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Source: http://sport.wales/media/1701808/1165_sports_wales_facilities_for_future_generations_report_v8.pdf
1165_sports_wales_facilities_for_future_generations_report_v8.pdf
FOREWORD
The well-being of future generations (Wales) act 2015 challenges public bodies to make “transformational change to the way they do their business”, with “decisions that focus on the long term implications of their actions”. Its vision is “to help create a Wales that we all want to live in, now and in the future”.
Sport and active recreation facilities are a crucial component of the offer to encourage and support healthy and active lifestyles but those facilities need to be ‘fit for the future’ – a future where the responsibility to provide appropriate opportunities is shared by the Voluntary and Private Sectors, Schools, Colleges and Universities alongside the long standing interventions by Central and Local Government.
The well-being and wellness of our citizens relies on their motivation, ability and opportunity to be physically active on a regular basis. The facilities that can provide those opportunities must be inclusive, attractive, accessible and efficient and they must be what people and communities need. In a climate of reducing budgets, an ageing stock and increasing customer demands for a modern offer of quality and flexibility, providers face difficult challenges and decisions. Those decisions should be based on an understanding of the social, economic, equality and sustainability factors they and their communities face now and long into the future.
This Blueprint has been designed to complement existing national and local capital investment schemes, initiatives like the Sports Facilities Capital Loan Scheme and the All Wales Artificial Turf Pitch Vision and Guidance. The intention is to provide a point of reference and support, to help inform responsible and sustainable decisionmaking on the design, provision and maintenance of sport and recreation facilities. We have a collective responsibility to act now to help create a landscape of appropriate and resilient sport and recreation facilities for today and tomorrow.
KEN SKATES AM
DEPUTY MINISTER FOR CULTURE,
SPORT AND TOURISM
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