Concept and operating model
The challenge, users, hardware, programme and daily operation are described as one connected system.
A VENTURE DEVELOPED BY NEXA
01 / 01Active Community Hub.
Turning underused space into active community infrastructure.
1 locationIntended pilot
12 monthsDevelopment period
≥ 40 hoursIntended active use per week
200–400Intended active participants per year
DEVELOPMENT STATUS
What already exists?
This case has been developed into a governable pilot proposal. We deliberately distinguish development evidence from realised impact.
Roles and governance
Commissioning, programme direction, operations, social delivery and local coordination have been assigned.
Decision and measurement framework
A twelve-month pilot period, intended usage levels, monitoring and reporting are prepared.
Real-world outcomes
Reach, occupancy, participant experience, public value and scalability are published as outcomes only after delivery.
01 · THE CHALLENGE
The space exists. Structural use does not.
Sports parks and public sports locations are underused outside peak hours.
New target groups do not connect automatically, while sport, prevention, participation and social policy remain fragmented.
02 · THE OPPORTUNITY
From sports location to active community infrastructure.
A recognisable place where movement, connection, prevention and social development come together structurally.
CONCRETE DELIVERY MODEL
Outdoorgym Community brings the model into practice.
Within the Active Community Hub, Outdoorgym Community is a concrete delivery model for sports parks and public movement locations.
It connects a recognisable physical base with at least forty intended active hours a week, social programming, a local head-coach model and structural impact steering.
Explore Outdoorgym Community03 · THE MODEL
Three layers. One place.
01Hardware — An accessible sports and meeting place with recognisable physical infrastructure.
02Software — A fixed weekly programme combining sport, open activities, prevention, social programmes and neighbourhood activation.
03Orgware — Programme direction, local collaboration, governance, head-coach model, operations, funding, monitoring and ownership.
04 · OPERATING MODEL
Continuity is designed.
01One recognisable point of contact on location
02Fixed and visible times of use
03At least forty intended active hours per week
04Regular and social programming
05Local collaborations
06Monthly activation moments
07Continuous monitoring and optimisation
05 · GOVERNANCE
Clear roles. Shared direction.
NEXA
- Strategy
- Ecosystem development
- Programme direction
- Quality assurance
- Monitoring
- Scaling strategy
Impact Sport Solutions
- Operations
- Daily organisation
- Scheduling
- Operational programming
- Continuity on location
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- Social programmes
- Targeted pathways
- Connections with care, welfare and the social domain
- Social monitoring
Head coach
- Local coordination
- Community building
- Visibility
- On-site direction
- Identifying local needs
Municipality or public commissioner
- Policy framework
- Location
- Permits
- Co-funding
- Connection with policy domains
- Decisions on structural embedding
COLLABORATE
Would you like to join this ecosystem?
We welcome partners who can add expertise, reach, a location, a network or funding to the Active Community Hub.
Investors and fundersSocial-impact organisationsKnowledge and research partnersLocal operators and location partners
Explore a partnership 06 · IMPACT & MONITORING
Monitoring is a steering instrument.
All indicators are potential pilot measures. They do not describe realised impact.
Monthly operational insights and quarterly reporting make reach, use and social value governable.
01Active hours and occupancy
02Unique participants
03Reach among less-active residents
04Partner engagement
05Progression into structural provision
06Experienced vitality
07Connection and social interaction
08Continuity of programming
07 · FUNDING
One model. Multiple public values.
Connecting objectives creates room for a blended funding model.
Investment, operations and funding are developed for each location, ambition and local context. No fixed amounts are published.
08 · DEVELOPMENT PATH
Pilot. Embed. Replicate.
Pilot and validation
12 months
Development and structural embedding
12–24 months
Replication and scale
From 24 months
START A CONVERSATION
Could this model work in your context?
An Active Community Hub starts with the local challenge, existing infrastructure, partners and public ambition.