Awards, Recognition and WORD in the news

Awards

  • SportNZ Sport and Recreation Awards: WINNER Community Impact Award (WORD) 2022

    SportNZ Sport and Recreation Awards: WINNER Community Impact Award (WORD)- 2022

    WORD is a non-profit youth mountain bike organisation, committed and passionate about creating awesome experiences to build confidence in youth, help them develop new friendships and foster a life-long love of mountain biking.  WORD takes a holistic approach to its programmes, focussing on not just creating great riders, but also amazing young people.  WORD embraces a youth centred leadership approach, reduces barriers to participation and creates opportunities for connection.

  • SportNZ Sport and Recreation Awards: WINNER SUSIE SIMCOCK FUTURE LEADER AWARD (ASH) 2022

    This award celebrates, promotes and encourages the work of young emerging leaders in the sport and recreation industry.

    Ashley Peters is the Founder/CEO of WORD and started the non-profit organisation in 2013 to get more rangatahi out on their bikes and encourage growth through adventure.

    WORD started with two instructors and eleven kids in Wellington, and has grown to more than 400 kids a term, with 80 instructors across Wellington, Wanaka and Christchurch.  Much of this growth is due to Ashley’s drive, determination, heart and vision.  On a day to day basis you can find Ashley coordinating the leadership team across the three regions, working on plans to be the best mountain biking organisation in Aotearoa.

  • WELLINGTON AIRPORT COMMUNITY AWARDS: WINNER Community Organisation (WORD) 2017

    WELLINGTON AIRPORT COMMUNITY AWARDS: WINNER Community Organisation (WORD) 2017

  • Regional Community Awards Finalist (WORD) 2015

    WORD - Wellington Airport Regional community award finalist 2015

Recognition

  • Flick Energy//WORD Scholarship Fund (2017-2018)

    Flick Energy and WORD worked together for a 2 year partnership to provide over $20,000 worth of scholarships, getting more kids on bikes and helping them to change their lives one ride at a time. Cheers Flick!

  • Sport NZ’s Young Women’s Activation Fund (WORD) 2018

    This fund support projects designed to get more young women physically active and develop leadership opportunities through play, active recreation and sport. As one of nine organizations, WORD led the Dirt Is Good initiative to boost girls’ participation in mountain biking.

  • Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award: WINNER (ASH) 2017

    The Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards (APW) are a way for the Wellington City Council to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the city of Wellington, often in a voluntary capacity. These awards celebrate those who enhance the community and make Wellington a better place to live.

WORD in the News

  • RNZ article about Gender Equality and Girls in Sport

    Read more about this, and how Ash through Word has focused and had succcess with creating gender equality in mountain biking with WORD. Link here