This project involved working with community stakeholders to develop a strategy for the Roskill Youth Zone Business Plan. This included a sustainable model of operation and responding to changing needs.
The Challenge
Roskill Youth Zone (RYZ) is an Auckland Council community venue supported by the Puketāpapa Local Board. It supports programmes run by several community organisations for youth and their families in Puketāpapa. The first RYZ Business Plan was prepared in 2012, so a new plan which considered the future of RYZ and local youth - the future leaders of this community - was needed.
The Solution
The RYZ Plan provided a summary of the engagement feedback, draft vision, mission and values, and operational objectives for the centre going forward. It gave a high-level recommendation of short, medium, and long-term actions across the three focus areas, and will be used to guide the planning for the future of the centre.
The Outcome
The development of this plan used best-practice approaches to community engagement. It took a big-picture view of anticipated neighbourhood change and development to identify how the future operation of RYZ could be sustainable and aligned, or adaptable to the anticipated change in the area.
As well as demographic research, TUA met with programme and community leaders to facilitate engagement sessions with students after school. This involved meeting and talking with young people and their parents about how they use the centre, and what aspirations or concerns they have about its future.
