of the roads in the region are unsealed.

Population

According to the 2011 ABS Census data, there were 57,412 usual residents in the region, an increase of 10.6% since the 2006 census. This may be reflected by enhanced data capture of the Aboriginal communities and mine sites within the region in the 2011 census. Of the 57,412 residents, 9.3% were Indigenous Australians.

There are nine (9) Local Government Authorities in the region and a breakdown of key census statistics is included in the table below:

LGA / Population inc % change / Indigenous Population inc % of population / Male: Female Ratio (number of males to every female) / Unpaid Voluntary Work / Family Life
Couple + children / Couple no children / 1 parent
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku / 1437 / +7.3% / 1213 / 84.3% / 0.95 / 11.8% / 42.1% / 23.0% / 33.6%
Shire of Laverton / 1225 / +68.7% / 351 / 28.6% / 2.22 / 15.2% / 38.2% / 36.8% / 22.9%
Shire of Leonora / 2511 / +78.2% / 233 / 9.3% / 2.00 / 11.4% / 50.0% / 36.1% / 12.8%
Shire of Menzies / 385 / +77.4% / 257 / 66.8% / 1.18 / 13.9% / 35.7% / 22.9% / 35.7%
Shire of Coolgardie / 4000 / +5.3% / 389 / 9.7% / 1.83 / 14.6% / 48.5% / 34.7% / 16.3%
Shire of Dundas / 1143 / +7.0% / 138 / 12.1% / 1.32 / 14.9% / 31.7% / 43.8% / 23.2%
Shire of Esperance / 13477 / +4.0% / 573 / 4.3% / 0.99 / 26.6% / 43.5% / 36.1% / 13.8%
Shire of Ravensthorpe / 2126 / +8.9% / 29 / 1.4% / 1.23 / 27.5% / 43.6% / 48.8% / 7.0%
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder / 31108 / +9.4% / 2145 / 6.9% / 1.09 / 14.6% / 48.5% / 36.1% / 13.8%

Each local government authority in the region showed an increase in population from the 2006 to 2011 census. This may be in part due to the increased focus on ensuring mine sites and Aboriginal communities were afforded increased access to census resources.

Age profiles by LGA

LGA / 0-4 / 5-9 / 10-14 / 15-19 / 20-24 / 25-29 / 30-34 / 35-39
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku / 147
10.2% / 142
9.9% / 118
8.2% / 113
7.9% / 120
8.3% / 140
9.7% / 124
8.6% / 105
7.3%
Shire of Laverton / 51
4.2% / 57
4.6% / 52
4.2% / 45
3.7% / 132
10.8% / 118
9.6% / 111
9.1% / 126
10.3%
Shire of
Leonora / 160
6.4% / 146
5.8% / 105
4.2% / 87
3.5% / 257
10.2% / 366
14.6% / 280
11.1% / 210
8.4%
Shire of
Menzies / 26
6.7% / 24
6.2% / 28
7.3% / 26
6.7% / 26
6.7% / 32
8.3% / 30
7.8% / 19
4.9%
Shire of Coolgardie / 335
8.4% / 327
8.2% / 342
8.6% / 281
7.0% / 296
7.4% / 318
8.0% / 334
8.4% / 314
7.9%
Shire of
Dundas / 83
7.3% / 83
7.3% / 55
4.8% / 29
2.5% / 86
7.5% / 106
9.3% / 91
8.0% / 80
7.0%
Shire of Esperance / 961
7.1% / 963
7.1% / 1058
7.9% / 1014
7.5% / 664
4.9% / 702
5.2% / 752
5.6% / 937
7.0%
Shire of Ravensthorpe / 186
8.8% / 178
8.4% / 113
5.3% / 46
2.2% / 91
4.3% / 150
7.1% / 179
8.4% / 173
8.1%
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder / 2699
8.7% / 2340
7.6% / 2224
7.2% / 2065
6.7% / 2491
8.1% / 2954
9.6% / 2484
8.1% / 2637
8.6%
LGA / 40-44 / 45-49 / 50-54 / 55-59 / 60-64 / 65-69 / 70-74 / 75-79 / 80-84 / 85+
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku / 85
5.9% / 86
6.0% / 75
5.2% / 68
4.7% / 54
3.8% / 28
1.9% / 12
0.8% / 6
0.4% / 10
0.7% / 5
0.3%
Shire of Laverton / 123
10.0% / 110
9.0% / 102
8.3% / 78
6.4% / 58
4.7% / 30
2.4% / 23
1.9% / 10
0.8% / 0
0% / 0
0%
Shire of
Leonora / 237
9.4% / 211
8.4% / 186
7.4% / 127
5.1% / 75
3.0% / 35
1.4% / 13
0.5% / 3
0.1% / 8
0.3% / 6
0.2%
Shire of
Menzies / 29
7.5% / 38
9.8% / 27
7.0% / 33
8.5% / 20
5.2% / 13
3.4% / 6
1.6% / 6
1.6% / 3
0.8% / 0
0%
Shire of Coolgardie / 330
8.3% / 278
7.0% / 232
5.8% / 241
6.0% / 166
4.2% / 108
2.7% / 48
1.2% / 26
0.7% / 13
0.3% / 10
0.3%
Shire of
Dundas / 101
8.8% / 81
7.1% / 87
7.6% / 74
6.5% / 56
4.9% / 65
5.7% / 36
3.1% / 16
1.4% / 9
0.8% / 6
0.5%
Shire of Esperance / 982
7.3% / 1041
7.7% / 967
7.2% / 793
5.9% / 750
5.6% / 618
4.6% / 488
3.6% / 340
2.5% / 255
1.9% / 192
1.4%
Shire of Ravensthorpe / 148
7.0% / 147
6.9% / 186
8.8% / 136
6.4% / 120
5.6% / 117
5.5% / 66
3.1% / 52
2.4% / 24
1.1% / 13
0.6%
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder / 2335
7.6% / 2286
7.4% / 2057
6.7% / 1485
4.8% / 1141
3.7% / 607
2.0% / 436
1.4% / 281
0.9% / 169
0.5% / 159
0.5%

Graphically, the population demographics are relatively similar within the region: