growth. bc recreation and parks association evolved into a central coordinating role for the sector

Growth.

BC Recreation and Parks Association•Evolved into a central coordinating role

for the sector

Growth.

Aligned vision with provincial and national

agendas:•Physical Activity •Health• Infrastructure Renewal•Sport

Growth.

Expanding on our advocacy mandate to

continue building a healthier, more active

BC.

Expansion.

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$3.2 Million

Expansion.

Growth in the number and range ofprograms we implement and support:

•New playground safety awareness course•A series of workshops for women in

leadership•A new workshop for community leaders• Improvements in our pool operations

courses

Expansion.

Growth in personnel.

Expansion.

New governance structure to supportgrowth.

Expansion.

New membership structure to encourage

future growth.

Expansion.

Growth in our membership – doubled to

600+ in 2006.

Expansion.

Member involvement through task groups - 400+volunteers:

• Governance and Membership review• Standards and Certification• Pool Operations Regulations• Childcare Regulations• Fees and Charges• Editorial Board for our quarterly, signature magazine• Review of Canadian Playground Safety Institute

Expansion.

•Everybody gets to play•HIGH FIVE•Planning Task Group for annual Fitness

Conference, Provincial Aquatics Workshop, Symposium, Parks and Grounds Spring Training

•Five fitness-related task groups• Infrastructure Renewal

Expanded Vision for Healthy Active Living.

ActNow BC:• At the podium, with

the Premier for the March 2005 launch

• With the Minister of Health for the BCHLA Call to Action in March 2006


The BC Healthy Living Alliance: the largest

health promotion team in the history ofBritish Columbia

•BCRPA as fiscal agent •Home to the BCHLA Secretariat•Chaired by BCRPA CEO


• BC Lung Association• BC Pediatric Society• BCRPA• Canadian Cancer

Society, BC and Yukon Division

• Canadian Diabetes Association, Pacific Division

• Dietitians of Canada, BC Region

• Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon

• Public Health Association of BC

• Union of BC Municipalities

• Health Authorities• Ministry of Health• Provincial Health Services

Authority (PHSA)

BCHLA Coordinating Committee members:


• Provincial health promotion strategy: The Winning Legacy

• Grant of $25.2M• Meetings with the Premier, Ministers,

members and committees of the Opposition, Deputy Minister and Assistant Deputy Minister of Health


Premier’s Council on Aging:•Partnership with the Ministry of Health•WHO Age-Friendly Urban Community

Index


United Nations Association:•Partnership with 2010 Legacies Now and

others•Sport-in-a-Box•Healthy Children Healthy Communities


Promoting social inclusion in active livingprograms with the Social Planning andResearch Council of BC (SPARC):

•Toolkit – successful active practices (gender, culture, economic status, ethnicity)

•Tele-learning conference hosted by BCRPA


• Modest beginning in 2002• Development of an Active Communities

resource kit• Shifted to 2010 Legacies Now in 2003• Business plan in 2004• In 2005 became a multi-year, multi-million

dollar investment• National summit in 2005


• 78 communities representing each region of the province registered in the program

• Surpassing original launch goal of 35


Over 2.8 million impacted •73% of BC population

Partnerships.Partnerships.

Partnerships.

Partnering with p/t organizations tosupport and promote programs aimed

atchildren:

•Try Something New, social marketing campaign – promotes physical participation, developing healthy eating habits

Partnerships.

Everybody gets to play•National initiative •Designed to provide families living in

poverty with access to recreation and physical activity opportunities

•BCRPA supplement to the EGTP Tool Kit – delivering workshops in communities throughout the province

Partnerships.

HIGH FIVE Quest Training •Quality assurance resource for

supervisors of children’s programs

Partnerships.

Partnerships.

Working with Aboriginal Stakeholders –ASRA

•Aboriginal adaptation of Active Communities Tool Kit

•Participation in Honour Your Health Challenge

•HIGH FIVE supplement

Partnerships.

Collaborating with agencies on issues: • Gender equity

Women in Leadership and Girls Only Grants program,

and HIGH FIVE supplement, (2010 Legacies Now,ProMOTION Plus and CAAWS)

• Ethics in sport True Sport

• Injury prevention Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts

• Persons with disabilities HIGH FIVE supplement (Douglas College TherapeuticRecreation Diploma Program)

Partnerships.

United Way Strategy for School Aged Children•Middle childhood strategy in

development for the past 2 years• Advisory Committee• Research project with UBC with data

collection in four school districts• Results of four demonstration projects

(Surrey, Richmond, Burnaby and Tri-Cities)• Policy review

•Learning summit, May 17-18, 2006

Partnerships.

Partnerships.

Sport and Recreation Leadership Council

Partnerships.

UBCM Healthy Communities CoalitionAdvisory Committee

•Strengthen the capacity of BC communities to enhance individual and collective health

Partnerships.

BCMA:•Eat Well, Play Well, Stay Well

• advisory committee• disseminated information to the sector

•Pedometer Pilot Project

Evolving Leadership.

Leading several new initiatives in the areas

of:•Recreation infrastructure renewal

• started with a motion at 2002 BCRPA AGM• BCRPA Community Facility Assessment Study• three-phases of a facilities inventory • comprehensive database


• submission to the Minister of Tourism, Sport and the Arts on guiding principles for a national framework for infrastructure renewal

• BCRPA CEO appointed by the provincial government to represent the provincial sport and recreation sectors on the national Sport Council Work Group #3 on Infrastructure

• conducting further research and analysis


Fitness leadership standards•Growth of our fitness leadership

program to more than 3,100 registered fitness leaders in 2005

•New specialty fitness designations – Yoga Fitness, Pilates Fitness

•Partnership with BC Women’s Hospital – OsteoFit Module


• Development is underway of a Special Populations module

• BCRPA-approved courses in Secondary Schools

• Re-introduction of annual fitness conference, expanded from one to two days

• Fitness leadership awards to recognize outstanding achievement


Development of a provincial vision andstrategy for the sector

•Long range strategic plan to increase access and participation in recreation in BC

•Series of consultations – first here at Symposium


• Providing members with benchmarking research in the areas of parks and recreation competencies and standards


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Fees and charges survey• grown from 18 to 27 and now 39 participating

municipalities


Pool operations guidelines to support new

outcome-based regulation relating to pool

design and operation, as part of theprovincial review


Recreation standards as part of provincial

child care regulations•Conducted consultation with members

and stakeholders on impact•Submitted a response to the Ministry of

Health


Consultations with the education sector:•Douglas College in the development of

their Bachelor degree in Sport Science and Coaching

•Langara College for their applied degree program in Recreation Management


Contributor to several national initiatives

and issues•Partnership Task Group•Communication and Governance Task

Group•National Agenda Task Group• Infrastructure Renewal Task Group


Thank you to our members, our volunteers,

our funders and sponsors

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