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Office of Sport

Sport Sector Organisational Health

Just like athletes constantly monitor and improve their performance, the sport sector should do the same. With the changing nature of how sport is played, accessed and consumed, the Office of Sport is committed to support the sport sector in improving its organisational health to better meet these opportunities and challenges.

The NSW Government supports State Sporting Organisations to remain healthy and viable to reflect the Government’s vision to enhance the lives of the people of NSW through a valued and vibrant sport and active recreation sector.

Each year in NSW, State Sporting Organisations deliver sporting opportunities for 3.5 million participants throughout the state from grass roots to elite level sport.

Most State Sporting Organisations in NSW are membership-based and dependent on the invaluable contributions of volunteers. Apart from a small number of State Sporting Organisations, most NSW sporting organisations are operated and governed by volunteers who also act as coaches, officials, administrators, media liaison and fund-raising champions.

The Office of Sport supports these organisations to remain healthy and viable to reflect the Office of Sport’s vision to enhance the lives of the people of NSW through a valued and vibrant sport and active recreation sector.

State Sporting Organisation Health Survey

The Office of Sport administers the annual State Sporting Organisation Health Survey for recognised NSW SSOs and SSODs (PDF, 104.13 KB) to help identify the areas of organisational health most in need of support across the sport sector.

The Office of Sport aims to support the sport sector by ensuring assistant is provided in a way that is most beneficial to the sector and maximises impact.

The survey is based on a 2017 review of organisational health and benchmarking approaches (PDF, 156.89 KB) in the sport and broader not-for-profit sector in Australia and New Zealand and in consultation with the NSW sport sector.

View background and methodology
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