What we do
We reconnect new and used donated sport gear to kiwi kids that need a hand accessing gear of their own - including individuals, families, community groups and schools.
From large bulk gear donations we receive from our national sporting organisations, to a pair of boots or a hockey stick donated from our community into one of our collection bins, we take great care and effort to ensure these items are reconnected to where they are needed.
We reconnect gear, across the following initiatives, via an extensive network we have built up over the last 8 years.
Active Communities
28,404 Items re-connected through Active Communities
31,000+ recipients of
sport gear though Active Communities
Across 124 different organisations
A lot of the sport, active and play gear we gratefully receive is reconnected across our Active Communities initiative to reach tamariki and rangatahi, community groups, schools and various initiatives supporting active youth. Pending what sport code is needed, we put together crates of gear or bags of balls back out into the community.
School PE shed supply
Reconnecting sport gear into primary school PE sheds - active kids, active learners
Early Childhood sector
Reconnecting play based gear to the ECE’s, every piece helps grow the Under 5 developing brain
Mental Health sector
Reconnecting gear to help those helping our youth with mental health challenges
Clubs & Sport Teams
Gear to help set up community sport teams, vital to connecting parts of our community
Libraries & Youth Spaces
Reconnecting gear for our tamariki and rangatahi to connect with each other and learn new skills
Play Trailers
Reconnecting sport gear onto Play Trailers around NZ, tonnes of play for a tonne of active, capable, happy kids
Physical Challenges
Assisting the Halberg Foundation with some of their athletes who are keen to be active
Community Engagement
Reconnecting sport balls to help with the amazing work going on in our communities
Balls in Schools
Our primary schools love receiving sport balls - for the physical play they provide during break and teacher led sessions. Having a supply of balls donated also helps some of our schools with one less item to purchase. We love passing on the balls we receive, they are so gratefully received. Our Balls in Schools initiative relies on local business covering the cost of a supply of various sport balls, we organise the ordering and delivery.
Please get in touch with us if you would like to be part of this initiative.
Feet First
Of all the items we receive, two items that are always needed for our tamariki and rangatahi, whanau and communities are boots and sneakers. Not having either, or in some cases both, is one big barrier we often hear as to why children aren’t able to participate. We are always grateful when these items are donated and are super grateful to local businesses in this space, like Shoe Clinic in Palmerston North, who pass on a tonne of sneakers every year to help our communities.
6531 pairs of sneakers
reconnected
12,469 recipients of
footwear
5938 pairs of boots
reconnected
Community Support
The great team at Shoe Clinic in Palmerston North, passing on their 30-day return shoes, so grateful
Community Groups
Helping community groups such as Achilles with sneakers for their athletes and Guides
School Sport Teams
We are grateful for the boots kindly donated, each pair makes a HUGE difference to those that receive them
Kids Helping Kids
Each pair of boots is sorted by sprigs, cleaned, collated, ready to go out again, love our REPLAY volunteers!
Multi Cultural Sport Teams
Multi-cultural community groups in our regions LOVE their sport - children and families connecting
School Students - PE class
Reconnecting over 80 pairs of brand new Adidas sneakers (thank you FIFA World Cup!)
Active Wahine
Activating this wonderful group of Wahine - all booted up, ready to go, out there for their kids
Just one pair for one person
One pair of sneakers or boots for one person, so many benefits - one donation, tonnes of good
Active Me
One of the ways we reconnect sport gear is for a targeted, individual need. Often for a child who needs a hand with a piece of gear because they are unable to purchase or access gear of their own. With your donation, we put together a drawstring bag of what is needed (maybe a pair of shoes or boots, shin pads and a mouthguard), then connect this to the recipient via a teacher or sport coach. We have helped over 1200 children with our Active Me initiative.