With Covid restrictions across Wales moved to alert level one over the weekend and a summer of sport ahead of us, people across Wales are being encouraged to fully re-engage with the sports and activities that they enjoyed before the pandemic.
Sport Wales’ research suggests that more than half of adults in Wales miss the types of activity they were able to do before the pandemic began. And so, with the move to alert level one meaning that most restrictions surrounding sport and activities are now lifted, Sport Wales hopes that people across Wales will make the most of this and resume previous levels of activity from across the sporting spectrum.
Wales’ successful vaccine rollout is also helping with the nation’s confidence when it comes to exercise, with more than 45 percent of adults feeling more positive about taking part due to the vaccination programme. Wales is currently ahead of the other UK nations in terms of total proportion of the population who have received a first jab, with at least 72% of the population, or 2.27 million people given their first dose.
A Summer of Sport
Discussing the benefits of returning to sport, Sarah Powell, CEO of Sport Wales, said: “The buzz of Euro 2020 and Wimbledon has really kicked off a full summer calendar of sporting excellence and with the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics set to begin in Japan this week, there is so much more to come.
“With this in mind, we’re encouraging people across Wales to get back into the game in their own way, whether that’s being part of a team again, getting out and re-connecting with the local community, achieving that post-exercise feeling, or just having fun.
