AMP'D

Free sport and recreation for youth

                                                      

The AMP’d crew turn local Manukau parks into a sweet place to hang with free sports, music and recreation. The innovative AMP’d programme is a youth initiative targeted at 11 to 17-year-olds in Manukau. It’s all about getting local youth active and engaged.

Drop in after school, 3.30pm – 6.00pm, at the following parks:

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
RATAVINE

Laurelia Park
Laurelia Avenue, Manurewa		 MANUREWA

Randwick Park
Riverton Drive, Manurewa		 OTARA

Ferguson Oaks Park
Dawson Road,
Otara		 MANGERE

Aorere Park
(behind the shop)
Raglan St, Mangere		 Available for youth
and community events
MANGERE

Windrush Park
Windrush Close,
Mangere		 OTARA

Otamariki Park
East Tamaki Road, Otara		 PAPATOETOE

Allenby Park
Allenby Road, Papatoetoe		 CLENDON

Clendon Rec Reserve
Palmers Road, Clendon

Check out the AMP'd Bebo site

Delivered by Manukau Leisure in association and made possible by the John Walker ‘Find Your Field of Dreams’ Foundation and The Southern Trust, AMP’d responds to SPARC research which shows that about half the youth in New Zealand don't play any sport. Of those who participate in sport, a third drop out between the ages of 13 and 17 years.

The AMP’d programme has four aspects:

  • Drop-in afterschool sporting activities
  • Youth team building
  • Youth leadership
  • Youth Collective

The parks programme serves to make a connection with local youth. It also provides a platform where talented sports people can be identified and introduced to sports clubs. From there, selected youth are fed through to a youth team-building programme. AMP'd aim to provide team experiences where youth can attend sporting events, like Harbour Heat basketball games, visit sporting organisations and venues like the Vodafone Warriors and the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health. After that, for selected youth, there is the potential to enter leadership training. We currently deliver the SPARC Growing Leaders package.

The AMP’d crew base themselves at Te Matariki Clendon Community Centre and Library. For more information contact us or get in touch with the AMP’d Manager on 027 283 9884.