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About Activation

Activation is a project implemented by the Upper Hutt City Council to assist the community to become more active, more often.

The framework for this plan is the Upper Hutt Active Recreation Plan (UHARP) adopted by council in November 2006 and supported and funded by the 4 project partners, Upper Hutt City Council, Youthtown, Sport Wellington and Lion Foundation.

A team has been brought together to assist and lead the community in becoming more active, more often. Activation works with clubs, community groups and individuals to develop and support physical activity in the city by implementing the active recreation plan.

The plan has many interventions from people starting to explore options for active recreation to those that excel in their area of choice.

The role of the Activation team is to:

support clubs and groups to provide physical activity and sport services.
connect groups together and create networks to enhance physical activity.
provide advice and create awareness about events and programmes.
assist with the development and delivery of programmes and events.
advocate for physical activity opportunities.
monitor and evaluate physical activity in the city.

Explore 2 Excel

The explore to excel continuum lies at the heart of the Upper Hutt Activation Plan and describes the different phases that people partake in sport and active recreation. E2E (Explore to Excel) is about encouraging people to explore, learn, participate, perform and excel.

Explore

At one time or another everyone has been at the explore phase. A new activity or sport catches your attention and you want give it a go to see what is involved and what is required.

Learn

The next phase in the continuum is learning the basic skills required to participate in the activity. You may go along to a session or two or speak to someone involved in the activity and sign up to lessons or a course.

Participate

In this phase you are able to take part in an activity with some competence and confidence. Participation a key phase, it is when you start to enjoy your new activity, turning up at each session looking forward to what’s in store.

Perform

You enter the perform phase when you have mastered the basic skills and tactics of the activity. Performing at a chosen activity takes a little more commitment and having participated and experienced your activity it may be time to push a little further.

Excel

To excel at your given activity means you can perform to a high level of competence. It doesn’t have to mean competing in national events, it simply means excelling for you, doing the best that you can do. It will give you the chance to shine and surpass any preconceived ideas of what you were capable of. For some people this will be a gold medal at the Olympics for others it will mean completing a 10km walk.

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Last Modified: 8 September 2011