Question reference: S4W-04038
- Asked by: Derek Mackay, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 14 November 2011
-
Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 November 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it can offer Renfrewshire Council for its Gateway to the Games strategy.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to creating a lasting legacy for the whole of Scotland from Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We continue to work in partnership with local authorities to ensure they get every possible benefit of major events coming to Scotland.
Renfrewshire is ideally placed to benefit from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and I know much work has already started to ensure that the people of Renfrewshire see these benefits. Gateway to the Games is an excellent example of how the games can help to inspire communities to get involved and be more physically active.
Our commitment to strengthen sport in the community is shown by over £13.5 million investment, through sportscotland, being provided last year to support the Active School programme in all 32 local authorities – a network that supports programmes such as Renfrewshire’s Gateway to the games - and our ongoing commitment to deliver at least 100 community sports hubs across all local authorities by 2014. This strong support will continue.
The Games are also helping deliver other local benefits for Renfrewshire such as the 37 grants awarded through the BIG Lottery 2014 Communities grant scheme and local schools’ involvement in the (Bank of Scotland) National School Sports Week.
To reflect what is going on locally we have developed a web portal http://www.gameslegacyscotland.org/ that showcases the programmes and range of support across legacy activities.
I would of course be happy to meet to discuss what other support we can provide.