2023 Annual Report
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GREEN PRESCRIPTION<br />
“A Green Prescription (GRx) is a health professional's written advice to a patient to be physically active,<br />
as part of the patient's health management." - Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand<br />
Sport Auckland continues to deliver the free Green Prescription (GRx) adult programme throughout Auckland and Counties<br />
Manukau on behalf of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand.<br />
We recognise our GRx programme must evolve as the needs of our participant change, so we surveyed 650 participants who were<br />
referred to us.<br />
Based on these responses, we made enhancements to our GRx delivery service. In August 2022, we included group introduction<br />
sessions, 6-week wellbeing programmes and established a new TeleHealth team. In addition, our motivational text messages<br />
have proved beneficial for participants seeking regular contact to boost motivation and mood, or for those wanting “lite support”.<br />
The flexibility of having an extensive online service and GRx mobile app, further extends the ways in which our participants can<br />
now access our support and resources.<br />
EACH WEEK...<br />
We deliver 3<br />
community based and<br />
2 online wellbeing<br />
sessions, that's 143<br />
of these sessions<br />
throughout the year!<br />
We are thankful for the GRx partnerships we have with Te Whatu<br />
Ora Health New Zealand, South Seas Healthcare, Papakura<br />
Marae, Auckland Council Leisure, The Y (formerly YMCA), Diabetes<br />
Foundation Aotearoa (Cook’n Kiwi and Gardens4Health), Heart<br />
Foundation, The University of Auckland Nutrition and Dietetic<br />
Clinic, and Fullers360. These relationships have enabled us to be<br />
innovative in delivering well-rounded support and opportunities<br />
for our participants to make healthy lifestyle changes.<br />
Overall, we strive to enable our participants to live healthy active<br />
lifestyles beyond completing our GRx programme. We check in<br />
with our GRx graduates 6-7 months post graduation and have<br />
seen that our graduates continue with positive changes to their<br />
health and wellness.<br />
7,774<br />
engaged<br />
adults<br />
“Green Prescription really helped me get back on track with my<br />
nutrition...." - GRx Graduate<br />
"Thanks to you guys I have learnt what a healthy portion is. I am<br />
not always perfect but I have improved so much with choosing<br />
options while I am out working on the road" - GRx Graduate<br />
“I just never realised how FUN exercise could<br />
be!! I Really enjoyed today thanks for an<br />
awesome class ☺" – GreenFit Participant,<br />
Panmure.”<br />
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