ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2005/06 Sports Council for Wales Annual Report and Accounts 2005/06 01 Members 2005/06 Contents Chair 02 Chair’s Statement Mr Philip Carling 04 ‘Climbing Higher’ 08 Health Vice-Chair 10 Active Young People Miss Anne Ellis OBE 18 Economy and Culture Members 29 Mainstreaming the Welsh Language Mrs Christine Gittoes 30 Society and Environment _ Mr Clive Thomas 32 Wales Land of Natural Beauty Mr Huw Thomas 35 Targeting the Hard to Reach Ms Sue Williams 38 Success on a World Stage Ms Nicola Bolton 45 Gifted Coaches Mr Bob Lowe 49 Domestic Structures and Facilities Mr David Davies 53 The National Centres Mr Lynn Davies CBE 56 Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 Councillor Keith Evans 58 Serving our Customers 59 The Sports Council for Wales and The Sports Co-opted Member Council for Wales Trust Mr D. Robert Turner 61 The Statement of the Auditor General for Directors Wales to the Sports Council for Wales Chief Executive 62 Summary Consolidated Income and Dr Huw Jones Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31 March 2006 Director of Excellence Mr Graham Davies 63 Summary Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2006 Director of Sports Participation & Physical Activity 64 Summary Consolidated Cashflow Statement (until 1/11/2005 then seconded to Welsh for the Year ended 31 March 2006 Assembly Government) 65 Sports Council for Wales - Lottery Distribution Mrs Sara Butlin Account Acting Director of Sports Participation & Physical 68 Statement of the Comptroller and Auditor Activity (from 1/2/2006) General to the Houses of Parliament and the Mr Howard Tolley Members of the National Assembly for Wales Director of Corporate Development (retired 69 Summary Income and Expenditure Account 28/2/2006) for the Year ended 31 March 2006 Mr Brian Goffee 70 Summary Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2006 Director of Corporate Services (from 1/2/2006) 71 Summary Cash Flow Statement for the Year Mr Chris James ended 31 March 2006 72 Appendix 1: Financial Directions 72 Appendix 2: Policy Directions Sports Council for Wales 74 Appendix 3: Compliance Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9SW 75 Appendix 4: Appeals Telephone: 0845 045 0904 Fax: 029 2030 0600 E-mail: [email protected] Design: VWD Design Associates Website: www.sports-council-wales.co.uk Sports Council for Wales 02 Annual Report and Accounts 2005/06 03 Chair’s Statement This has been a time of massive change Of key importance this year has been organisation and support provided for Wales during the year. With a budget of for the Welsh Assembly Government. the secondment of one of our directors our competitors by the newly re-vamped more than £3million over a three year A number of high profile organisations to the Welsh Assembly Government as Commonwealth Games Council for period this has enabled us to give much are to become Government Departments Head of the Sport Policy Unit to assist Wales has set a high standard for future needed priority to the employment and at the start of the next financial year. The with the further development of Games. training of coaches, instructors and Sports Council for Wales will remain an 'Climbing Higher'. The integration of Our thanks go, therefore, to Gareth leaders. Assembly sponsored public body, though policy development across both John and his Board of Directors for their We are losing two stalwart Council with a change of emphasis in its remit. organisations will be particularly hard and successful work. I must pay members. Lynn Davies and Dai Davies The role of the Council will be to act beneficial at such an important time. tribute in particular to Anne Ellis, the have served their statutory two terms as a primary deliverer of government Change is only worthwhile if it results Chef de Mission, and to David Evans, the and I thank them sincerely for their policy for sport and physical activity, in improvement and increased Operations Director for their outstanding outstanding contributions to the Council while remaining a key advisor to the productivity. The Council must be able to enthusiasm, energy and commitment. over the last six years. We shall miss Government in this area. We have also show with our partners that we can We must see this as a step forward them. I am delighted, though, by the retained our role as a key distributor of deliver increased physical activity as a and build on this formula for Delhi in quality and enthusiasm of the new Lottery income in Wales. Strategy for result of the planned additional 2010 and beyond. Nor must we forget members who will be joining us in the sport and physical activity will be the investment. For the next few years sport that the performance in Melbourne of new financial year. responsibility of the Welsh Assembly will be on trial as a major contributor to the two highest profile sports was I would like to thank Council Government as it seeks to improve the a healthy Wales. Evidence based policy disappointing