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Welcome to the November 2010 edition of the WSA e-newsletter.
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Cuts announced for Welsh Sport
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As a result of the UK Government's spending review the Welsh Assembly Government's revenue budget will be cut in real terms by 2.2% per year over the next four years, and the Assembly's capitol budget cut by 11.9% per year over the same four year period. Against this challenging background, the Welsh Assembly Government has now announced a draft budget for next year, and Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones, has explained how these cuts will impact on Welsh Sport... more
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Welsh Coaches short listed for prestigious UK Titles
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Three outstanding Welsh coaches will be competing for prestigious UK awards later this month. There may be nearly 70 years between them but 23 year old Rebecca Daniels from Burry Port and 90 year old table tennis legend Betty Gray from Swansea... more
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Equality & Human Rights Commission launch an Equality Act Starter Kit
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The Equality Act 2010 brings together for the first time all the legal requirements on equality that people working in the private, public and voluntary sectors need to know... more
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New £3.7m coaching and performance facility opens at the University of Glamorgan
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The dual-use centre includes a multi-purpose sports hall with six courts, a strength and conditioning lab for elite training, a lecture and meeting room, and a teaching facility with a notational analysis room... more
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Wrexham leisure centre gets a facelift
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Following a £750,000 refurbishment, the Gwyn Evans Leisure and Activity Centre in Gwersyllt, Wrexham, has reopened to the public... more
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Vetting and Barring Update
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Following the announcement earlier this year that the UK Government were committed to scaling back the vetting and barring scheme, the terms of reference for a review of the scheme have been announced... more
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Funding for Christian Malcolm and Mark Lewis-Francis is reinstated
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Silver medallist sprinters Christian Malcolm and Mark Lewis-Francis have been reinstated on UK Athletics World Class Performance Programme funding list... more
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Cardiff sports scheme is making a difference
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Recent research shows that Cardiff Council's sports development team are training more and more volunteers and young leaders through the Coaching and Workforce project... more
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Employers must offer contributory staff pensions from 2012
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New pension arrangements are to be introduced between 2012 - 2016. Under this new scheme employers, regardless of size, will be required to automatically enrol employees into a qualifying pension scheme and make contributions to it... more
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Wales-England football match will be played at Millennium Stadium
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The Wales v England Euro 2012 qualifier due to be played on Saturday 26 March 2011 will take place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff... more
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CCPR helps improve TV coverage for less well known sports
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| CCPR has been able to help some less well known sports secure valuable terrestrial TV coverage. Your Sport, a series of short shows produced in conjunction with the Media Trust, started broadcasting on the 30th October... more |
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New Web Site for Sport Wales
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Sport Wales now has a new web site and a new web address: www.sportwales.org.uk... more
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Government set to sell off vast areas of woodland
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It has emerged that the UK Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, is set to give the go-ahead to sell off of vast swathes of the 1.85m acres of woodland currently run by the Forestry Commission... more
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Swansea City FC mourns the loss of its president
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Swansea City Football Club has announced the death of its president and historian Professor David Farmer at the age of 78... more
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Women and Leadership Development Programme participants meet in Newport
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The Women and Leadership Development Programme (WLDP) participants have met in Newport for a two day training session. This training session focused on understanding the participant’s personality types... more
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Sports enquiry launched by Lord's committee
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The House of Lords EU sub-committee has launched an enquiry into the relationship between grass-roots sports and the European Union (EU), and will be looking at how the EU's 'competence' in sport can help drive up participation... more
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The importance of precise disciplinary allegations
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In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that an employee's dismissal was unfair following an allegation that the employee was responsible for the "loss of £3,000"... more
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British Olympians speak out against school cuts
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Following the announcement that the UK Government's Department for Education is ending the £162m investment in school sport from next year, including the funding for a network of 450 School Sport Partnerships in England, high-profile Olympians have warned the Government that the proposed cuts will inevitably have a damaging impact on sport... more
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BBC agrees new rugby contracts
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BBC Sport has announced that the Ireland, Scotland and Wales' autumn rugby internationals will be shown live on the BBC. The new contracts also include rights for radio and on-line, HD and iPlayer... more
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Consultation on the draft Sport Wales vision for sport in Wales
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Sport Wales has developed a draft vision for sport in Wales. A vision that aims to represent the ambitions of the entire sporting sector and one Sport Wales hopes will help make the case for sport at a time when resources are scarce... more
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