Transcript of meeting of the Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson 11:03:11

I think the funding model is quite exciting. Obviously, there's evaluation of it as we go forward, but we're moving away from focusing very heavily on medals, because there's lots of research that shows it inspires some people, but it doesn't inspire everybody.210

Actually, the funding and support we give to governing bodies and working in partnership is about getting to a different set of people, because if we don't get people being physically active then we don't have any pathways. So, I think that model is really important. And it's interesting to see what's now happening in England. Sport England are making a big announcement this week about changing their funding model. Obviously, they have a different amount of money to us, but, actually, I'd like to think we've had some influence on them.

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