to say the least. members and Huw Jones and all Council health of the nation through Health will rightly determine future resource Success on the international stage staff for their support in making my role Challenge Wales and 'Climbing Higher'. allocations. does not happen by chance. We have to such a pleasure. Alun Pugh has played a Our primary challenge during the year I am convinced that we have taken ensure that we have in place modernised significant role in forcing sporting activity has been to ensure that the Council is in the right first steps. Our eight secondary performance systems and governing up the political agenda and has been a position to play its part in helping school pilots have shown the way bodies which are productive and which supportive of major Council initiatives at Wales to achieve the targets set out in forward for a major roll out of the deliver at both ends of the scale. I am all times. His officials have been 'Climbing Higher'. This may require Dragon Sport concept across all schools. delighted by the positive way in which supportive and influential across the radical change among opportunity Our workplace pilots will have a our NGBs have addressed the reform reform agenda and we look forward to providers and if we are asking our significant impact initially within the agenda to date. working together on the challenging partners to reform then we must first public sector. I hope that our partnership Sport is a people business. It is people issues facing us. ensure that we are 'fit for purpose'. with Tesco is a sign of much greater who make things happen. The right During the year we published our involvement in the private sector. leaders can achieve success in a shed 'Framework for the Development of But there are two major strands to and all too often have to. Conversely, Sport and Physical Activity'. This set out 'Climbing Higher'. Increasing physical state-of-the-art facilities are almost our delivery strategy for 'Climbing activity is only one of them. Achieving worthless without the right people. Higher' and in particular re-positioned excellence in Welsh sport is the other A major part of our current agenda is the Council as a 'development agency'; and this must always be given the development of sports leaders across Philip Carling not simply a 'grant distributing body'. appropriate weight. Wales. Chair Alongside this came the re-definition of Team Wales had an excellent I know that Alun Pugh shares this our staff and panel structures to reflect Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in view. There was no better manifestation the way in which we plan to work with March. The overall performance of the of this than his advocacy of the our partners. team was strong. The vastly improved Coaching Plan introduced throughout Sports Council for Wales 04 Annual Report and Accounts 2005/06 05 'Climbing Higher' 'Climbing Higher' is the Welsh Assembly The priorities for sport and physical Government's long-term strategy for activity can be summarised as: sport and physical activity, setting out its ● Wales needs to be more physically strategic direction for the next twenty active in order to be a healthier years. nation; The aim is to ensure sport and physical ● Wales needs healthy citizens to deliver activity will be at the heart of Welsh life long-term prosperity; and at the heart of Government policy. ● This annual report sets out the Council's Wales needs to maximise the synergy response to the challenges set by the between sport, physical activity and Minister for Culture, Welsh Language the natural environment; and Sport, and the progress made during ● Wales needs its people to be more the year. 'physically literate'; The essence of the strategy is to maximise ● Wales needs more physically active the contribution physical activity can communities and as well as the make to well-being in Wales. 'Climbing success of individuals, Wales needs Higher' has multiple, complementary systematic and sustainable success in objectives which span the key areas of priority sports. health, economy, culture, society, environment and Wales on the world These priorities provide the rationale for stage, reflecting the breadth of sport's the allocation of resources and form the impact on society. framework for Welsh Assembly Government support. But Government and its partners cannot do all this alone. It is the responsibility of Government to help create an environment that supports healthy living. It is the responsibility of individuals to make ‘the strategy is to lifestyle choices that improve their well- being. CLIMBING HIGHER maximise the contribution physical activity can make to well-being in Wales’ Sports Council for Wales 06Annual Report and Accounts 2005/06 07 ‘physical activity is fun and prolongs life!’ Delivering 'Climbing Higher' developing an understanding of the Physical Activity Spectrum SCW Core Activities - A more Active, Healthy and process and components of behaviour change in different social contexts.