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Decline in lottery funding sees Sports Council for Wales concentrate on the community
The Sports Council for Wales has announced that its National Lottery funded schemes are to be cut back following a decline in income.
Although the council has distributed more than £100m to over 6,500 projects throughout Wales since 1995, forecasts for lottery funding for the remaining five years of the current lottery licence show a continuing decline.
The Sports Council has subsequently decided that it will continue with schemes vital to the health of the nation, but cut back on the funding of new facilities.
Over the past eight years, the council has been responsible for providing funding for high profile centres such as the Wales National Pool, the Wales National Velodrome, the National Indoor Athletic Centre and developments at Wrexham Racecourse.
However, it will now be focusing on continuing to support community schemes such as Dragon Sport – the campaign to get more primary school children involved in sport – Disability Sport Cymru and Community Chest –small grants to grassroots projects.
“If we are to get people more active, programmes such as Dragon Sport and Disability Sport Cymru are vital,” said chief executive, Dr Huw Jones. “Though we are forced to cut back on the funding of facilities, we hope to support projects that are of paramount priority.”
Over the next few months the council will decide which facilities it can still afford to support from its reduced capital grants programme.
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