Active Workplaces

Active Workplace Programme

Winner of the 2009 New Zealand Recreation Association SPARC Push Play Award

The Sport Northland Active Workplace Programme can work with your workplace to help inject more physical activity through an interactive 12 month plan.

Some activities that could be included...

- Workplace virtual stepping challenges

- Active transport

- Green weeks

- Café mapping exercises

- Have-A-Go months

- Team entry into events

Promoting physical activity in and around the workplace is simple and inexpensive. Workplaces benefit from having active employees who are happy, healthy and lead a more balanced lifestyle. It is estimated that individuals spend up to 60% of their waking hours at work (Peersman, Harden and Oliver, 1998), therefore the workplace provides individuals with a significant potential setting for physical activity.

The Active Workplace Programme is designed around what you and your colleagues can do as part of your workplace to help create a healthier environment for staff.

The main areas of focus include anything from looking at the workplaces’ physical environment, initiatives to help modify staff behaviour, the workplaces’ policies and practices, and of course - the fun things that help improve staff morale and cohesiveness. The Active Workplace programme addresses the problems of high drop out and poor intervention maintenance by working with the workplace to create a 12 month plan that allows for opportunities to modify the intervention so that it can be improved upon. This allows flexibility in the intervention to change / evolve as necessary to sustain the plan.

For further information and registration click here

Check out the successes with Workplaces involved in our Active Workplaces programme here

2012 Inter-Active Workplace Challenge Winners - Team 'KEDS' from NorthTec

Past and Present Active Workplaces

Many Northland workplaces, big and small, have taken part in the Active Workplace programme to help create a healthier environment for their staff. No matter what size or type of workplace, you can participate in the Active Workplace programme. The programme is adaptable to what works for your workplace and staff.

Current Workplaces on the Programme

Kensington Liquorland	ASB Whangarei	ASB Kaikohe	ACC Whangarei
Otaika Liquorland	ASB Dargaville	Kaitaia Hospital	ITM Mangonui
Ngawha Prison	ASB Paihia	Access

Graduated Workplaces

NorthTec	Rebel Sport	Whakawhiti Ora Pai
Bay of Islands Hospital	Carters Mangawhai	Bush Road Medical Centre
Child Health Centre	Golden Bay Cement	IPL NZ Refinery
RadioWorks Northland	WINZ - Residential Subsidy Unit	Whangarei Intermediate
Whau Valley School	Kauriland Skills Centre	Nurture by Nature
Hokianga Health	Silver Fern Farms	Northland Kindergarten Assn
Dental Health Team (NDHB)	Needs Assessors (NDHB)	Fullers
Kamo Child Care	Open Spaces Preschool	Maunu House (NDHB)
Whangarei Museum	Shackleton's Pharmacy	Te Tai Tokerau Mapo