Aim
Our aim is:
“To grow the attractiveness of working in the sport and physical activity sector and ensure customers and consumers in Wales have an excellent experience.”
We will do this by:
- Ensuring the Welsh Professional Development Board members represent the whole sector, allowing us to look at sector workforce development through multiple lenses.
- Aligning our aims and ambitions with ‘The Vision for Sport’ by working to diversify and support a more inclusive workforce.
- Working with CIMSPA to develop a service that delivers outcomes based on the needs of the Welsh sport and physical activity sector.
- Creating a Wales Sport Skills strategy. This strategy will be created by the sector with our workforce at the forefront, whilst considering and aligning to other important Welsh and UK legislation.
- Highlighting the importance of the sport and physical activity sector on the health and wellbeing of Wales and the people behind its impact.
- Developing comprehensive resources of data and insight to inform decision making at a local and national level.
- Striving to embed quality and clear pathways in an education system fit for purpose throughout an individual’s career.
- Create a sector that has inclusivity running through its veins to ensure the sector is an attractive career option for everyone in Wales.
- Changing the mindset of the way the workforce in Wales see themselves and their job roles.
Priorities
The Welsh Professional Development Board have eight priorities that will be built into the Welsh Sport Skills strategy:
- Data and Insight
- Leadership and Management
- An Efficient Welsh Education System
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Promotion of the Availability and Opportunity to Utilise Welsh Language
- Health and Wellbeing
- Raising Awareness
- Advocacy and Lobbying
- Recognition and Professionalism
