Parkcheck

COLLECTING INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MANAGE AND DEVELOP PARKS AND OPEN SPACES

Yardstick is owned, operated and supported by a collaborative partnership of industry organisations including the New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA), International Federation of Park and Recreation (ifpra), Parks and Lesiure Australia (PLA) and the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA).

General benefits:

  • influences budgets
  • assists in prioritising allocation of financial resources
  • provides factual information that drives asset management and sustainable financial planning
  • helps set, monitor, and manage performance measures
  • is an unbiased independent benchmark assessment
  • assists in justifying additional resources
  • provides a research base for  information on parks and open space provision, cost and management
  • enables interaction with users
  • helps to identify visitor expectations and satisfaction levels

Park Managers developed Yardstick for the industry as a benchmarking tool to collect parks management and planning information to measure current performance and drive future improvements.
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MANAGEMENT MEASURES

  • reviews financial performance
  • helps with cost estimating
  • helps with negotiating contract rates for services
  • provides information to drive development of new standards
  • records compliance
  • drives industry best practice
  • compares provision of your parks network with others
  • provides comparative information for open space planning
  • is a network of similar organisations learning from common experience

 

VISITOR MEASURES

  • is an on-the-spot intercept survey of park visitors and/or a door to door survey
  • is carried out annually
  • records visitor expectations
  • measures visitor satisfaction
  • measures gaps in levels of service
  • can have specific questions added to suit your situation

Yardstick Parkcheck is currently operating in:

  • New Zealand   
  • Norway
  • Australia   
  • Denmark
  • South Africa   
  • Finland   
  • Canada   
  • Ireland