This report was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales on behalf of the outdoor sector to document the points discussed at the Inspiring Through Adventure Conference.
In February 2016, Natural Resources Wales, Sports Wales and Visit Wales organised a 2-day conference “Inspiring Through Adventure”, part of Wales “Year of Adventure” 2016. The conference was attended by 90 representatives from across the outdoor sector.
The conference opened with presentations from Mari Stevens (Welsh Government) Sarah Powell (Sport Wales) and Dr Emyr Roberts (Natural Resources Wales), followed by an introduction to Sport England’s ‘Getting Active Outdoors’ research. On the second day, four key themes ran through the presentations and workshops, looking at how to inspire:
lifelong participation in sport and physical outdoor activities
an environmentally sustainable outdoor sector
holistic training and development of volunteers, leaders, instructors and coaches.
a cross-sector approach to partnership working.
During the conference, attention was repeatedly given to the impetus likely to arise from the Well Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. This Act has seven key elements and these have been used in the discussion section of the report as a framework to present the findings.
Encouraging more people to enjoy and engage with the outdoors
